What’s the best catch phrase for the cover of our new magazine? Clearly, “for intelligent optimists” is now out. Here’s your change to contribute your ideas and suggestions in the comments section below! The winner will be invited to a special program in our San Francisco office including participating in–and contributing to!–our editorial staff meeting as desired.
The idea for Ode was born on a hill in southern France in the summer of 1994. This summer, Ode is turning 18. Legally she is becoming an adult. She will be old enough to vote and…. she is changing her name!
After 148 issues in Dutch—the first issue was published in the Netherlands in February 1995—and 82 issues in English, this will be the last magazine with the Ode logo on the cover. From the next issue—September/October—onward, Ode will be The Optimist.
We, and most of you, love the word “Ode.” Yet we have always had to explain it. Odedoesn’t say who we are and what we are doing. The Optimist does, and that’s why it is a better fit for our mission. Ode was always about open-minded optimists and pioneers of the possible looking for solutions. Ode was a song of praise, a tribute to the people and ideas making our world a better place.
For many years Ode’s reporting was unusual in a world dominated by media only interested in whatever goes wrong. As a young girl Ode’s voice was soft, almost a gentle whisper. But the tide is changing. We see more and more seeds of promise and possibility sprouting. Optimism is rising in the farthest corners of the planet, albeit still only visible and audible to the ones with open eyes and ears. More and more of us are no longer waiting for institutions and procedures to fail. Instead we are acting, making and building. And so, as young lady Ode is becoming The Optimist, her voice is becoming stronger and more determined. She is bringing together a rapidly growing community that includes you and all the ones we have been waiting for.
Yes, we know that plain, unfiltered optimism can be a naïve and even dangerous strategy—remember our tagline: for intelligent optimists. However we also know that optimism is ultimately the only strategy for positive change. Optimism is a practice that requires effort and attention. It is a meaningful quest as science keeps confirming that optimism generates more health, happiness and creativity and therefore contributes to a better world.
The Optimist will be (y)our companion on this journey. It will be an inspiring and rich adventure as The Optimist will share stories in many different ways; in a new and even more beautiful—yes, wait and see—magazine as well as through (online) events and courses. Stories will come alive in a collaborative and interactive experience. New realities will be created. We are looking forward to traveling with you.
Optimistically yours,
Just once more,
The Ode team
Tagline suggestion:
An ode to joy
Tagline: Pessimism explored. Pessimism transformed.
Tagline: Pessimism explored. Pessimism transformed.
new tagline:
“Empowering Positive Change”
On my walk today I added a line to my original tagline contribution.
Tagline: Pessimism explored. Pessimism transformed. Optimism restored.
Sorry if you have received this from me already. I keep getting error messages and not sure what is going through and what is not. I wanted to expand on the tagline I submitted yesterday: Pessimism explored. Pessimism transformed. Optimism restored.
world wide good news
My tagline suggestion is:
“Out with the ode…in with the new”
New tagline: Positive thinking in action
Dear Ode,
I always loved your name as an ode is a love poem, you were an ode to the world. However, your new name suits you even better. For a new tagline may I suggest “Envisioning a better future” or “Envisioning a brighter future” or “Encouraging a better and brighter future”, althought the first is my favorite.
My tagline suggestion:
The Optimist
Seeking the Abundant Life
The editor in me wants to change Pat’s idea to: Sharing life’s abundance
“An Ode to Today’s Visionaries” OR “Celebrating Today’s Thought Leaders”
THE OPTIMIST
“We All Have A Voice”
THE OPTIMIST
“Tribes of People Making A Difference”
THE OPTIMIST
“Leading the change we want to see in our own corner of the world”
THE OPTIMIST
“Leading the Unconventional Cause or Idea”
tagline suggestion: Be the Change…
I’ve used articles from Ode for years in a high school class I teach called “Futures”. I also farm and have worked in sustainable ag development. I like the phrase “Cultivate Hope”… it’s what I strive to do with kids and what I feel Ode is about.
Tagline: “Cultivating Hope”
“For Intelligent Future Makers”
“Your Accurate Anti-Depressant News Source”
“For Intelligent Stakeholders In the Game of Life”
“Smart Ideas For a Prosperous Planet”
“Transforming the World,
One Intelligent Idea at a Time”
“For Intelligent Influencers”
“Cutting Edge News on Positive Change”
gmorning dear Ones:
Taglines:
1-For interdependent activists
(or activism)
2-The Global Citizen’s Voice
3-A Celebration of Ideas in Action
My tagline would be: “Changing Our World”
(with the word Our underlined or bold)
The Optimist: Ideas for Abundant Living
tagline: The Optimist – the voice of courageous love
I look forward to gobbling up each new issue. Can’t wait for the big coming out party!
tagline: The Optimist – Possibly Outrageous
Tagline:
The Optimist
“A Life Well Deserved”
Tagline suggestion:
An Ode to a Better Planet
Tagline suggestions:
“Lighting the way to Awaken the Future”
The Only Life Worth Living
Positively Bettering the Human Experience
Positively Building Your Experience
Promoting Promise and Possibility
Where people connect and collaborate to better the human experience.
Where people connect and collaborate to better the experience of being human.
Positively Improving the Human Experience
Positively Improve YOUR Human Experience
Positively Build Your Experience With Humanity
Connect to a better human experience.
Connecting you to a better experience.
“Opt in to optimism.”
“Because happiness is a choice, not a condition.”
The Optimist: Bridging hope and wisdom
THE OPTIMIST
—We Know Better
THE OPTIMIST
—–The Better Part of Best
THE OPTIMIST
—Future Sight Forever
Thank you for the gift that Ode is and the difference it makes in supporting others in making a difference. It is a vital source of inspiration, connection, community, and possibilities.
Possible Taglines:
Creating What’s Next;
Co-Creative Partnerships of Mutuality and Collaboration;
Unleashing Potential – Igniting New Possibilities;
Creating the World You Imagine;
Catalyzing a Human Renaissance;
The Yoda of Human Potential;
Igniting a Renaissance of Spirit;
Igniting Passion for the Possible
THE OPTIMIST: exploring new paradigms
The Optimist
Ready for intelligent change
Or
The Optimist
Pioneers of intelligent change
The Optimist:
Half Full News from Around the World
or…
THE OPTIMIST
Creative change unleashed
THE OPTIMIST
Creative possibilities for intelligent change
THE OPTIMIST
Imagining the possible, doing the impossible
THE OPTIMIST
Creating intelligent change
Tagline Suggestion:
Tomorrows Solutions….Today!
“For those who dare to dream boldly”
THE OPTIMIST
Creating Health, Happiness, And A Better World
THE OPTIMIST
Creating New Realities
The Optimist
Exploring Possibilities
Or
Exploring the Possibilities
My tagline suggestion:
The Optimist:
“An ode to positive thinking”
Tag line:
THE OPTIMIST
An ode to good thinking
Embracing the possible
Creating the possible
Choosing the possible
See it, feel it, DO it!
Inform, inspire, ignite!
