Your Mission Journey

Guidance on how to navigate each step in your Mission Journey

One cohesive learning experience: Your Mission Journey is the beating heart 💓 of your Tomorrow University experience, from identifying your mission, to connecting with your community, to creating impact.

Designed to optimize your personalized learning path: Each step in your Mission Journey will enable you to make the most of your Tomorrow University experience.

With the support of your community: You will get support to clarify your why, learn from peers and experts who have your back, and make informed decisions about your learning path

What are Mission Groups?

Your Mission Group is the group that you worked with for the Seed Money Challenge during your first weeks. This is the peer group that you will be traveling with throughout your Tomorrow University journey.

Why do Mission Groups exist?

Peer support groups are an extremely effective way to achieve goals, feel supported, and cultivate personal growth.

These peer support-driven Mission Groups are core to your learning journey at Tomorrow University: your Mission Group is your go-to resource throughout your journey. Through a structured way of connecting with and supporting each other, you will have more people in your corner who understand you and your mission, and are dedicated to seeing you accomplish your goals.

Your First Mission Journey Meeting 👇

Part 1: Initial Mission Meeting

During onboarding week, on top of getting ready for your program, you will get to know your peers, share your mission statements, and meet your Mission Groups.

First Mission Group Meeting

• When: 1 week after onboarding week 
• Duration: 2 hours
• Purpose: Get to know your Mission Group, set expectations for your collaboration, and find your voice

Facilitation Guide

To start, assign one person to be a facilitator and someone else to be a notetaker.

Part 1: Introductions and Expectations - Establish how you will support each as a group

• Activity 1: Getting started (10 minutes): Go around and share how your first week at Tomorrow University has been.
  • 🌹 What’s your #1 highlight so far?
  • 💪 What’s something you are finding challenging?
  • 🪷 What are you looking forward to most in the next few months?
• Activity 2: Sharing Personal Missions (10 minutes): Each member shares their personal mission. Ask each other questions, and ensure you fully understand each other’s mission statements.
• Activity 3: Mission Group Principles (40 minutes): Discuss and set guiding principles for the mission group gatherings. Assign someone to note down the answers and store them somewhere central.
  1. Confidentiality: How can we ensure that what is shared in the group stays within the group? What does confidentiality mean to each of us?
  2. Communication: What communication norms do we want to establish? How do we ensure everyone feels heard and respected?
  3. Participation: How can we create an environment where everyone feels comfortable participating? How do we manage differences in participation levels?
  4. Feedback: What are our expectations around giving and receiving feedback? How can we ensure feedback is constructive and supportive?
  5. Commitment: What are our expectations around attendance and punctuality? How do we want to handle situations when someone cannot attend a session?

Part 2: Finding Your Voice - Visualize the mission you are helping each other realize

• Activity 4: Create a Vision Board:
  • (15 minutes) Brainstorm and collect images, quotes, and phrases that reflect your mission and personal values. Put some music on to get that energy going 🕺
  • (15 minutes) to arrange these elements on a vision board using a digital tool or physical materials such as a corkboard and magazines.
• Activity 5: Reflect on your Vision Board (25 min) Discuss the board you have put together and how it captures your mission and values.
• Activity 6: Share your Vision Board (5 min) With your ToU community on Slack and/or LinkedIn to celebrate!

Part 2: Phase Transition Meetings

You will sit down with your peers, fellow intake members and your Program director at a phase transition meeting. This happens three times throughout your studies including:

• Orientation -> Calibration
• Calibration -> Elevation
• Elevation -> Activation
   

The phase transition meetings provide you with:

📌 Insight on what to expect in the next phase of your studies

📌 Time to reflect on your mission

📌 Choose relevant challenges that align your studies to your mission

Part 3: Mission Group Check-ins

Accountability is a key factor in staying committed to your personal mission and achieving your learning goals. By participating in voluntary peer check-ins every two weeks, you create a structure for reflection, motivation, and shared progress. These meetings provide an opportunity to discuss challenges, celebrate milestones, and refine your approach based on feedback from your peers. Holding yourself and others accountable fosters a sense of responsibility, strengthens group cohesion, and ensures that each member stays aligned with their evolving mission. While these check-ins are voluntary, consistent participation can greatly enhance your ability to stay focused, adapt to new insights, and maintain momentum in your journey at ToU.