The Love Bomb team

I’ve been super quiet on the blog front lately, and I want you to know that I’m working on that problem. I now have five or six people who will be writing articles for ISWU, so watch for those as they come up. Right underneath the title of the post you’ll see the date and the author, in case you’re wondering who wrote a certain piece.

On Saturday I hopped in the car and drove down to Ohio/Kentucky for a week of project launches, big ideas, and no sleep. Here’s what went down:

Saturday I arrived in Columbus, Ohio to meet Lauren Lankford in person for the first time. This is her main site. But if you want to get a little better feel for who she is, check out her latest blog post.

That’s how cool she is. So is it any wonder that I chose her to lead the first ISWU spinoff project, Love Bomb? Yeah, that launched this week. The two of us spent the weekend working on it together (that’s us in the pic up top). With Love Bomb up and running and safely in Lauren’s hands, I left Columbus for my next stop: Dayton, OH.

Dayton was just a quick afternoon pit stop in order to say hi to someone who’s been a friend and member of ISWU from the very beginning: Krista Sheehan. That drive was so nice, guys. When I drove the 9 hours down to Columbus, it was 93 degrees and humid as all get-out. My car has 200,000 miles, no AC, no cruise control, and a radio that works . . . sometimes. It was pretty gross. The drive to Dayton was only 1.5 hours, though, and it had cooled down to about 80. Gorgeous driving weather.

So I hung out with Krista and her husband Will for the afternoon, and got a chance to connect in person with someone who’s meant a lot to me over the last year. I love doing that . . . it’s the whole reason I extend my business trips by a day or two each time, and a big reason why I drive instead of fly. Making those personal connections, not just online, is really important to me. Oh, want a picture of that too? Here you go.

I left Dayton after we ate supper (yes, supper) and hit the road on down to Lexington, KY. That’s where I met up with my girl Amanda Hite and the Talent Revolution team for three days of work, planning and fun. You may have noticed that we kicked it off with the fun Random Acts of Awesomeness Day, where we spent some time sending meaningful messages to the important people in our lives. I shot so many videos, I got tired of hearing myself talk. But yeah, it was great. Oh, want a picture of that too? Here’s command central.

Amanda and I are talking through a number of topics, not the least of which include building clarity around the purpose and principles of our respective endeavors, architecting the brand and business models behind them, and working up our strategic plans for growth.

Oh! Almost forgot – I finally got the new ISWU team platform launched this week as well. We had a slight delay, which I apologize for, but now we’re good to go. It’s not perfect yet, but it’s getting close to the vision I’ve had for a long time with this project. It’s a place for all of us to come together and get connected with each other, keep track of our weekly missions, and build meaningful relationships centered around the concept of micro-giving and making a difference.

If you’re already a team member and want to jump in, check your email for a link. If you’re not on the team yet, you can sign up here.

I’ve also been working with an awesome company in Chicago over the past week to form a cool partnership and launch our biggest “Change the World” mission yet. Stay tuned for more info on that, hopefully next week sometime.

Um, I think that’s all for now. It’s a busy week, but much good is being done here. Pretty soon I’ll start telling you guys about some of the plans for this project in the near term – I really think you’ll like them.

I’m around and working today; feel free to drop a line or two in the comments. I love hearing from you guys.

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