Inform, inspire, incite!
Hope prevails!
Celebrating the possible
Transforming hope into reality
Transforming awareness into action!
Tagline Suggestion…
Help make it better.
OR
Let’s start today.
An ode to now.
Start this minute.
OR
Better is better.
Tagline for “The Optimist”: (my suggestion) -
The Optimist: Creating a Sustainable Future Together
Sincerely,
Clara E. Wong
New York City
“Offering global solutions”
The Optimist: Choosing to believe in possibility
The Optimist: Choosing to dwell in possibility
The Optimist: Choosing to create possibility
The Optimist: Expanding possibility
Tagline: “For the Good Life”
The Optimist
Better news, better thoughts, better world
Tagline
Celebrating a Higher Vibe
Compassion In Action
THE OPTIMIST
Making a difference begins with you
or
THE OPTIMIST
Positive Change Begins With You
THE OPTIMIST
Pioneers of possibility
“For Present People”
Tag lines:
THE OPTIMIST:
Exploring Intelligent World Matters
THE OPTIMIST:
Minding What Matters Most
THE OPTIMIST:
Mind What Matters
THE OPTIMIST:
Change for Good
THE OPTIMIST:
A Taste for the Truth
THE OPTIMIST:
A Taste for the Best
THE OPTIMIST:
Finding Peace in the Present
THE OPTIMIST:
Focusing on Intelligent World Matters
With joy,
Geffen Rothe, San Francisco
Welldefinedsolutions.com
The Optimist: Re-red
tagline idea:
“the best sincerity”
Nick McCumber
THE OPTIMIST:
For Intelligent Agents of Change
THE OPTIMIST:
An Ode to Enlightened Rainmakers
Ode to Life!
Tagline: The Optimist, For Progress to Creative Awareness
Tagline: The Optimist–For Progress to Creative Awareness
Formerly Ode
Tagline: The Optimist—For Progress to Creative Awareness
The Optimist: the bright side of reason
The Optimist: the brighter side of reason
The Optimist: Real reasons to dream big
Tagline Suggestion:
The Optimist
Beauty and Possibility
Why have a tagline? I think she stands strong now .. Strong enough on
her own as The Optimist, alone amongst all of her many admirers/ readers.
But if you really want a line.
Finding the positive
The positive read
Positive outlook
Positive exploration
Exploring the positive
A bright outlook
Enlightening us now
For positive readers
Happy news
Energizing, enlightening and empowering
Better than Your Mom’s Mac and cheese… Sorry couldn’t resist
Can we visit the office even if we don’t win the contest?
THE OPTIMIST:
Elevating change.
tag line:
The Optimist:
creates a better world!
THE OPTIMIST
Enlightening change
New tagline for The Optimist:
For all that is possible.
Reclaiming our lives, one word at a time.
Changing Lives, One Word At A Time
supporting change, one word at a time
or
Helping to change lives, one word at a time
The Optimist
for personal and global empowerment
Sum-hows, Sum-wheres, Sum-whats for a more meaningful grown-up life
THE OPTIMIST:
For Positive Thinkers
Tagline: Reinforcing life choices for freedom, growth and joy
Tagline suggest: Nurturing spiritual growth
The Optomist
Positive thinking for positive change
The Optimist
Positive thinking for positive change
Tagline Suggestion:
The Optimist: Igniting the Possible
The Optimist thinking forward
THE OPTIMIST:
A Visionary Community Building World Peace, Sustainability, and Hope
Ode to Humanity
Tagline:
A positive outlook on looking out for our world.
Here are my tagline suggestions:
Intersecting Intelligent Discovery and Positive Possibilities
Discovering Positive Possibilities
Exploring Intelligent, Positive Possibilities
Exploring Transformative Possibilities
Thanks,
Margie Walker
THE OPTIMIST
Envisioning the BEST
The Optimist:
Positively Different
The Optimist: Field Guide To The Future
The Optimist:
Living well is the best reward
Expanding life’s horizons
We make good things happen
Explore life’s possibilities
Where possibilities flourish
The Positive Source
The Optimist: Pioneers, Possibilities & Perspectives for Meaningful Change
Some ideas for the tagline:
THE OPTIMIST
Mind over Matters
Change your mind; change the planet
We’ve got a better idea.
Paving the yellow brick road
Try it. You’ll like it.
THE OPTIMIST
Walking the talk.
THE OPTIMIST
Celebrating the possibility.
THE OPTIMIST
What’s possible.
THE OPTIMIST
Your connection to change.
THE OPTIMIST
Living the dream.
THE OPTIMIST
Manifesting change together.
THE OPTIMIST
Faith in our future.
THE OPTIMIST
The Power of Yes.
THE OPTIMIST
Focused on the possibility.
THE OPTIMIST
Faith over fear.
THE OPTIMIST
Saying Yes to a better way.
THE OPTIMIST.
Looking Up Together.
An intellectual odyssey for forward thinking readers
THE OPTIMIST
The Voice of Fearless Realism.
The Optimist
For Our Possible World
or
An Ode to Our Possible World
The Optimist:
For Our Possible World
or
An Ode to Out Possible World
opps….An Ode to Our Possible World
The Optimist
Embracing our future
The Optimist
In Search of Solutions
The Optimist
Make it Happen.
Inspiring the Human Spirit
An Ode to the Human Spirit
The Optimist: For those who ask, “why not?”
The OPTIMIST
Believers in Possibility
The Optimist
Celebrating Humanity
The Optimist
Celebrating humanity’s light
The Optimist
Creating a better reality
tagline:
seeing possibilities…..
A a subscriber of Ode and a promoter of her values and dreams, I recommend:
The Optimist: celebrating a new reality
The Optimist: growing greener pastures
The Optimist: leading the new dance
The Optimist: sharing stories of the new reality
The Optimist: the hippies were right!
The Optimist: the happiness revolution
The Optimist: learning, sharing, planting seeds of joy
The Optimist: for a healthier humanity
Can’t wait to see more suggestions and the reveal of the new tagline. Thank you for involving us!
Tagline:
An Ode to positive thought
The Optimist
“Enjoying the Journey”
The Optimist: An ode to possibilities.
Ode News Is Good News
Smart News for the 21st Century
Advanced News for the 21st Century
Advanced Smart News for the 21st Century
A Celebration of Inspired News
Serious Good News
A few suggestions:
The Power of Positive
Inspiration for the Future
An Ode to Positive Change
Inspiring Positive Change
I think you have the tagline in the current issue: “Transforming the Future”. It is descriptive and optimistic. Couldn’t say it better myself!
The Optimist
Looking for Possibilities
Celebrating Reality Since 1994.
