Completed Surveys and Polls are like oxygen during the early stages. Therefore, we suggest you take as many as you can mindfully engage in.

How the Surveys and Polls work:

Surveys: These will be 2 to 10-minute multi-question surveys, often with a theme or theory we're trying to prove or disprove.

Polls: These will be quick singular questions that may belong to a group or cohort.

Privacy first: Your privacy is always first. That's our commitment to you and this cause.

Anonymity is also guaranteed: Your survey responses and any identifying data are separated by two unconnected databases. They have no way of communicating.

We use decentralized Blockchain storage managed by our API integration with Stacks—a Bitcoin and smart contract provider.

This Blockchain technology further protects you your views and opinions.

All data is end-to-end encrypted, keeping it out of ill-use or manipulated marketing/sales pitches.

We track nothing - period. No IP address or other types of trackers. No data mining or harvesting, and with no identifying data, you'll never see an ad.

We have no interest in 'who's' has responded. That would skew the data and render it useless.

Comment and Vote on others' Ideas and Topics. Or, start your own. All will help validate our voice and the direction we, as a collective, have shared, and believe makes sense moving forward in this new Pro space.

How the conversation Roadmap works:
All Topics start as Ideas, and pretty much anything can make up and become an Idea. Those Founding Contributors will be able to leave Topics without them having to be vetted as Ideas. One of the early perks.

At launch, everyone can share their ideas, thoughts, and concepts in the form of engagement with the Roadmap. You can Comment, Vote on others' Ideas and Topics as well as be able to create your own Ideas.

At the most basic level, the idea is to push anything on the Roadmap that's gaining traction up into an Idea and then a Topic. There are three phases a Topic will go through to be validated and to prove itself worthy of action.

1st: Exploring: Topics in the Exploring lane are Ideas that are gaining popularity. We place them here to allow them to be voted on and commented on to prove their potential value further.

2nd: Traction: A Topic is moved to the Traction lane and has shown it's stuck a chord in a -/+ way and has a reasonable charge around it. Here it can be easier to identify and gain additional verification/validation.

3rd: Valid-ready-action: Those worthy of action, we believe, will be self-evident. A natural level of engagement, comments, feedback, support and/or challenge will surface further, Validating it and making it Ready for Action to be taken by us.

Attend Bi-weekly group video call meetups. Provide your valuable feedback and input. Drive the conversation, collaborate, and share views, opinions, problems, and solutions in a closed private environment.

How The Huddle works:
This is, in essence, where we start the conversations—called a Huddle to set the scene and encompass a team-like quick sync. You may have encountered the daily stand-up if you've worked the hotel scene. Modeled off the Ritz-Carlton, it's a time for all to gather and do a quick recap of yesterday and what's on the docket for the day. It's rapid, efficient, and super helpful for newcomers to orientate and get up to speed. This is our intention, but we're adding a slight twist! We go for 20-minutes on a video call. There may be one of you or one hundred. That's up to you guys. But they're a quick meet/greet, and we'll do our best to articulate where the conversation is at as the narrative unfolds. Things may get humorous while trying to do this. But we're giving it a shot. To help, we'll throw out one question that has a simple yet straightforward goal. We'll do one round of collecting your thoughts and then bounce. (In small numbers, this will be vocal, and in big groups, it'll be done using polls). It's like an improv; only we're not funny. How it works: We send an invitation, and you RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send another email with the event information. The topic may or may not be withheld at this point. We're yet to see. Here you are invited to add any newcomers we need to acknowledge or shout-outs. And naturally, we ping you just before the event with access deets. Recordings and replays: We will not be recording these meetings to protect our privacy and foster a more open and natural conversation. There will be no replays.

Attend Bi-weekly 60-minute, Mastermind video calls for a 4 to 6-week sprint. Ten participants will challenge and support the Ideas and Topics and, as a Group, kill off or give rise to the next round of Topics.

