ready to create a thrive future for you & your community?

join or launch a thrive Ecosystem playbook initiative!

We're seeking visionary & motivated youth & community leaders to form a Thrive Community Ecosystem design program for YOUR community.

​The GOAL?
​
COLLABORATIVELY IMAGINE, BUILD, & ENJOY PLAYING IN A THRIVE TOWN & WORLD ECOSYSTEM THAT UNLEASHES UNIVERSAL FLOURISHING! 
Includes conducting
​ 
SELF-PRENEUR Game of life mastery prototype for youth to design & co-create their communities' Thrive Town & World Ecosystem !


​to design & build

Your community's THRIVE opportunity center & programs to empower youth, AdultS, & whole community to flourish to their brighTest future - together!

Announcing:
New website for ThrivE COMMUNITY PLAYBOOK!

Note: This site is IN DEVELOPMENT - evolving with every meeting we have - reflecting the input and desires of leaders and youth in each community for how they want to be creator's of their brightest future. 
Have questions, comments, and feedback?   Share them on the CANVA site design - link HERE. 
This is DRAFT version 4 as of 7.30.25 (very much still evolving - with your input!)

SEE what's brewing in this first episode of"ADVENTURES in THRIVE TOWN"

Get a tour of the future Thrive Town at Oddie District and Thrive World XR3 on Unity with Coach Mari and Self-Preneur guides. 


TAKE INTEREST
​SURVEY HERE ->

NEXT STEP
to
universal 
​thrive future: 
If you enjoyed completing the above Interest Survey, and are excited to become a future community designer, the next step is to APPLY to become a MEMBER of your community's Playbook design challenge.

Becoming a member includes joining the Thrive Hub Collaborative platform. To help cover costs, we ask for at least a $50 donation. Students and non-working adults join for FREE.

If you can give more, and want to help accelerate and expand access and accelerate development, please give generously toward the $225,000 we need to launch a Thrive Playbook initiative in your community.

The faster we raise the funds, the sooner we can be co-designing and prototyping the future of thrive ecosystems in your community - for your young people, employers, and all community members!
  
To help launch your Thrive Playbook, please share this page link with your friends, students, families, colleagues, employers, community leaders, donors, and social impact investors.  Besides the funds, we also seek a wide diversity of participants who can ensure that YOUR community can design and co-create the ideal thrive ecosystems for all to flourish to their full potential.

With successful design of leading communities like yours, we can rapidly scale and share such designs with other communities - expanding opportunities for everyone everywhere to thrive to their full potential!    

READY TO JOIN a Thrive community Playbook
DESIGN challenge?

SIGN-UP ​HERE!    ->

MORE INFORMATION:

​Prior
Program
​flyers
- spring 2024


SEE EARLY DRAFT OF FIRST THRIVE TRILOGY BOOK:

ADVENTURES IN THRIVE TOWNS!

LIVE IN THE BAY AREA? 
​Sorry to miss you at our March 2024 event!


Seeking young entrepreneurs, youth 12 to 22, coaches, & sponsors for our innovative fun THRIVE DESIGN PLAYSHOP at the very cool HANAHAUS coworking space, Palo Alto
March 2, Saturday
12 to 2pm
Join just 30 lucky people as we envision a future physical & virtual Thrive World Ecosystem - what we're calling a THRIVEVERSE - where people of all ages are empowered to collaborate to co-create a future in which EVERYONE THRIVES IN THE AGE OF AI - realizing one's full potential in meaningful contribution to a universally thriving community and world!

MARY's PITCH at SV Investing Summit

Get ready to help establish a silicon valley-based Thrive Town by watching Mary's pitch at the Silicon Valley Investing Summit on February 28, 2024. Encouraging interest from collaborators & investors!

WATCH LATEST PROGRAM OVERVIEW & INVITATION TO JOIN the DESIGN party!

Mary's 14 min presentation is a longer version of the 6 min on she's giving to the Silicon Valley Investing Summit on February 28, 2024.
A must-watch for anyone attending one of the Thrive Design launch events in Palo Alto and Reno/Sparks shown below.  
See slide pages of the above presentation deck here ->

GET INFORMED,
SHARE THOUGHTS, &
GET ENGAGED: 
​Take THRIVE Design Survey!

LIVE IN GREATER RENO-SPARKS-TAHOE AREA?
HOld the date for Design event March 31

See description above and event flyer here for details --> 

TO BE CONFIRMED SHORTLY!

Aiify event presentation

On February 4, 2024, Mary Alber gave her first in-depth, inter-active presentation of Thrive World Ecosystem to an enthusiastic crowd of AI tech engineers, developers, and investors at the AI-ify Event in San Francisco. 
Made several strong connections - and has been invited to attend several more pitches, conferences, and dialogues from that talk. 

Her talk starts at 15 min --->

CHECK-OUT OUR KICK-OFF DESIGN event @ THRIVE TOWN ODDIE DISTRICT

In december, we hosted a KICK-OFF PARTY
for THRIVE TOWN@ Oddie ​!