Ever present, always persistent
My suggestion: Promise and possibility in a changing world
I also like: “Where possibilities flourish” from David Virden.
and would change “Leading the change we want to see in our own corner of the world” to “Leading the change we want to see in our world”
“Come thrive”
“Flourish now”
“For the intelligently connected”
One of the first things I did when my life entered into another level was to change my name to something I could relate to…Bill no longer seemed to cover it. It was actually changed for me in India to Rahasya which is Sanskrit for “mystery” which I feel defines me more accurately. I love your magazine and this comes from a person who also publishes a magazine…
Our Song is Hope’s Echo Mountains: Climb
The Optimist: Global Positivism
Inspired Ideas in Action
Inspiration in Action
Congrats!!
tagline: Innovative ideas for a world that works for everyone! an expression of what Bucky Fuller stood for. Maybe the worlds first truly global citizen.
tagline: For the genius in all of us!
Insight is outasight!
Peace In
In Deeds
Our Song is Hope’s Echo Mountains: Climb to Peace
Congratulations for changing your name. I am excited by the clarity & positive expression it conveys. A suggestion for a tagline is: The Optimist: For a Loving New World
Tagline: Sparks for your imagination!
The Optimist:
Proof of the positive
Proving the positive
Affirming positive possibilities
Authenticating life’s positive possibilities
Affirming the world’s positive possibilities
Agreed. The Optimist is a much more appropriate name. Well chosen!
Positive Paradigm Pioneering in the Now.
Catalyzing Consciousness in a New World.
For Those Who Think They Can.
The Optomist – A well lived life’s
The Optomist – expect the best I
Taglines: A better dream…
The optimal view……
The best of possible worlds…….
The possible dream…….
Oops, there was a typo on my last comments
The Optomist – a well lived life
The Optomist – expect the best
Proposed tagline: Creating positive future – NOW
I like it to be optimistic and future oriented but clearly implying that action time is now. Please try to include IONS’ (www,noetic.org) vision and materials in your publication. I lead IONS local community group in Vancouver BC – Canada (VIONS) and I am avid reader of ODE emails and links (don’t have hard copy anymore), both are intelligent and positive sources of knowing and they provide mutually supportive perspectives. All the best for the crew and readers of “The OPTIMIST” . Namaste – Eva
Tagline for The Optimist-A portal to positive empowerment
An guidebook for alchemy.
or
Inspiration for future alchemists.
I always loved the name ODE and understand the reasons for change. The foregoing suggestions are all wonderful. I would like to see the word ODE incorporated into the new title of the magazine so my suggestion would be:
The Optimist
An Ode to Life
Helping our Planet and its Inhabitants
to
Flourish and Prosper
The Optimist
the ode way sings on!
or
ode shows the way!
or
ode the way of intelligence matures!
The Optimist: An Ode to Possibilities
ODE was (is) a powerful name, never misunderstood by me . . . . and because you are changing to Optimist, surely you have heard of the organization, OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL, with a quarterly publication named OPTIMIST. In addition to selecting a “new” name that is already in use by another publication, you sort of blew an opportunity to increase interest from your enthusiastic readers to have them suggest a new name for ODE. I was once involved in renaming a publication, and by inviting the readers to suggest new names, a wonderful dialogue ensued that led to great ideas for articles as well as hearing from readers what was liked and disliked in subject matter. I urge you, if the name
OPTIMIST is not yet cast in stone, to publicly welcome submissions for new names. Here’s some from me: PONDER, UNFOLD, MAXIMUM, INTERFACE, INTERLINK, INTERPLAY, LAURELS, EXPANSE, CONFIRM and there are so many more that convey a more appropriate sense of engaging readers in new ideas, organizations, and extraordinary people. Whatever you do I wish you
continued, wonderful success. David Holmstrom
The Optimist:
A Positive Perspective on Reality
The Optimist: The World Is As You Dream It
The Optimist – Where harmony and hope dwell.
“CREATING TOMORROW TOGETHER”
OR! – “CREATING TOMORROW TOGETHER TODAY”
OR – “WORKING TOGETHER TODAY TO CREATE A BETTER TOMORROW”
tagline ideas:
empowering progress
inspired intelligence
intelligent intentions
creating social alchemy
an ode to better living
“For Intelligent Altruists”
“Expecting the Best”
Tagline:
Where possibilities become reality
or
Where creativity and possibility make reality
In pursuit of the best
Someone could lighten up… The Optimist is not Optimist and I doubt anybody “blew it.”
My favorites from the list so far are: “an ode to possibilities,” “positive thoughts in action,” and “smart ideas for a prosperous planet.”
Here’s mine: …the power of good intention
Intelligence At Play With Optimism
Tagline suggestion: “Changing the World, one reader at a time.”
Symphonies for the Planet
An Ode to Intelligence!
Human and Planetary Synergies
Thank you for ODE. On to The Optimist. Tagline suggestion: Experiencing possibilities!
Whatever the name I will continue reading! And how about “An Ode to Communicating Possibilities”?
Leaning wisely forward to thrive.
“Because Life is Beautiful”
“Because Good is Great”
“Shining the Light”
Good luck with it!
The Optomist — Ode Renewed
The Optimist
“The Glass IS Half Full”
Supports the idea that the optimist is right, he/she is taking charge, and those who follow will experience all of life’s possibilities.
The Optimist
Positively Intelligent
or Pioneering Hope
The Optomist – An Ode to the Power of Positive Thinking
Whoops…meant : The Optimist – An Ode to the Power of Positive Thinking
…because we are the change!
Building the tide of hope
Sharing hope and purpose
An Intelligent Guide to the Possible
New Name/Tagline:
The Optimist
With Head in the Stars and Two Feet on the Ground
or
The (Practical) Optimist
Bea
Mindful Intelligence, Creating an World of Well Being
Congrats on the new name. I like the concept of “manifestation.”
My feedback is:
The Optimist:
Manifesting a Better World
Here’s a tagline that occurs every time I read Ode:
Unconfine your mind…
I’ve got a few possible taglines:
“Positive Power for the Planet”
“Positive Power for Change”
“Positively Empowering”
Keeping it simple and to the point, my tagline suggestion is:
The Optimist
Choosing the future
Bright Brain Being
An Ode to Living
Ode to Earth:the Possibilities!
The Optimist:
Upgrade Your Reality
The Optimist
Tuning in to change.
Some ask, Why? We ask, Why Not?
New sunrise from Earth.
Rebirth of Earth – the possibilities.
Our Heart and Mind for Earth
The Optimist – for Intelligent Solutions
Many great suggestions so far. Mine is along the same lines as some of them.
The Optimist
An Ode To Positive Doing
The Optimist ~
“Presenting the power of YES”
The Optimist: Stories of positive change.
Love new name. Tagline should be simple. Something like:
The Optimist: Ode to Life
The Optimist.
CHANGING THE WORLD, ONE BRAIN AT A TIME
THE OPTIMIST.
we think, therefore we are
THE OPTIMIST.
the passage from reality, to euphoria
Brighten your future
THE OPTIMIST.
changing the world, one being at a time.
The Optimist: Transformation in Action
Choosing the future
Choose the future with intelligence
Choosing the future with intelligence
1. A Passion for the Possible
2. Crossing the Divide of Otherness
3. Moving From Separation to Belonging
4. Harbinger of Global Family
5. Creating a World of Belonging
6. Watch Out Here We Come!
“The Optimist — For those who want to hear about the bright side” or more simply,
“The Optimist — There is a bright side!”
tagline suggestion:
THE OPTIMIST
Celebrating Possibilities
First, thank you so much for opening up this discussion to your readers!
