This is the story about how an idea turns into a movement. For the wonders of creating an idea, read The Prospector (Part I).
Once the prospector was more than an idea but the singular mission of my friend Z it started down its long road. The next thing it needed was a vehicle. An organization to give it credibility and with people already assembled. At our college, that was Blue Key, an honor society Z belonged to. There he found six people to join him and grunt out his mission to revive the yearbook.
Z was smart. He knew he could not write a whole yearbook even with six others. But he could organize it. The idea was each Senior was going to write up a short piece they could put into the yearbook. Clubs/Organizations would do the same. Then at the end of the year, every senior would get a free yearbook to take home with them. This would ensure its success. But how to get the whole class to do it? How to get clubs to participate? How to get the funds to do the initial year?
Here is where the idea came in. This was not only a yearbook. This was a new Prospector yearbook for graduating seniors by graduating seniors. This was a celebration of the hard work of four-plus years. It was a change for every senior to leave their mark on the school.
It is this idea that provided funding. This idea that got almost all the seniors to contribute their short piece of writing. This idea also motivated the group of six to complete the physical form in time for graduation.
::A captivating idea can move mountains::