Thursday December 14, 2023    
5:30 to 7:30 pm 
Thrive Lab  @ The Generator Makerspace
2450 Oddie Blvd, Sparks


HOW DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE?  
​
take this SURVEY of Interest to PLAY WITH US to prototype
the Self-Preneur process while designING Thrive town @oddie District 

Take the survey to learn about the roles you can play in this transformative game of UNIVERSAL THRIVING:
​
1 -  INTERN: Complete Self-Preneur (SP) Level 1 Playbook activites over 10 wks with 3 to 5 peers & coach

2 -  SELF-PRENEUR COACH: A parent, guardian, or other trusted adult to support personal & professional development process  

3 -  DESIGN COACH with special skills for Thrive Town, World, & Collaborative; about 10 hours over 10 weeks

4 -  LIAISON of SCHOOL or DISTRICT:  Facilitate student recruiting and provide program feedback; about 3 hrs over 10 wks

5 -  COMMUNITY MEMBER participant/advocate: an individual or organization representative who participates in design review workshops and/or surveys monthly and at culminating Thrive Town Summit. 

6 - PROJECT SPONSOR: a community organization or employer who can provide a short or long term challenge project for youth to do in a Thrive Town - and sponsor a kiosk, tech, staffing, and upkeep. 
​ 

COMPLETE THIS SURVEY to participate in 
​self-preneur & THRIVE TOWN DESIGN pilot in 2024!


​(survey also embedded below)

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

WE APPLIED FOR YASS PRIZE in JULY 2023 - SADLY NO LUCK this year.... NEXT YEAR!

Thank you to all of our students, parents, and community members supporters for sharing your encouraging ratings and inspiring words about our programs!
We especially value all of you students, parents, teachers, and community members who contributed to the first prototypes with funding, advice, feedback and participation during 2021 to 2023 - including through COVID challenges.

LINK HERE TO SEE SURVEY RESPONSES (as of July 17, 2023)
Checkout this deck that includes all the questions we answered with additional diagrams about our current and future programs. Next step; in September they will  announce 64 semi-finalists (last year had over 2,000 applicants).  
See VIDEO of Mary talking about YASS PRIZE Application (youtu.be/ng2o076fWuo)
​     - requesting community members to complete the survey form below: 

ANNOUNCING:
JOIN A THRIVE TOWN DESIGN CLUB at ODDIE DISTRICT, Sparks
February 2024!  

Link HERE for PDF of brochure to print (2-sided, flip on short side, fold in Z)

Link for Thrive Town @ Incline Village proposal -  feedback & design club invitation deck (above)

THRIVE
DESIGN CLUB 
​
@ Incline / Tahoe 

LINK HERE FOR PDF

Link for Thrive Town @ Incline Design Club invitation flyer (above) 

THRIVE
DESIGN CLUB
@
ODDIE DISTRICT

Link to PDF here

 WhICH DESIGN TEAM WILL YOU JOIN?

Continue reading for the history of design clubs.....

OUR FIRST
THRIVE DESIGN CLUB!
In October 2021, a group of about 15 middle and high school students, parents, and community members in Incline Village embarked on a journey to design and create Thrive Lab Tahoe. 
During weekly meetings - mostly Saturday and Sunday afternoons - members designed the program and equipment needs for each studio, the management structure, and projects they wanted to do in the studios. We had our first showcase party fundraising in December which brought 50 to 70 people out in snowy weather to experience the fun and promise of the lab. We hosted an Open House on May 1st, 2022 to recruit students, partners, and funders. 

The kids and parents generated a variety of logo and moto ideas and finally came to concensus on this awesome logo for the Thrive Lab Tahoe program. What do you think??  

Kevin Edwards Computer Science CLASS video project

In just ONE WEEK in February 2022, 9 students from Incline Middle School CHOSE to plan, film, and produce this video about Thrive Lab - instead of taking a final exam.
They walked across the street from their school with the multi-talented Mr. Edwards (also teaches social studies, business planning, and making "Dream Donuts"). They came for only 30 minutes each day that week. And with a COVID outbreak at the end of week, they were very short staffed during production and final edits (hence no closing credits).
Kids are amazing when unleashed to be creative!!  Watch video here. 

Misha Gehring shares her MANY DESIGN talents 

A graduate of Incline Village schools and Brown University computer science and multi-media arts program, the talented Misha joined us to develop a new website for Thrive Lab Tahoe (nearly done) and this video walk-through of the Thrive Lab studios. Watch video here. 

want to start a design club in your community?? 

​To inspire others to launch a Thrive Design Club in your community, here are some of the COMMUNICATIONS we used to attract youth and parents to participate in the INCLINE DESIGN CLUB that launched Fall 2021...

JOIN US TO DESIGN THE FUTURE OF LEARNING!

​We look forward to helping launch Design Clubs in other communities to develop their unique Thrive Lab (small communities and Thrive Town (regional urban centers full service). 

Would you like to start a Design Club in your community? And create a vibrant Thrive Town for your youth and community members?  Contact us! (see footer)   

JOIN A DESIGN CLUB
TO HELP US HELP ​EVERYONE TO THRIVE for LIFE. 