Building on David Holstrom’s 6/13 comments, I wish you had renamed the magazine “The Intelligent Optimist” because it better defines your audience and maintains greater continuity between old and new names.
My tagline ideas are:
…Pioneers of the Possible
…Pioneering the Solutions Paradigm
…Creating Solutions for a Better World
Here’s a suggested TAGLINE, if you go with The Optimist…
FOR POSITIVE THINKERS & DOERS.
However…I think it’s a mistake to lose the line FOR INTELLIGENT OPTIMISTS.
It identifies quickly who your target readers are: Thinkers who are optimistic.
I’d like to suggest a different path forward. Change the magazine’s name to
POSITIVELY…an adverb that describes how your readers and the subjects of your
articles approach LIFE! (How they think and how they LIVE). With this title for the publication, the tagline could remain FOR INTELLIGENT OPTIMISTS, providing some continuity for those looking for your publication. Good luck with this new venture. Greg
Spirit, Passion, and Creativity!
Hope for the world.
Hope made visible.
Hope in action
If you want a name other than “OPTIMISM” that is the most powerful and comprehensive creative act, based on my scientific experimental research, consider:
COMPASSION
Creating a better reality
Suggested tag
All That Bodes Well
Creating The Future – NOW
My suggestion is: Creating the Future – NOW
The optimist
What’s possible
I see Ode Magazine as a magazine that recognizes and brings to the forefront people all over the world who are initiating thoughtful change to make the world better.
Tag lines:
Celebrating the Human Spirit
Celebrating Intelligent Change
Inspiring and Celebrating Intelligent Change
Fulfilling on the Human Spirit
Fulfilling on the Intelligent Expression of the Human Spirit
Celebrating the Intelligent Expression of the Human Spirit
An Intelligent Celebration of the Human Spirit
An ‘Ode’ to the Optimist
An Ode to the Universe
An Ode to Global Actions
Tagline: LOVE IN ACTION
The Optimist tag line suggestion
Seekers of the best life and world possible!
The Optimist – Seeking meaning, solutions, & positive change
Reap what you Sow
I love your new title, here is my contribution
The Optomist – Intelligence at Work
When am I coming to San Francisco? Yeehaw……………
The Optimist: Advancing Positive Change
An ode to intelligence.
An intelligent ode.
The Optimist
for Positive and Negative egos
The Optimist
Be the Change in the World
My tag for
The Optimist:
Following the Arc of Nature
Tagline suggestion:
FOR THE PIONEERS OF THE NEW WORLD
THE OPTIMIST:
Humanity at its finest
I love this, I love Ode, and I love so many of the great contributions so far! Here are mine, and thanks for the opportunity to contribute
The Optimist: Be the Revolution.
The Optimist: Ode to the Intelligent Revolution.
Thanks again, and I look forward to meeting her again…all grown up!
idea:
envisioning a better way; making it happen
Seeking the sublime in everyday living
Ode to Humanity.
Taglines for the Optimist:
Premier ideas producing workable solutions
Universal potential always at work
Active global minds for a win-win world
Where actions create global solutions
Where boundary lines stop and solutions are practiced
Where multi-cultures create positive change
Where promises turn into realities
Hi there, congrats with new name. amazing suggestions for taglines….I can’t imagine how you r going to select. power of crowdsourcing at its best!
here r mine:
The Optimist – Proving Progress is Possible
The Optimist – Igniting a Revolution of Positive Change!
The Optimist – the only way to Be!
The Optimist – Changing the World, One Story at the Time.
The Optimist – the Audacity of Hope
Love the new name! life is all about evolution…. I remember the time when you were pondering the current tagline probably 10 years ago!
Here’s my suggestion for a new tag:
International news for positive change
Tagline suggestions:
Intelligent Activism + Activation
Activating possible
Possibility in action
Possibility is limitless
Creativity + Consciousness in Action
Activating Creativity + Consciousness
Looking forward to yet another positive change in the Ode legacy! Thanks for the opportunity to contribute.
The Optimist – Consciously Creating a Better World
The Optimist – Contributing to Positive Social Change
The Optimist – Pioneers of the Positive
The Optimist – For Pioneers of the Positive
The Optimist – Creating Worthwhile Change
The Optimist – For A Healthy Planet
The Optimist – Illuminating Good
The Optimist – Harbinger of Good Things
The Optimist – It All Begins Here
The Optimist – It All Begins With You
I would build on what Nan suggested:
Ode to What’s Possible
Collaboratively co-creating our future now
Optimizing our future now
Evolving our global future now
For positive plurkers
(plurker is one who plays while working) I made up the word about 40 years ago when I puzzled why people worked during the week and played on weekends and I wanted a word to integrate the two and dissolve the boundaries. It didn’t exist so I made plurk up.I also would be thrilled to write an article for ODE (The Optimist) about this.
New Tag Lines:
The Optimist:
Always Half-full
The Optimist:
Pondering infinite possibilities
Suggestions for a tagline:
The Power of Oneness in Optimism
Even more goodness…
THE OPTIMIST
Conversation Welcome
THE OPTIMIST
Conscious Conversation for Planetary Good
THE OPTIMIST
The Conversation for a World of Good
Tagline suggestion: Yes we will
Found your magazine for the first time today and treated myself to it drawn to the cover stories. Love it, thank you.
Tag line:
Encompassing. Enlightening. Empowering.
The Optimist:
Conscious Culture
Ode: a Lens for Change
Woops!! for first comment “Ode” habits are hard to break!! (sorry)
The Optimist: a Lens for Change
“Consciously Creating Joy”
“Intentionally Creating Joy”
“Deliberately Creating Joy”
Here are mine, I was trying to narrow it down to one, but since others but in more than one:
THE OPTIMIST
Actively making a better world
or
THE OPTIMIST
A future unimagined, until now
or
THE OPTIMIST
A future made by you for everyone
or
THE OPTIMIST
Enriching earth and its people
or
THE OPTIMIST
Envisioning a peaceful, abundant earth
Tagline: Uncommon sense.
Tagline: Let it glow.
The Optimist
A Community for Positive Change
Tagline idea:
The Optimist
Always Half-full
The Optimist:
Pondering Infinite Possibilities
The Optimist.
Be one with ^
(that last character would be an up-arrow…or a thumb pointing up)
Sentient Rainbow of Reality
The Optimist…
Tagline: Changes the world
I have enjoyed ODE for many years and shared it with many. Thank you for all your good work. Here are my ideas for the tagline on your new name:
The Optimist-Global Good News
The Optimist-Reporting What’s Right With The World
The Optimist-Global Hope
The Optimist=Intelligence+Joy2(squared) or Intelligence+Hope2(squared)
The Optimist-Good News Now
The Optimist-Good for Everyone
Wonderful new name!
