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It Starts With Love
I’m sitting on my couch with my girls, watching Super Hero Squad, enjoying much needed cuddles while my thoughts drift to a replay of last weekend, an hour+ outside of Austin, Texas. It’s barely a week since Up to All of Us and a number of tweets, pictures and blog posts have been shared about the event. I’ve taken a few stabs at summing up my thoughts about the experience, and I’ll publish the other drafts (eventually). Today, my thoughts turn to my role in this adventure, what makes Up to All of Us special and why this year was different from last year — because it was different.
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I'm an Organization Designer and Strategist with a deep passion to help people become better neighbors and citizens. My interests include games, mobile technologies, social media, tech standards and other nerdy pursuits. I have a knack for delivering on big, innovative ideas.
I'm the Community Manager for Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) and I'm the Chief Learning Officer of my company, Problem Solutions, but this website and the opinions here are my own. I'm also known as "The Beard." I provide support to the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative.
The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of ADL.
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