How The Mastermind Group works:
The Group is a collaborative peer-to-peer mentoring group formed to leverage each of our individual industry and business savvy. The idea is to bring that wisdom to a Board-like environment/approach to the Topics, Ideas, Comments, and Votes we're seeing come through. We see this as an opportunity to be sure we keep a fair and accurate balanced perspective of the views shared by the collective. They will run for 4 to 6 weeks. Some of you may choose to jump onto other groups or take a break and participate at other times in the future. However, the commitment to show up is certainly preferred, so if you jump into a Mastermind, we ask you to make yourself available on your ical well in advance. We need your wisdom in the room :). We'll see a more formal process around the research. Deep dives, initiatives, and establishing our target cohorts and which of data coming in is actioned and in what way. How it works: We may require an application, but we'll confirm this as it gets closer. But we'll send an invitation. If we have a good turnout, we anticipate being able to give you the option to select which group and the peeps you'd like to hang with during the group sessions. Either way, you'll RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send you some onboarding training. The software we use is specific to our use case and operates and requires our contribution and collaboration prior to the video call. So you'll jump in and complete this before the call. Traditionally one to two days prior. This gives the facilitator time to allocate the time appropriately and prepare to be as efficient as possible. It also ensures we're all committed, prepared, and ready to plug and play. On the call: Our software operates what we call a 'hot seat.' This is an allocated time for each of us to present our prepared concepts, thoughts, ideas, and concerns, usually between 3 to 6 minutes. The 'hot seat ensures we run on time, consider the views of the entire group and provide the context for rich collaboration. Toward the end of the session, we recap quickly and give a few moments for anyone/everyone to share any support/challenge, etc. Recordings and replays: We are currently undecided. Given that we need those committed to being fully present in real-time, replays may dilute that commitment. They could also support the occasional no-show that may not have happened otherwise. We still need to evaluate if there's value in a replay or if that apposes our 'privacy first' commitment. If it can not be over-compensated in authentic ways to the cause, it would be a no go on the replay. This, too, will need to be discussed among the groups.

We're on the lookout for those of you who love writing and would like to create content to support the cause. Authors can use an alias or go with you. All publications are private by default. Social sharing will be a case-by-case consideration because we will always have the heart of the contributors.

A philanthropic bi-weekly virtual meetup.
Our way of saying thanks for trusting us in these early days.

How the Go-Pro Group Office Hours works:
We've been working on this project for many months. In that time, we've already established several ways in which we pros can distinguish ourselves as Pros of a different sort. So many aspects of the Pro space have been diluted to the point it's hard to set ourselves apart in a genuine, authentic way, given how cluttered and noisy it is. We want to change that for you.
You're very welcome to bring any topics (related or not) to the table and see what surfaces. We intend to provide value to your lives. Concepts, ideas, and actional steps. These are all things that you can add to your daily life with a natural level of effort. Marketing, branding, social strategy (strategies for achievement across multiple topics period), plus a bunch of in-salon products, services, color ideas, and more. Showing up: You're not obligated to share or participate further than just showing up. Active or passive, that's your call. We got plenty to share :) But making an effort and being present can inspire or evoke a new way of thinking about you and your professional life. How it works: We send an invitation, and you RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send another email with the event theme and topics. Here you are invited to add any topics you'd like raised. And naturally, we ping you just before the event with access deets. But they're a great way to focus on getting answers for things that can help. Recordings and replays: To protect our privacy and foster a more open and natural conversation, we will not be recording these meetings. There will be no replays.

A special thanks to those of you who managed to bring a friend who participated. (Also part of our philanthropic efforts, so there's no charge).

How the Go-Pro Private works:
A 30-minute deep dive into your career or life is the opportunity here. Indulging in what you genuinely feel will propel you forward in any area of life in 2023.
Sessions will be scheduled as any private 1:1 would be - at the convenience of both you and your mentor/coach. Topics are driven by you and can relate to this project or not; totally up to you. Bring anything to the table and collaborate on getting answers for things that can help productivity, achievement, and work-life balance, to name a few. We have a light theme that centers around the seven areas of life —mental, career/vocational, financial, spiritual, physical, familial, and social in the event you're not sure where to begin. We look forward to being of service and seeing what you can muster up from this time together.

The list comprises our partners with whom we all do business. They make up our color and chemical companies. But if they're on the list, their products are available in non-professional environments. This, by default, strips them of their once Pro status and demotes them to amateur status. AKA "Formulated without Professionals.

Are you a stylist who does some education for the company? If yes, you're good.
If you're a full-time educator but still do the occasional client, that would be an unfortunate no.