Tagline ideas:
The Optimist
Embracing now and looking forward to tomorrow
The Optimist
Looking forward to a brilliant future
The Optimist
Looking forward to an inspiring future
I may leave more as they strike me. Fun project!
Cate in San Francisco
The Optimist
“The Voice of Conscience Humanity”
Seeking the sublime in everyday living.
The Optimist
Live in the flow of possibilities…
….making possible the extraordinary
Reporting & Supporting the Global Good
Serving & Reporting the Global Good
Reporting & Supporting the Global Transformation
All The Good We Find We Print
The Optimist
“Positive Focus = Positive Change.”
“Because The Stories We Share Matter”
“Because A Better World Starts With Positive Ideas”
1. A passion for the possible
2. Watch out here we come
3. Eagerly crossing the divide of otherness
4. Welcoming our global family
5. Harbinger for healing our planet
6. Awakening spirit
7. Awakening to our true potential
Tag line: seeing, making, & spreading the Good or ‘seeaing Good into our world’
Striving for a better world
“where the cup is always half full”
Exploring Ideas for the World Ahead
My taglines:
Make the most of it.
For progressive visionaries.
For progress.
Optimize your best self.
Favor the extraordinary.
Realize your potential.
Become not ordinary but extraordinary.
Embrace your extraordinary.
Wow! So many thoughtful tagline suggestions. Here’s one more:
“discovering the possible”.
Optimist:
spreading positive energy
sharing positive energy
creating positive energy
faciliating a better today
inspiring others for a better world
new realities for positive change
creating new realities
inspiring each other for a positive change
open mind pioneers
Creating positive images for a new world.
Creating positive visions for a new world.
thanks for great reading!
The Optimist
for personal and global empowerment
For Human Becomings
For Dreaming Doers
you all said it your self: Effort, Patience, Attention
hello modators, will you please corrwct my grammar? my submitted comment should read: You all said it yourselves: Patience, Effort, Attention
Positively Enlightening
From inspiration to action
Ode for inspiration
Creating a better world
Creating positive change
Living in the light
Taking action
My suggestion: The optimist: life with perspective
The Optimist- where all frontiers merge
The Optimist – the critical power of hope
The Optimist – touching the mind, seeing the heart
The Up-Change Pathway
The Optimist: For Those With Hope
The Optimist: Positively Hopeful
The Optimist: Authentically Positive
Embracing the Future
The Optimist: Explore your
Intellect;
Exploit an
Intelligent
Optimists Ode.
(EI, EIOO)
The OPTIMIST: a Novel Resonant Ode.
The OPTIMIST: Join Optimistic Youth JOY!
The Optimist.
An ode to the good
Optimist
Sprouting new possibilities
Inspiring words
words of positive change
seeds of change
be a change agent
looking for positive change
exploring possibilities
believing in a better tomorrow
believing in a brighter today and tomorrow
believing in each other
believing and inspiring positive change
The Optimist : Do Good Now!
The Optimist
good looking out
Positively Intelligent.
Tag line: Showing the way.
Tag line: For the NEW future.
Tag line: It’s our turn – it’s our time.
Tag line: The future depends on us.
Thanks so much for celebrating growth and change. Kindest regards, Lin
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
Strengthening & Sustaining Creative Intelligence
Tag line suggestions
THE OPTIMIST
Not as simplistic as the name implies
Not a publication of Optimist International service club
A magazine that is really about possibilities
Heralding possibilities
Introducing possibilities, innovation and expansive viewpoints
Since I find this magazine to be encouraging news every time I open it, my suggestion for a tagline was: Good News for Positive Thinkers
But looking at the other ideas, I found quite a few that also spoke to what I find in Ode. These are the ones I found stayed with me after reading the entire list (to date). You will surely have a hard time choosing!
For those who ask, “why not?” Michael Landau
For those who think they can… Ron Maehl
Positive Thinking in Action David Virden
Celebrating Today’s Visionaries Caroline Sneed
Celebrating Ideas in Action Suzanne Freed
Where possibilities flourish… David Virden
Upgrade Your Reality Laurie Perez
Presenting the Power of YES Nina
Because a Better World Starts (Begins?) with Positive Ideas Adrienne Trapani
THE OPTIMIST
The more we know -
The less we ‘no’
My input for the tagline is the quote:
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
Don’t have a tagline.
You could say “The Optimist” is both your name, tagline and your clarion call to a world besieged by negativity.
The name “The Optimist” allows each person to connect with your story in their own way. The desire to try and “capture” the quicksilver of purpose within the artifice 3-5 words, while time honoured, is also a waste of opportunity to paint a bigger more vibrant picture across the breadth of people, stories and endeavours that can will and should change with time.
Oh, there are so many delicious ideas here! How will you decide? Here’s my contribution…
The Optimist ~ Believing in What’s Possible or maybe Being What’s Possible or Possibilities Made Real
One could go on and on….
tagline: Hope as a verb
I try to read each article very slowly in order to “digest” instead of ” gobbeling” them down.
Possible taglines:
an ode to a healthy future
an ode to a better tomorrow
an ode to hope
a hopeful ode
the best of all possible odes
a song to tomorrow
a song for today, hope for tomorrow
stories for a better tomorrow
holding hope for a better tomorrow
shining light on what’s working
what the world most needs now
THE OPTIMIST generating a better world.
Intelligent Inspiration
The Optimist
Your choice. Your life.
The Optimist
Goodness pervades reality
The Optimist
Good, better, best.
The Optimist
Looking forward, onward, upward.
The Optimist
Sees the best in all.
Inspiring Today for Tomorrow’s World
Inspiring Perspectives
The Optimist.
A Life Force to be reckoned with!
I’ve been reading ODE since her name was HOPE. The songwriter in me will miss the seeing the word Ode on the cover, but so be it. How about a tagline that uses her childhood name: Delivering hope for today
Healthy thoughts for the future!
THE OPTIMIST
never alone
I like to think of optimism in terms of the Latin optimum, meaning “best”. Over the years Ode has reminded me to expect the best out of myself and others. You have cultivated a community of hopeful and inspiring people. May ‘The Optimist’ continue to change the world one idea at a time.
Taglines-
Change is here
Your best is our business
Inspiration at its best
Everything is possible
Where vision meets action
Where vision meets possibility
Better ideas for an evolving world
The best of human inspiration
Expect the best
My tagline ideas:
-Ode to a Better World.
-Ode to Possibilities.
-People. Progress. Possibility.
-Ode to a Brave New World.
-Seeds For Positive Change.
-Making a Difference.
-Inspiring Positive Change.
-Doing Good.
-Do Good.
-Doing Food Today for a Better Tomorrow.
Looking at the world through “half-full” glasses…
Aspire to Inspire; (WE) Aspire to Inspire (US)
A pure dish of Inspiration
Aspiration inspiration of the nation
Grace and Optimism GO together
Magazine For Positive Thinkers
The LOVE (!) the new name, “The Optimist”! Good work…
My suggestion for the tagline: “Connecting you to GOOD NEWS worldwide”
The Optimist
Uncovering more happy thoughts to help you fly away to Never Neverland, far, far away from all of these pessimists
“Weaving brightness into darkness.”
