# About Page Story Workbook

Develop an accurate organization story using verifiable milestones, purpose, people, operating principles, ownership, corrections, and useful visitor routes.

## Usage note

Use this workbook to build a factual, relevant account of the organization for customers, candidates, partners, journalists, or community members. Verify dates, people, quotations, ownership, awards, customer figures, and claims. Obtain permission for personal stories and images. Do not invent a founding myth, conceal a material relationship, or imply that current staff endorse words they have not reviewed.

## How to use this template

1. Define the primary visitor, trust question, organization facts, and intended next routes.
2. Collect records, approved interviews, milestones, people details, and permission status.
3. Choose a narrative connecting origin, present purpose, operating practice, and future responsibility.
4. Verify every named person, date, number, relationship, award, logo, and quotation.
5. Approve the page with responsible owners and schedule updates for people, ownership, and claims.

## Blank template

### Organization facts

- **Legal or operating name:** [Approved name]
- **Organization type:** [Company, nonprofit, project, cooperative, other]
- **Current purpose:** [Specific work and audience]
- **Founded or started:** [Date, definition, and source]
- **Service scope:** [Products, regions, or communities]
- **Ownership or governance:** [Relevant current structure]
- **Primary visitor:** [Who needs this story]
- **Trust question:** [What they should understand]
- **Useful next routes:** [Contact, leadership, careers, policies, help]

### Story and evidence

- **Origin event:** [Verified event and source]
- **Problem observed:** [Approved firsthand context]
- **Milestone 1:** [Date, significance, evidence]
- **Milestone 2:** [Date, significance, evidence]
- **Material change:** [Name, ownership, mission, or product]
- **Operating principle:** [Principle + observable practice]
- **People featured:** [Names, roles, consent]
- **Quantified claim:** [Definition, period, source]
- **Future statement:** [Bounded commitment, not guarantee]

### Trust checks

- [ ] Founding and milestone dates have clear definitions.
- [ ] Memories and documentary evidence are distinguished.
- [ ] People approve names, roles, quotations, and images.
- [ ] Awards, logos, partnerships, and numbers are current and permitted.
- [ ] Ownership and material relationships are not obscured.
- [ ] Values connect to observable practices.
- [ ] Contact and correction routes are available.
- [ ] Review ownership covers future people and fact changes.