All walking through the front door will need to agree with the following:
I'm aware of anonymity options and can participate at any level of privacy that I am comfortable with.
I walk through the front door as a stylist first and foremost. All else will fall into place from there.
I DO NOT work for, in any way, shape, or form, one or more of the companies on our 'formulated without professionals' list.
I DO, HOWEVER, EDUCATE for companies on the list. But the time is marginal in comparison to the time I'm a practicing professional stylist.
I DO NOT manufacture, distribute, sell, resell, divert or represent (in part or whole) one or more of the companies on our' formulated without pros' list.

Polls - quick question stand alone.
Surveys - multiple questions focused on a topic.
The Huddle - an ongoing dynamic bi-weekly rapid 20-minute check-in.
Mastermind Groups - specific to the individuals themselves, but typically they are specific deep dives, initiative, and cohort-based, with a collaborative style directive with a mission to prove or disprove the group's theory.
Member voting - all members can vote up or down anything that's been made voteable.

Completed Surveys and Polls are like oxygen during the early stages. Therefore, we suggest you take as many as you can mindfully engage in.

How the Surveys and Polls work:

Surveys: These will be 2 to 10-minute multi-question surveys, often with a theme or theory we're trying to prove or disprove.

Polls: These will be quick singular questions that may belong to a group or cohort.

Privacy first: Your privacy is always first. That's our commitment to you and this cause.

Anonymity is also guaranteed: Your survey responses and any identifying data are separated by two unconnected databases. They have no way of communicating.

We use decentralized Blockchain storage managed by our API integration with Stacks—a Bitcoin and smart contract provider.

This Blockchain technology further protects you your views and opinions.

All data is end-to-end encrypted, keeping it out of ill-use or manipulated marketing/sales pitches.

We track nothing - period. No IP address or other types of trackers. No data mining or harvesting, and with no identifying data, you'll never see an ad.

We have no interest in 'who's' has responded. That would skew the data and render it useless.

Comment and Vote on others' Ideas and Topics. Or, start your own. This is the driving force behind the entire cause and research.


How the conversation Roadmap works:
All Topics start as Ideas, and work their way to becoming Topics.

Everyone can share their ideas, thoughts, and concepts in the form of engagement with the Roadmap. You can Comment, Vote on others' Ideas and Topics as well as be able to create your own Ideas.

At the most basic level, the idea is to push anything on the Roadmap that's gaining traction up into an Idea and then a Topic. There are three phases a Topic will go through to be validated and to prove itself worthy of action.

1st: Exploring: Topics in the Exploring lane are Ideas that are gaining popularity. We place them here to allow them to be voted on and commented on to prove their potential value further.

2nd: Traction: A Topic is moved to the Traction lane and has shown it's stuck a chord in a -/+ way and has a reasonable charge around it. Here it can be easier to identify and gain additional verification/validation.

3rd: Valid-ready-action: Those worthy of action, we believe, will be self-evident. A natural level of engagement, comments, feedback, support and/or challenge will surface further, Validating it and making it Ready for Action to be taken by us.

Attend Bi-weekly group video call meetups. This is where you'll provide feedback and drive the conversation.

How The Huddle works:
This is, in essence, where we start the conversations—called a Huddle to set the scene and encompass a team-like quick sync. You may have encountered the daily stand-up if you've worked the hotel scene. Modeled off the Ritz-Carlton, it's a time for all to gather and do a quick recap of yesterday and what's on the docket for the day. It's rapid, efficient, and super helpful for newcomers to orientate and get up to speed. This is our intention, but we're adding a slight twist! We go for 20-minutes on a video call. There may be one of you or one hundred. That's up to you guys. But they're a quick meet/greet, and we'll do our best to articulate where the conversation is at as the narrative unfolds. Things may get humorous while trying to do this. But we're giving it a shot. To help, we'll throw out one question that has a simple yet straightforward goal. We'll do one round of collecting your thoughts and then bounce. (In small numbers, this will be vocal, and in big groups, it'll be done using polls). It's like an improv; only we're not funny. How it works: We send an invitation, and you RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send another email with the event information. The topic may or may not be withheld at this point. We're yet to see. Here you are invited to add any newcomers we need to acknowledge or shout-outs. And naturally, we ping you just before the event with access deets. Recordings and replays: We will not be recording these meetings to protect our privacy and foster a more open and natural conversation. There will be no replays.

