Finalizations and Celebrations
Well, yall, 'tis the end of my Atlanta adventure. I have had two solid months' worth of learning and leadership, service and sightseeing. The bittersweet end of both of my internships was compounded by the fact that it was my birthday this past Friday. An unfortunate epiphany presented itself: the older I become, the more goodbyes I have to say. What a bummer. However, this summer the Lord has taught me a great deal about myself and the limits/freedoms of independence; the importance of exploration and "forging ahead"* (see note at bottom); and numerous other omnibus lessons. My birthday was just wonderful--a time to reunite with many, be thankful for another year and look ahead to the next.In fine, I thank all of you who read this (even if no one did, I sure had a fine time figuring out a pinch of CSS to format this baby as well as composing each blurb) and wish you the best. Take care and God bless!Read one more important lesson from Idiot's Guide as well as some helpful travelin' rules.
Upcoming Publicity on CNN!
Everyone should check out Anderson Cooper's "Giving 360" on CNN on August 10th! Cafe 458, the nonprofit restaurant aiding homeless people to achieve self-sufficiency, is featured as well as an interview with my boss, head chef Sara!
And who knows...I may snag some screen-time while serving!Behind the scenes
Public Domain--think about it
This morning I reported to the Southeastern Council of Foundations to finish up some percentage charts (bah, the math was rough, but interesting statistics in terms of regional foundational asset growth). My coworkers were gone for the majority of last week to attend a symposium in Portland, Oregon. They returned to tell me that MY BLOG -- the one you are currently reading, people! -- was featured in the conference!!Unbelievable. But no, it wasn't a practical joke.Apparently the lady in charge of the regional association of grantmakers' conference was instructing on various ways to publicize one's organization. She was also making the point that the associations need to make themselves aware of exactly what is being said about their organizations not only in newspapers, magazines, TV and conventional multimedia, but also on the Internet and in the blogosphere.In her PowerPoint presentation, she used a number of interesting points and exemplars, one of which was mine! She executed a blog-search engine to find mention of regional associations, and little "Idiot's Guide to Atlanta" popped up as one of the more relevant! My coworkers recognized my office's mismatched furniture and the words "Atlanta, Georgia." They nudged one another and stage-whispered "That's our intern!"Good thing I didn't say anything derogatory, eh? ;) (They're probably reading this right now--haha!)Anyhow--made my day to know that folks over in Oregon have the care to read amateur blogs such as my own. Hope yall continue to enjoy it!
