October 9, 2007

Team Nice: Do a Good Deed and Get Rewarded

by Christine Huang in Us, Together, Trends In The UK, Arts & Culture

Imagine if every time you did something kind, somebody took notice and rewarded you for it. Would that compel you to perform more good deeds? Maybe be a nicer person all together? Londoner Liz Akers is optimistic that it might - and has set up a system to find out. Akers has started a “benevolence movement” in her city through a simple good deeds and rewards system: see a stranger do a kind thing and hand him a “niceties token” with a URL on it where he can register himself and his good deed. Everyone who receives a token and signs up becomes a member of Team Nice, a group of - you guessed it - really nice people. So far, the movement is 500 strong and growing. It would be interesting to see it jump the pond and see how far the Network of Nice could spread on these mean streets…

Team Nice

[via Londonist]

3 Responses to “Team Nice: Do a Good Deed and Get Rewarded”

Floyd Hayes
Posted from: 69.22.212.31
October 9th, 2007 at 11:39 pm

Fine idea! I’m signing up.

In the meantime…

Anyone wnat to join my “Team Spite?”

We do mean things then give folk a token and they can register.

“That cad swiped my bagel”
“He jumped in front of me in line…”
Etc…

The most spiteful person wins!
rb.trends» Blog Archive » Nice networks
Posted from: 208.113.160.20
October 10th, 2007 at 7:58 am

[…] Team Nice: Do a Good Deed and Get Rewarded“Imagine if every time you did something kind, somebody took notice and rewarded you for it. Would that compel you to perform more good deeds? Maybe be a nicer person all together? Londoner Liz Akers is optimistic that it might - and has set up a system to find out. Akers has started a “benevolence movement” in her city through a simple good deeds and rewards system: see a stranger do a kind thing and hand him a “niceties token” with a URL on it where he can register himself and his good deed. Everyone who receives a token and signs up becomes a member of Team Nice, a group of - you guessed it - really nice people.” PSFK […]
TexasChai
Posted from: 70.255.171.216
October 11th, 2007 at 12:10 am

Great idea. It’s something we all can use more of in our lives.

How about joining forces with Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval in the US who wrote the book “The Power of Nice?”