Attend Bi-weekly 60-minute, Mastermind video calls for a 4 to 6-week sprint. Ten participants will challenge and support the Ideas and Topics and, as a Group, kill off or give rise to the next round of Topics.

How The Mastermind Group works:
The Group is a collaborative peer-to-peer mentoring group formed to leverage each of our individual industry and business savvy. The idea is to bring that wisdom to a Board-like environment/approach to the Topics, Ideas, Comments, and Votes we're seeing come through. We see this as an opportunity to be sure we keep a fair and accurate balanced perspective of the views shared by the collective. They will run for 4 to 6 weeks. Some of you may choose to jump onto other groups or take a break and participate at other times in the future. However, the commitment to show up is certainly preferred, so if you jump into a Mastermind, we ask you to make yourself available on your ical well in advance. We need your wisdom in the room :). We'll see a more formal process around the research. Deep dives, initiatives, and establishing our target cohorts and which of data coming in is actioned and in what way. How it works: We may require an application, but we'll confirm this as it gets closer. But we'll send an invitation. If we have a good turnout, we anticipate being able to give you the option to select which group and the peeps you'd like to hang with during the group sessions. Either way, you'll RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send you some onboarding training. The software we use is specific to our use case and operates and requires our contribution and collaboration prior to the video call. So you'll jump in and complete this before the call. Traditionally one to two days prior. This gives the facilitator time to allocate the time appropriately and prepare to be as efficient as possible. It also ensures we're all committed, prepared, and ready to plug and play. On the call: Our software operates what we call a 'hot seat.' This is an allocated time for each of us to present our prepared concepts, thoughts, ideas, and concerns, usually between 3 to 6 minutes. The 'hot seat ensures we run on time, consider the views of the entire group and provide the context for rich collaboration. Toward the end of the session, we recap quickly and give a few moments for anyone/everyone to share any support/challenge, etc. Recordings and replays: We are currently undecided. Given that we need those committed to being fully present in real-time, replays may dilute that commitment. They could also support the occasional no-show that may not have happened otherwise. We still need to evaluate if there's value in a replay or if that apposes our 'privacy first' commitment. If it can not be over-compensated in authentic ways to the cause, it would be a no go on the replay. This, too, will need to be discussed among the groups.

Use your 'Invite URL' to get your friends also to join. Receive those redeemable points to attend either of the 2 complimentary pre-launch events. (Just our way of saying thanks :)

Group:
A collaborative meetup. Max 15 stylists.

How the Invite-Code works:
Upon signing up, you'll receive an email or be given your 'Invite-Code URL" on your dashboard.
Follow the instructions:
1. follow us on IG
2. tweet us and
3. send your Invite-Code to friends, and
4. they join.


Notifications:
We'll email you with Invite-Code updates and points earned - and when your mates join, of course.

Event types and milestones:
You have two Pre-launch event types to participate in. 1st - Group Office Hours. 2nd - Private Office Hours.

Group Office Hours: All who sign-up during Pre-launch are preassigned access to the Group Office Hours.

Private Office Hours: These require double points and are appointed when your mates also sign up.


Our why and what we'll be sharing:
We've been working on this project for many months. In that time, we've already established several ways in which we pros can distinguish ourselves as Pros of a different sort. So many aspects of the Pro space have been diluted to the point it's hard to set ourselves apart in a genuine, authentic way, given how cluttered and noisy it is. We want to change that for you.

You and your topics:
You're very welcome to bring any topics (related or not) to the table and see what surfaces. We intend to provide value to your lives. Concepts, ideas, and actional steps. These are all things that you can add to your daily life with a natural level of effort. Marketing, branding, social strategy (strategies for achievement across multiple topics periods), plus a bunch of in-salon products, services, color ideas, and more.

Level of effort:
You're not obligated to share or participate further than just showing up. Active or passive, that's your call. We got plenty to share :) But making an effort and being present can inspire or evoke a new way of thinking about you and your professional life.

Notifications:
We'll send event sign-ups when you hit those milestones.

