Tebessüm Hareketi/Movement Smile Association

-Who we are:

We started our movement in Istanbul as a group of people who believe that they can solve many events and problems we encounter with different and untested methods and make them more beautiful. As a small gang, we aim to establish a big gang in the world by offering every person we come into contact with the opportunity to be a part of this volunteer movement. Together, we believe that we will leave a positive impact on our planet through various educational and social responsibility projects. We are building the Smile Movement as the implementer of the Agile system for this purpose.

-Our Method:

As the Smile Movement, we are constantly developing with a method that cares more about the process rather than the result by using Agile Project Management in accordance with the structure of non-governmental organizations. We notice the life that flows around us and the elements that make up this life. We reflect on the roles of each of these elements. In particular, we make plans for the realization of the roles that human beings have in a way that befits human dignity. Then we design how we can make and develop these roles more realistic. We start our project and make mistakes in the process. We increase our experiences with our mistakes and design the new step in an agile way. In this way, we transfer our experiences to others so that they can develop the next process faster and more confidently.

-Our Story:

One of the ideas swirling in a brain had found the appropriate environment to germinate in our process. You know, ideas are contagious, they're engaging, and they look for opportunities to come true. Not too far away, an idea in this brain was noticed by someone else, and this person began to design the appropriate environment for this idea to come to life, germinate, grow, and develop. These two people with different experiences and backgrounds developed this idea, and they believed that this idea would grow very quickly and touch many areas and pe