(I love a lot of the ideas above!!! but still wanted to share mine anyway!)
We each have the ability to make the world an amazing place
An Ode to Thoughtful Thought
Tagline Contest.
The Optimist. It beats grumpy.
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The Optimist: Strategies for Positive Change
Tagline: An ode to positive intelligence.
Tagline:
proving that dreams come true
Tagline:
proving that dreams come true
If after the discussion (yes, i like the word ‘optimist’ but also know that it has also the power to scare some people, may be not optimistic enough
) you go on with the idea of the new name, here are my tagline ideas for the Optimist:
- The best can happen, we share it.
- The power of ideas
- Sharing realities
- Global inspiration
- Global inspire action
- Just facts
- Random facts of change
- Reality is stranger than fiction
THE OPTIMIST
the wisdom in you
THE OPTIMIST
the knowing in you
THE OPTIMIST
big ideas for a small world
You Can. Your Will
A lot of wonderful ideas have been offered!
My Favorites:
Meia Gefddes: Intelligent Inspiration
Marah Winslow: Serious Good News
Laurie Perez: Upgrade Your Reality
Edmund Weisberg: An Intelligent Guide to the Possible
K.D. McCleave: We’ve got a better idea.
Raf Manji: Because Life is Beautiful
Additional Suggestions:
THE OPTIMIST
Intelligent News for a More Beautiful World
THE OPTIMIST
A Pioneer’s Companion
THE OPTIMIST
Discover What’s Possible*
THE OPTIMIST
Empowering the Positive
THE OPTIMIST
For a More Beautiful World
* “Discover What’s Possible” may be my favorite because it speaks directly to the reader. It invites inquiry and engagement, not just with the magazine but also with the online environment. It implies individual and collective possibility and empowerment. It invites thinking beyond what one already knows is possible, while still being realistic. It implies innovation and pioneering. “Discover” is a proven-effective marketing word.
Thank you Ode / The Optimist! Blessings on the next step of your journey!
The Optimist, an ode to possibilities.
How about ‘Positive People Power’ as a tagline?
I like to think of optimism in terms of the Latin optimum, meaning “best”. Over the years Ode has reminded me to expect the best out of myself and others. You have cultivated a community of hopeful and inspiring people. May ‘The Optimist’ continue to change the world one idea at a time.
Taglines-
Change is here
Your best is our business
Inspiration at its best
Everything is possible
Where vision meets action
Where vision meets possibility
Better ideas for an evolving world
The best of human inspiration
Expect the best
THE OPTIMIST : A Companion for Visionary Change
or
THE OPTIMIST: Pioneering Global Possibilities
A constructive alternative — suggested tagline.
The optimist: A Companion for Visionary Change
The Optimist – Positivity Celebrated
Tagline: Ode to human creativity
Ode to positive progress
An Ode to Possibilities
Suggested tagline
An ode to positive journey
You make the need for change clear; so be it. I wonder, though, what will happen to some of my favorite “quick features.” For example, the “Ode to …” page headings, and “A la Mode/A la Ode.” I’m sad to lose those.
Taglines:
1. A slightly different editing of Andrea Goeglein’s: Pessimism transformed, Optimism restored.
2. Ode to intelligent possibility. Or, if you prefer: Ode to intelligent possibilities. (I prefer the universal singular.)
The Optimist: For The Hopeful
Embrace the Positive
The Glass Half Full
Submitted for Tim Wertz:
THE OPTIMIST
“Truly Enlightening And Maturing”
Enlightening our readers & Maturing our message
The Art of Nurtured Appreciation
The Optimist:
Ode to a better world
(many have echoed similar lovely sentiments above!)
I truly enjoy reading about the innovative people and ideas in your articles.
The Optimist: Sharing Creative Vision
My suggestions for taglines are:
1. Bringing the world together through inspiration and education
or
2. Connecting the world through inspiration and education
THE OPTIMIST
For Infinite Possibilities
THE OPTIMIST
Inspiring Infinite Possibilities
THE OPTIMIST
For Intelligent Possibilities
THE OPTIMIST
Creative Solutions to Age Old Dilemmas
THE OPTIMIST
For Sustaintable Solutions
THE OPTIMIST
For Abundant Solutions
THE OPTIMIST
Truth~ Creativity~Abundance
THE OPTIMIST
Agents of Possibilities
THE OPTIMIST
Collaborating for Intelligent Change
THE OPTIMIST
Collaborating for Creative Change
Thanks for this opportunity to share!
Love & light,
Ms. Maxine & One Wish
http://www.fusionfotos.ca
The road best traveled
The Optimist
Communicating For Shared Success
Tagline
Against all odds
Mapping my future
Meaningful content
… therefore I am optimistic
The energía of calm
Tagline:
Opthinkmistic
The formula = Opti + mistic
An sparkling point of view
How about “The Optimist” “for intelligent dreamers”
Or “The Optimist” “for creative visionaries”
My tagline suggestion is…
The Optimist: Positively Powerful.
Ode to
The Optimist
Tagline: Hope on every page
The Optimist: for Conscious Thinkers
The Optimist: for Thinkers and Dreamers
The Optimist: for Thinking People
The Optimist: for Positive Thinkers
The Optimist: Positively Moving Forward
The Optimist: Positive Motion for Conscious Thinkers
My suggestion for a tagline:
The Optimist:
Positively Changing the Planet
Here are a few suggestions for a new tagline…
*Just say Know
*For those who say yes to know
*Embrace ‘yes’ and know…
My suggestion is…
The Optimist – FOR INTELLIGENT POSSIBILISTS
(A possibilist is someone who believes that all possibilities exist can be manifested using the extraordinary power of the mind and the incredible energy of the heart. There are societies of possibilists all over the world.)
More knowing leads to less ‘no’ing
The Optimist: Forever Young
The Optimist: Forever Green
be cause
the Optimist: Always impeoving our thinking with compassion
correction, second word spelling shold be improving, not mpeoving!
Another suggested tagline or two:
The Optimist:
Positively Changing the View
Positively Changing the Conversation
About “Thinking outside the inbox”:
In many ways, we are continually being indoctrinated with what the powers that be wish us to believe… these thoughts and ideas are put in the inbox of our minds, but until we begin, as we are, to reject the status quo, what needs to be, will not be, therefore, thinking outside the inbox asks us to think beyond what is or what others want it to be, to what is possible when allowing our spirits to be open to the possibilities beyond our human assumptions and limitations to trust the divine in ourselves to lead us where we need to go and who we need to be as planet earth and children of God.
Another suggestion: “Dreaming God’s dream”
Tagline for the new name
The Optimist
Living Forward with Wonder
Seems to me the simpler the better….