How signing up and pre-event comms:
We send an invitation, you RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send another email with the event theme and topics. Here you are invited to add any topics you'd like raised. And naturally, we ping you just before the event with access deets. But they're a great way to focus on getting answers for things that can help.


Recordings and replays:
To protect our privacy and foster an open and natural conversation, we will not be recording these meetups.

There will be no replays.

A special thanks to those of you who managed to bring a friend who also participated.

How it works:
A 30-minute deep dive into your career or life is the opportunity here. Indulging in what you genuinely feel will propel you forward in any area of life in 2023.
Sessions will be scheduled as any private 1:1 would be - at the convenience of both you and your mentor/coach. Topics are driven by you and can relate to this project or not; totally up to you. Bring anything to the table and collaborate on getting answers for things that can help productivity, achievement, and work-life balance, to name a few. We have a light theme that centers around the seven areas of life —mental, career/vocational, financial, spiritual, physical, familial, and social in the event you're not sure where to begin. We look forward to being of service and seeing what you can muster up from this time together.

Completed Surveys and Polls are like oxygen during the early stages. Therefore, we suggest you take as many as you can mindfully engage in.

How the Surveys and Polls work:

Surveys: These will be 2 to 10-minute multi-question surveys, often with a theme or theory we're trying to prove or disprove.

Polls: These will be quick singular questions that may belong to a group or cohort.

Privacy first: Your privacy is always first. That's our commitment to you and this cause.

Anonymity is also guaranteed: Your survey responses and any identifying data are separated by two unconnected databases. They have no way of communicating.

We use decentralized Blockchain storage managed by our API integration with Stacks—a Bitcoin and smart contract provider.

This Blockchain technology further protects you your views and opinions.

All data is end-to-end encrypted, keeping it out of ill-use or manipulated marketing/sales pitches.

We track nothing - period. No IP address or other types of trackers. No data mining or harvesting, and with no identifying data, you'll never see an ad.

We have no interest in 'who's' has responded. That would skew the data and render it useless.

Comment and Vote on others' Ideas and Topics. Or, start your own. This is the driving force behind the entire cause and research.


How the conversation Roadmap works:
All Topics start as Ideas, and work their way to becoming Topics.

Everyone can share their ideas, thoughts, and concepts in the form of engagement with the Roadmap. You can Comment, Vote on others' Ideas and Topics as well as be able to create your own Ideas.

At the most basic level, the idea is to push anything on the Roadmap that's gaining traction up into an Idea and then a Topic. There are three phases a Topic will go through to be validated and to prove itself worthy of action.

1st: Exploring: Topics in the Exploring lane are Ideas that are gaining popularity. We place them here to allow them to be voted on and commented on to prove their potential value further.

2nd: Traction: A Topic is moved to the Traction lane and has shown it's stuck a chord in a -/+ way and has a reasonable charge around it. Here it can be easier to identify and gain additional verification/validation.

3rd: Valid-ready-action: Those worthy of action, we believe, will be self-evident. A natural level of engagement, comments, feedback, support and/or challenge will surface further, Validating it and making it Ready for Action to be taken by us.

Attend Bi-weekly group video call meetups. This is where you'll provide feedback and drive the conversation.

How The Huddle works:
This is, in essence, where we start the conversations—called a Huddle to set the scene and encompass a team-like quick sync. You may have encountered the daily stand-up if you've worked the hotel scene. Modeled off the Ritz-Carlton, it's a time for all to gather and do a quick recap of yesterday and what's on the docket for the day. It's rapid, efficient, and super helpful for newcomers to orientate and get up to speed. This is our intention, but we're adding a slight twist! We go for 20-minutes on a video call. There may be one of you or one hundred. That's up to you guys. But they're a quick meet/greet, and we'll do our best to articulate where the conversation is at as the narrative unfolds. Things may get humorous while trying to do this. But we're giving it a shot. To help, we'll throw out one question that has a simple yet straightforward goal. We'll do one round of collecting your thoughts and then bounce. (In small numbers, this will be vocal, and in big groups, it'll be done using polls). It's like an improv; only we're not funny. How it works: We send an invitation, and you RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send another email with the event information. The topic may or may not be withheld at this point. We're yet to see. Here you are invited to add any newcomers we need to acknowledge or shout-outs. And naturally, we ping you just before the event with access deets. Recordings and replays: We will not be recording these meetings to protect our privacy and foster a more open and natural conversation. There will be no replays.

