As you may have seen posted at the beginning of this month, I’m about to embark on the next adventure. But, before I get to that, I want to say thank you. All that has happened in the last two and half years has truly been a community-driven effort and I’m so thankful to have had the opportunity to be part of the team helping this community achieve so much!

November isn't over yet so there is still time to participate in NTEN's Member Appreciation Month activities and Epic Change's TweetsGiving campaign is this Tuesday-Thursday.  But, those aren't the only ways to say, "thanks."  At this time of year many organizations send messages of thanks to donors, supporters, volunteers, and their wider community.  In this month's

The whole way home I tried to write this blog post.  Figure out what I wanted to say.  I keep coming back to the same thing: at the end of the conference people were eager to share the work they'd done during the Making It Happen sessions.  You can read Sarah's report to get a sense of what folks did.  

And what then I think of what happens next. How do we take the energy and conversations in the room, on the remote conference and in the hallway, and the collected next actions.  How  do we take all of that and bring it back to our everyday world -- our community and conversations?