The Opening Gate
Here is my first official post for SLC and it is on the Opening Session. Since this is my first SLC I do not know what to expect. So walking into the room and hearing Shakira on the loud speaker, well it shattered any idea that this will be stuffy event. Then the dancers in the beginning great way to open!
Kudos to Bill on all the work he began with creating Day of Caring. It made me think of how far an idea can go. Especially since United Way Ghana had their first Day of Caring last year. I wonder if Bill thought his idea would spread the waters? That is the "Audacity to Hope" as he stated.
During Brian's speech he said a few quick things that really stuck out to me. First, "resources under you management," I love that phrase. It will be added to my United Way vocabulary. He mentioned United Way's great progress but how we need to move at a faster rate. I concur, I am sure everyone here is ready for this challenge. Another issue which I have coincidentally been in conversations about a lot lately is America's graduation rate. How it is not as positive as the statistics first made it seem. Of course once he spoke of United Way International (UWI) I became excited (yay for the UWI team). I hope his words encouraged all UW staff to broaden their scope of community impact, since America's communities/corporations have a global face.
Time for lunch so till next time.
Kudos to Bill on all the work he began with creating Day of Caring. It made me think of how far an idea can go. Especially since United Way Ghana had their first Day of Caring last year. I wonder if Bill thought his idea would spread the waters? That is the "Audacity to Hope" as he stated.
During Brian's speech he said a few quick things that really stuck out to me. First, "resources under you management," I love that phrase. It will be added to my United Way vocabulary. He mentioned United Way's great progress but how we need to move at a faster rate. I concur, I am sure everyone here is ready for this challenge. Another issue which I have coincidentally been in conversations about a lot lately is America's graduation rate. How it is not as positive as the statistics first made it seem. Of course once he spoke of United Way International (UWI) I became excited (yay for the UWI team). I hope his words encouraged all UW staff to broaden their scope of community impact, since America's communities/corporations have a global face.
Time for lunch so till next time.
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