Use your 'Invite URL' to get your friends also to join. Receive those redeemable points to attend either of the 2 complimentary pre-launch events. (Just our way of saying thanks :)

Group:
A collaborative meetup. Max 15 stylists.

How the Invite-Code works:
Upon signing up, you'll receive an email or be given your 'Invite-Code URL" on your dashboard.
Follow the instructions:
1. follow us on IG
2. tweet us and
3. send your Invite-Code to friends, and
4. they join.


Notifications:
We'll email you with Invite-Code updates and points earned - and when your mates join, of course.

Event types and milestones:
You have two Pre-launch event types to participate in. 1st - Group Office Hours. 2nd - Private Office Hours.

Group Office Hours: All who sign-up during Pre-launch are preassigned access to the Group Office Hours.

Private Office Hours: These require double points and are appointed when your mates also sign up.


Our why and what we'll be sharing:
We've been working on this project for many months. In that time, we've already established several ways in which we pros can distinguish ourselves as Pros of a different sort. So many aspects of the Pro space have been diluted to the point it's hard to set ourselves apart in a genuine, authentic way, given how cluttered and noisy it is. We want to change that for you.

You and your topics:
You're very welcome to bring any topics (related or not) to the table and see what surfaces. We intend to provide value to your lives. Concepts, ideas, and actional steps. These are all things that you can add to your daily life with a natural level of effort. Marketing, branding, social strategy (strategies for achievement across multiple topics periods), plus a bunch of in-salon products, services, color ideas, and more.

Level of effort:
You're not obligated to share or participate further than just showing up. Active or passive, that's your call. We got plenty to share :) But making an effort and being present can inspire or evoke a new way of thinking about you and your professional life.

Notifications:
We'll send event sign-ups when you hit those milestones.

How signing up and pre-event comms:
We send an invitation, you RSVP. In the lead-up, we'll send another email with the event theme and topics. Here you are invited to add any topics you'd like raised. And naturally, we ping you just before the event with access deets. But they're a great way to focus on getting answers for things that can help.


Recordings and replays:
To protect our privacy and foster an open and natural conversation, we will not be recording these meetups.

There will be no replays.

A special thanks to those of you who managed to bring a friend who also participated.

How it works:
A 30-minute deep dive into your career or life is the opportunity here. Indulging in what you genuinely feel will propel you forward in any area of life in 2023.
Sessions will be scheduled as any private 1:1 would be - at the convenience of both you and your mentor/coach. Topics are driven by you and can relate to this project or not; totally up to you. Bring anything to the table and collaborate on getting answers for things that can help productivity, achievement, and work-life balance, to name a few. We have a light theme that centers around the seven areas of life —mental, career/vocational, financial, spiritual, physical, familial, and social in the event you're not sure where to begin. We look forward to being of service and seeing what you can muster up from this time together.

The list comprises our partners with whom we all do business. They make up our color and chemical companies. But if they're on the list, their products are available in non-professional environments. This, by default, strips them of their once Pro status and demotes them to amateur status. AKA "Formulated without Professionals.

Are you a stylist who does some education for the company? If yes, you're good.
If you're a full-time educator but still do the occasional client, that would be an unfortunate no.

All walking through the front door will need to agree with the following:
I'm aware of anonymity options and can participate at any level of privacy that I am comfortable with.
I walk through the front door as a stylist first and foremost. All else will fall into place from there.
I DO NOT work for, in any way, shape, or form, one or more of the companies on our 'formulated without professionals' list.
I DO, HOWEVER, EDUCATE for companies on the list. But the time is marginal in comparison to the time I'm a practicing professional stylist.
I DO NOT manufacture, distribute, sell, resell, divert or represent (in part or whole) one or more of the companies on our' formulated without pros' list.

You'll never be asked to share your conversations or posts on other public social media platforms. What happens in here stays in here. You can invite other professionals to the conversation and post that anywhere.
You can share a snippet to entice a visitor to check it out from the the platform.
Voting and contributing on topics can be done anonymously or by yourself.