​View Program Flyer Here
​
GAIN VALUABLE SKILLS FOR LIFE SUCCESS!
​FREE TO PARTICIPATE! 

video OVERVIEW ->

Click HERE or on image to learn about EIC Thrive Lab Design Club program details. 
How would you like to co-create a place and program where learning is truly fun and lets you and your friends learn, do, imagine, invent, innovate, and collaborate to develop your best SELF & LIFE? 

​

bECOME A THRIVING
​SELF-PRENEUR!

​
We need kids like you to help us!

We want to learn from you and empower you to design and build a place that will help you and everyone in the community to create a vibrant future for us all.
​
WHAT WILL YOU DO? 

​• Embark on action learning & research trips & workshops with national experts
• Start designing an innovative community learning, career, & wellness center
• Create a “Self-Preneur Thrive Plan” just for you
• Collaborate with kids, coaches, & experts to explore & design your ideal career
• Discover what makes you come alive as you imagine your brightest future

            DISCOVER YOUR PASSION, EMPOWER YOUR PURPOSE

HISTORY OF DESIGN CLUB @ THRIVE LAB TAHOE

1. 
​OCT BREAK DESIGN CLUB
 OctOBER 4 to 8  (5 days, m - F)

- 10 LUCKY KIDS GET TO LEAD THE WAY!
- AGES 11-18
- 10 AM TO 3 PM DAILY - LUNCH INCLUDED
- ACTION LEARNING & RESEARCH TRIPS & WORKSHOPS WITH NATIONAL EXPERTS
- HOME BASE IN INCLINE VILLAGE W/ TRIPS TO NORTH LAKE TAHOE, RENO, & BEYOND

2. 
FALL SEMESTER
DESIGN CLUB 
OCTOBER 15 TO DECEMBER 17
(9 weeks)

- 4 TO 6 HOURS PER WEEK - AFTER SCHOOL &/OR WEEKENDS
- IN-PERSON AND ON-LINE COLLABORATION
- SMALL TEAMS DECIDE SCHEDULE, TIME 
- MEET UPS AT INCLINE LOCATIONS SUCH AS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TEEN CENTER, TAHOE TUTORS, INCLINE LIBRARY

DESIGN CLUB INFO SHEET 
HERE

​click on image for information
Questions to Mary Alber
[email protected]
775.224.3736

EIC PROGRAMS BROCHURE
HERE

​click on image for brochure
WHAT TO DO?

For both programs, we will split up into teams of 3 to 5 students to engage in an original process created by EIC: Collaborative Action Research & Design - which supports individual students, and teams of students, to CREATE THEIR OWN ADVENTURES for powerful learning.

How? For starters, we'll use the PROJECT PALS program; designed by a science teacher to enable kids (of all ages) to run their own projects. This means working with a coach to design, manage, and deliver results for real-world projects through planning and collaboration - both in person and on-line. 

In Thrive Design Clubs, students will use Project Pals to develop their Self-Preneur mastery plan and design a Thrive Town Lab for their community.

We'll be working with parents, coaches, mentors, and local and national experts to help you and 
your core design team to:
  • Work with a personal coach team to guide you through the projects 
  • Meet with, and get coaching from, experts and speciality coaches and mentors
  • Explore and discover what makes you COME ALIVE and truly enjoy learning. 
  • Discover what empowers you - what brings out the best in you.
  • Become a master of THRIVING to create your brightest future.
  • Design & develop a THRIVE LEARNING LAB for all members of the community to participate in REAL WORLD PROJECTS that develop everyone's purpose, talent, and desire to benefit their community.
  • Share designs and invite community participation in the planning process at THRIVE FORUMS
  • Choose which design team you want to deep dive into (you can do them all, if you want, over time):
    • Education entrepreneur business team; create an innovative learning ecosystem for Self-Preneurs focused on human development, wellness, and thriving
    • Communications team; tell the Thrive Lab story to invite input and support from community and business members
    • Technology team; develop optimal systems, tools, programs, and learning technologies for projects and games that simulate real world experiences in the community and working for employers  
    • Building & Space team; design beautiful, fun, collaborative spaces where everyone can learn to thrive  
Students in Incline will share their emerging designs with the community at a THRIVE TOWN DESIGN FORUM in November and/or December 2021.

WHAT WILL YOU GET?
Through this program and by continuing to participate in the creation of Thrive Town Lab and the many career explore projects that you will be able to do, you will be building and demonstrating the skills and strong capacities that top employers are now desparately SEEKING:
  • self-direction & development
  • project management (organization, planning)
  • complex systems thinking
  • research
  • creativity
  • communication
  • collaboration (social and emotional competency)
  • and high demand career skills as well as recognition and even cash prizes for quality designs!
IN SUMMARY:
Should you choose to accept this grand MISSION, you will gain invaluable experience in co-creating a fun and vibrant place where you are EMPOWERED to THRIVE to your full glorious potential - along with your friends and the whole community!

            adults: will you join and/or support a design club in your community? 

start your adventure NOW!