Stacey Lauren · Do The ThingTEDx Speaker · Community Activation Specialist · nearly 2 million views

Get people to do the book. Activate your message. Launch your movement.

A custom online book challenge that turns readers into doers - and your launch into something that keeps going long after the room clears.

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The problem

Most book buyers read once, then stop.

The missing piece is between reading and action - the space where a message either becomes a movement or quietly fades.

  • You have

    An original book, a transformational method, and/or a signature talk.

  • You need

    A book club with a twist - The Custom Online Book Challenge.

  • You want

    Engaged supporters taking action on your message, not passive followers.

Start here

Start with a launch party.

A book launch shouldn't be a post you refresh all day, hoping someone noticed.

It can be a party instead. Your book goes out with Stacey in the room, co-hosting a live launch built on her People Party method. Your people show up. Your message is front and center. The day becomes an event, not an announcement.

You bring the book. Stacey brings the party. You get the promo to fill your own room, ready to send - so the people who should be there, are.

That's the start. Getting them to actually do the book is where this goes next.

What makes it different

A launch that fades vs. a message that moves.

A launch party fills the room for a day. A challenge keeps your message moving long after the room clears - and it works nothing like a normal book launch.

Traditional publishing

  • People buy, maybe read
  • No implementation accountability
  • No community around the message
  • One launch window, then fade
  • Author unaware what resonated
  • No ongoing asset

The Do The Thing Challenge

  • Every member is a reader (must buy to join)
  • Daily micro-actions create accountability
  • Shared experience builds momentum
  • Activation compounds continuously
  • Real-time market feedback
  • Reusable forever
The four moments

Four rooms that do the work.

01

The My People Party

The room that fills the challenge.

A live, facilitated gathering organized around your book's goal. People connect with others wanting the same outcome and sign up for the challenge.

  • Organized around a shared goal, not a sales pitch
  • Participants experience your message live before opening the book
  • Generates word-of-mouth referrals
  • Co-hosted with Stacey; you position as the expert
02

The Kickoff Party

The official challenge launch.

A live opening event that sets the energy, introduces the framework, and activates participants.

  • Co-hosted with you and Stacey
  • Participants share biggest goals
  • Builds excitement and community connection
  • Immediate bonding between participants
03

The Do The Thing Challenge

Five to seventeen days of people doing your book.

One dare per day, five to ten minutes, built around your framework.

  • 5-7 minute recorded video with Stacey
  • One specific action tied to the framework
  • Participants share activities, creating accountability
  • Book reviews, testimonials, breakthroughs surface naturally
  • Built once; yours to run forever in any room
04

The Celebration Party

The room at peak energy.

A live closing event where participants share implementations and shifts.

  • Real testimonials captured live (video + written)
  • Public celebration of wins
  • Participants become advocates
  • Perfect moment to introduce the next offer or program
  • Can be run repeatedly with new audiences
Inside the challenge

What it compounds into.

Book Sales

  • 30-150 actively engaged participants
  • Each run reaches new reader waves
  • Partners and certified hosts drive sales
  • Word-of-mouth extends beyond the challenge

Reviews

  • Prize for leaving a review drives Amazon social proof
  • Daily sharing habit established
  • Reviews from implementers carry credibility
  • A fresh wave generated any time

Testimonials

  • Daily shares generate written testimonials
  • Celebration Party captures video testimonials
  • Testimonials include specifics (what shifted)
  • Stories from doers outperform generic reviews
Where it fits

One build, many rooms.

  • Elevated book club
  • Post-keynote audience deepening
  • On-demand evergreen course content
  • Corporate team training
  • Nonprofit donor engagement & fundraising
  • Certified hosts expand reach
In their words

Hear it straight from them.

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My book became a live challenge - now it runs at Modern Prairie, 300 people strong.
Laura CarneyAuthor, My Father's List
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We 10X'd my book sales in five days - and built a community that's still going.
Kristin GutierrezAuthor, Say Yes and Figure It Out
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It really brought people closer - the connection was on another level.
George MakrinosMy People Party host
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Stacey built a custom challenge for my 130 seven- and eight-figure CEOs. It works far beyond books.
Allison MaslanFounder, Pinnacle Global Network

Also used by Nick Gray (The 2-Hour Cocktail Party) and dozens of authors, coaches, and nonprofits.

The fuller story

Laura’s book tour was over, until it wasn’t.

Laura Carney is a journalist - the kind of writer who works alone and lets the work speak for itself. She went into this skeptical, assuming her book’s moment had passed. Then she watched readers stop reading her book and start living it, one dare at a time, in real time.

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Laura CarneyAuthor, My Father’s List

“Stacey is the most amazing hype man you could ever have.”

“I’ve helped them pull their creative selves out of them… pretty soon they’re leading their own communities. It’s really remarkable.”

The real payoff was a readership - women who’ll likely buy every book she writes from here on, because they don’t just know her work anymore. They know her.

Who it’s for

Any book with an activatable message.

Audience matters by shared goal, not demographics. If your book asks readers to move toward something, there’s a room for it here.

  • Marketing

    How do I grow without doing it myself?

  • Reinvention

    What do I build next?

  • Visibility

    How do I put myself out there?

  • Dreams

    What's ready to come alive?

  • Growth

    How do I become my next version?

  • Impact

    What work matters with lasting legacy?

Why this works

Built on how people actually move.

  • The discovery

    A group with a shared goal activates faster, deeper, and longer than individuals.

  • The framework

    The “I'm Game” formula - a specific sequence that creates safety, surfaces goals, and moves people.

  • Comfort Circles

    Everyone moves at their level. No pressure.

  • Training note

    Anyone running the challenge after the initial build must complete Do The Thing training first, for consistent quality.

Optional Impact Party add-on

You did not write this book just to sell it. You wrote it to change something.

You’re an author with a calling. The Impact Party turns a launch into a movement - one that funds a cause you choose while activating the readers your book was written for.

Not another gala. Not a golf tournament. Not one more request for a check.

A community experience where people work the book together - taking action on your message while raising real funds for the cause.

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“You write a book and you think you want to make a difference in the world. Then Stacey said, ‘Let’s make a splash.’ We raised over $20,000 for I AM ALS.”
Melody WilderAuthor, Screw the Hustle, Own the System
“I feel like I’m really on a playground, just having the time of my life while raising money.”
Founder, Kids in the Spotlight
$Choose your path

Three ways to launch your book

From a single launch party to a movement that funds a cause. Pick the level that matches what you want your book to do.

The Book Launch Party

$5,000

Your book goes out as a party. With Stacey in the room.

Most authors launch their book alone and hope it lands. Stacey co-hosts a live launch party for your book instead - your people in the room, your message front and center. You bring the book. Stacey brings the party.

  • A live book launch party, co-hosted with Stacey
  • Ready-made promo assets to fill your room
  • A 1:1 strategy session with Stacey
  • Billion Dollar Impact community access

Best for authors who want a great launch, done with Stacey.

Most popular

The Do The Thing Book Challenge

$7,500

Built once. Yours forever.

  • My People Party
  • Kickoff Party
  • Custom Challenge Build
  • Facilitation
  • Celebration Party
  • Reusable asset you own forever

The Book Challenge + Impact Party

$15,000

Your book gives back.

  • Everything in the Book Challenge, plus:
  • Committee built and trained inside your nonprofit
  • Celebration upgraded to a live Billion Dollar Impact auction
  • A portion of proceeds goes to your cause

Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it.

Stacey Lauren · Do The Thing