Tag line:
ETERNAL
The Optimist: Innovative Ways to Thoughtful Living
The Optimist: Guiding Our Future with Intelligence
Tagline:
The Optimist: We put the “FUN” back in “FUNERAL”
The Optimist: If I had a Quarter for every Dollar I’ve spent…
The Optimist: Taxes are going DOWN.
The Optimist: Silliness run amuck.
The Optimist: “Fool” rhymes with “School”
Making the Impossible Possible
Tagline:
A Positive Magazine for Negative Times
The Optimist: “Read. Discover. Connect with the world’s well being”
The Optimist: “For and from an Optimist’s Point of View”
The Optimist: “Simply Positive.”
The Optimist: “Accentuating the Positive”
The Optimist: “Affirming the Positive”
The Optimist: “Get in the right frame of mind.”
The Optomist: Looking Forward
As in looking forward to a new day, a new idea, a new adventure, or receiving the next copy of The Optomist.
Correction: Optimist
Exploring a better way for a better world
Tagline:
Absolutely Positive!
after considering many possiblities for your tagline, I glanced through some past issues of Ode and in my opinion felt like you had the best tagline all along so my choice For the new tagline is:
The Optimist
Ode TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE
for the tagline:
The Optimist
Think about it!
tagline: Being the change we wish to see in the world.
The Optimist
revealing the best possible world
Tagline:
An ode to possibility!
Tagline:
Celebrating the Birth of a New Paradigm
Tagline Thoughts for a Healthy Future
or Healthy Thoughts For The Future
A quick google shows that there is another magazine named, “The Optimist.”
http://www.optimist.org/magazine/theoptimist-summer2012/index.html
The people behind this magazine even hold a yearly conference and have a creed:
The Optimist Creed
Promise Yourself …
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
You may want to re-think this name change.
Tagline: Celebrating the common good
tagline- celebrating the common good
( not sure if this went through the first time)
Tagline:
opt in!
THE OPTIMIST
Where creative contribution meets intelligent change
THE OPTIMIST
Intelligent contribution for creative change
THE OPTIMIST
Igniting creative change
THE OPTIMIST
Revolutionary contributions for intelligent change
THE OPTIMIST
Where people unleash creative change
THE OPTIMIST
Where people unleash creative possibilities
THE OPTIMIST
For possibility. For people. For the planet.
THE OPTIMIST
Pioneers of creative change
THE OPTIMIST
Changing our planet one possibility at a time
THE OPTIMIST
Leading the possibility revolution
The Optimist: an intelligent ode
ode to making a difference
Rational Intelligence
Making it Happen
1. For the Renaissance Mind
2. Speaking to the Emerging Mind
3. Lifting Global Awareness
4. Encouraging a Global Renaissance
5. For Global Contributors
6. Raising Human Potential
Here are my suggestions for your new tagline:
-Inspiring a culture of positive action
-Inspiring positive action
-Inspiring a culture of possibilities
-Inspiring a culture of positive change
-Inspiring change makers
-Spirit of the New Renaissance
-Inspiring a culture of compassion
-Inspiring a culture of compassionate action
-Inspiring compassionate action
Thank you for a truly inspiring magazine.
Suggested tagline:
THE OPTIMIST:
The magazine of positive momentum
Tagline suggestion: Committed to making the world a better place.
The Optimist: Seeking the Best in Everything
I picked up a great tagline in your “Ode is turning 18…” article.
THE OPTIMIST
A tribute to the people and ideas making our world a better place.
Love the magazine and could not stop brainstorming about its future. So here is my list of favorite taglines and more:
The Optimist
Living the Possible
The Optimist
A World of Potential
The Optimist
Promoting Possibilities
The Optimist
Making Possibilities Real
The Optimist
Leaders for Change
The Optimist
Seeking the Possible
The Optimist
Explorers of Change
The Optimist
It Is Possible
Acting For The Future
Acting On Our Future
Change Happens-Plan For It
Changing How We See
Changing How & What We See
Changing What We See
Current News for The Future
Envisioning Our Future
Exploring the Possible
For A Better Tomorrow
For Real Possibilities
In Action
Inspiring Change
Possibilities In Action
News for the Blues
News Outside The Box
Seeing Beyond
Seeking Real Solutions
Seeking What Is Possible
So Many Possibilities
Solutions for Change
Views for Change
Thank you for the variety of articles. I especially appreciate the balance of political and business news with spiritual thought. We are body, mind and spirit and packaging that complete form of news is challenging. Keep up the good work.
Anticipating Your Success,
Rita Crane
Tagline: Inspired reading
Tagline: A community of inspired readers
Tagline: You, Me, Us
Tagline: For people who see the world half full!
My Suggestion Is” ODE TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE “
Thoughtfully embracing humanity
THE OPTIMIST
Where the glass is always half full.
New realities for positive change
OR
The mindful quest for positive reality
“a brighter future today”
“possitivly connecting our world”
“and they all lived happily ever after”
“Intelligent ideas for a brigher today”
“Ever expanding good”
Tagline:
Ode to Intelligence
Suggested tagline:
For those who care and think enough to change the world.
Thoughtfully Thinking
Pleasantly Purposeful
Pleasingly Purposeful
Engaging Enthusiasm
Belief. Be Life.
Belief. Be Life. Be Change.
Belief. Be Life. Be Cause.
Belief. Be Life. Be Kind.
Evolving Enthusiasm.
Involving Intellect. Evolving Enthusiasm.
Involving Intellect. Engaging Enthusiasm.
Kindly Kindred. Thoughtfully Thinking.
THE OPTIMIST
An Ode to Hope
An Ode to Problem-Solvers
The Optimist
An Ode to People, Ideas and Change
The Optimist
People & Strategies for Change
The Optimist
People, Ideas, Possibilites
The Optimist
Journal of the Upside
The Optimist
Celebrating the Upside
The Optimist
Journal of Potential and Change
Taglines:
For a better world
Intelligent Joyful Creation
For a better reality
Health. Joy. Creativity.
Adventure for the Future
The Adventure is Now
Promise. Hope. Adventure.
Saving grace, pushing possibilities
ThoughtFULL. SelfLESS.
Decidedly dreaming, actively aspiring
Inspiring Intellectuals, Changing Worlds
Suggestions for a tagline:
THE OPTIMIST
For those who believe in the possible
THE OPTIMIST
Transforming our world one imagination at a time
THE OPTIMIST
Planting seeds of possibility
THE OPTIMIST
Imagining an equitable & sustainable world
THE OPTIMIST
For relational thinkers
THE OPTIMIST
Encouraging sustainable positive change
THE OPTIMIST
Creating new reality one reader at a time
THE OPTIMIST
Fostering creative imagination for collaborative change
THE OPTIMIST
Awakening hearts and minds to what is possible
THE OPTIMIST
In support of creative thinking for sustainable solutions
THE OPTIMIST
Thinking outside of the box
THE OPTIMIST
For generative thinkers
THE OPTIMIST
Thinking for the sake of our world
THE OPTIMIST
Imagining a world worth believing in
THE OPTIMIST
For collaborative thinkers
THE OPTIMIST
Fostering creative thinking for collaborative change
THE OPTIMIST
Inspiring one another to imagine the possible
THE OPTIMIST
Inspiring new thoughts for a better world
THE OPTIMIST
For collaborative thinkers
THE OPTIMIST
Making a difference one reader at a time
THE OPTIMIST
Making a difference one thinker at a time
THE OPTIMIST
Believing in solutions not yet imagined
THE OPTIMIST
Seeing what the world needs and then imagining it
Inspiring words, changing worlds
Tagline:
Pioneering our minds into action
THE OPTIMIST
For Forward Thinkers
THE OPTIMIST
Planting Seeds of Promise & Possibility
THE OPTIMIST
Where Positivity & Possibility Prevail
The Optimist
Inspiring Actualizers
suggested tagline:
“co-creating positive realities”
Delighted to participate in Ode becoming The Optimist! I know my suggestion is too late for the contest. Please feel free to use it anyway – no strings
Blessings on this next stage of your journey, and thank you for being.
I just got my ODE yesterday and fell asleep thinking of by-lines! Sorry to be late:
We Look Forward
Empowering a positive view
The view from here is empowering
Empower Yourself, Empower your world
Dynamic Empowerment
We look towards the Light
THE OPTIMIST
For Rational Visionaries
THE OPTIMIST
For Aesthetic Realists
THE OPTIMIST
Visioning What’s Possible
THE OPTIMIST
For Practical Visionaries
Tagline proposals:
Reading Making Dreaming Real Better.
or
Minding Mending Messed Better.
Changing today, for a better tomorrow.
Looking on the bright side since 1994.
“Tomorrow’s inspiration today”
Real News/Real Hope …..love the magazine…full of promise/and seeds
of hope…
real news/real hope…….love your mag…such seeds of promise/hope
They way you should hear news
Tagline 1: the optimist, where every story has a silver lining
Tagline 2: the optimist, celebrating the human being
Tagline 3: the optimist, stories to inspire
I love your magazine! I originally picked up the magazine because it said it was for “intelligent optimists”, which I thought was both funny, intriguing and smart. I understand that the name Ode might not convey enough of what the magazine contains, but I’m sorry to lose that tag line. Here are some ideas that I’ve had for a new one. Thanks for all your work!!
THE OPTIMIST
A big magazine for a small planet
THE OPTIMIST
Bringing you a world of good
THE OPTIMIST
A positive change
THE OPTIMIST
A global perspective
THE OPTIMIST
News that inspires
THE OPTIMIST
Intelligent inspiration
THE OPTIMIST
Big ideas for a small planet
THE OPTIMIST
A world of possibility
THE OPTIMIST
Where innovation meets inspiration
The Optimist: Co-Evolving Sustainable Actions and Emergent Futures
Hi again, got a new one: The Optimist or Optimist Times, where ideas meet opportunity
I suggest a different tagline each issue, indefinitely, or until one stands out as “the one.”
Finding the new name you have chosen totally inappropriate in these dire times of our world. Childish, seemingly related to the LOA theories of the Secret, enforced pretended illusionary happiness, for western people to escape to, enabling them to remain in denial, to ignore the deep suffering of many peoples in the world.
One thing we know is we need change. A name implying that would hold space for people with differing choices, ideas, paths etc. to feel included. When going through with naming your magazine, i wish you luck, but notify you, that you will have lost me. Used to be a member for many years, when my budget still allowed it, when Ode was just locally dutch and i preferred it. Was so proud of a magazine like that being birthed in our little country.
As a tagline, i would suggest something to do with inspiration. For to uphold change, to go the length of these times of transformation, being confronted with many events that are or resemble actual, live evil, one needs positive inspiration that rings true. So not the false motivation seminars, that got so tiring and boring in the end. Selfish children wanting to create Ferrari’s not giving a care in the world, about its effect on the environment. Does Ode still acknowledge the footprint of the US is far too large to be sustainable, other peoples paying for it?
With sorrow i will carry you to a grave in my heart, having to acknowledge the Optimist is not for me. Even though an Original print of Esscher’s meeting of the Optimist and the Pessimist was hanging in my living room for many years. Just listening to Hazel Courteney’s seminar about total Braincoherence, i found words to describe my intentional search.
ForChange, committed to cocreate an optimal functional society.
THE OPTIMIST
Cutting Edge Ideas in a Quickly Evolving World
An ode to unquenchable spirit
An ode to humanity’s unquenchable spirit
An ode to spirited intelligence
An ode to good news
Intelligent good news
good news for intelligent people
A critical decision, to change Ode’s name! You’ve straddled several worlds at present (as can be clearly seen from these tagline ideas) and you don’t want to narrow that vision. I say get rid of that term “intelligent” which is elitist and exclusionary. Don’t consider defining the magazine as [just] for Optimists, or Realists, etc. You want to encourage people who are not yet positive thinkers to pick the magazine up and read it – but you will have excluded them already with that tagline. It’s vital for Ode’s growth (?purpose) to not scare people off: you’re trying to make the world better. It should appeal to as many people as possible. So for me, a generalized message is the way to go. There are many of those suggested. eg:
Ideas for Abundant Living/Transforming the Future/The Global Citizen’s Voice/Where possibilities flourish [very nice: David Virden]/Cultivating Hope/Positive thinking for positive change/Creating New Realities/ Choosing the future/An Ode to positive thought [very nice]/Serious Good News/Celebrating the possibility/Ode to Life!/For all that is possible/supporting change, one word at a time/Global Positivism/The Power of Yes/Advancing Positive Change/envisioning a better way; making it happen [nice]/Optimizing our future now/An ode to the good/Creating a Sustainable Future Together/Expanding possibility/For A Healthy Planet/Actively making a better world/Because A Better World Starts With Positive Ideas/Striving for a better world/generating a better world/Inspiring Today for Tomorrow’s World/Everything is possible/Ode to a Better World [nice&simple]/Ode to Possibilities/Inspiring Positive Change [nice]/Strategies for Positive Change [v.nice]/Empowering the Positive/ Where innovation meets inspiration [v.nice]/Changing today for a better tomorrow/Discover What’s Possible [nice]
Particularly like:
The Practical Optimist (Bea Lothrop) for a great alternative title to the magazine
and:
Ode to making a difference (Kathie McCabe) for a tagline
These allow each person to connect with your magazine in their own way – as Gertrude van Voorden* succinctly puts it: ‘[they] would hold space for people with differing choices, ideas, paths, etc. to feel included.’
Can’t say I don’t have a few tagline ideas to add to your list, although with so many responses, these may already have been suggested !…
“Encouraging the power of ideas”
“The promise of possibilities in a changing world”
“Helping the world with practical optimism”
“A source for positive changes”
“Positive choices for a changing world”
( *I also agree with her comment “one needs positive inspiration that rings true. So not the false motivation seminars”. Ode, as I said, straddles many types of reader, so its balance is important for survival or to widen readership.)
Sorry this is a bit long ! But changing ODE’s name and giving it a new tagline is dramatic. Glad you’ve included us all in the process!