This Beat Goes On (Eventually)

Ok, I knew this was going to happen.

After getting geared up to start this project, lots of other things (mostly job related--finally landing a position for next year) came up to take my attention away. So, belatedly again, I am starting to get a Community of Practice heartbeat going.

Here's a "summary report" of what I've achieved in the last two weeks:

• Date and location set for the CoP: July 19th, French Regional Park
• Continuing to build relationships with those who have gone through HealthRhythms (note: hereafter shortened to HR) training
• Universe throws me a gem: after asking Keith Russell (the librarian at the University of Kansas who first turned me on to the drum facilitation for organizational development) for feedback on a "drumming in libraries" article draft I'm working on, it turns out we get to meet up for coffee in Minneapolis!
  
• The results of the this meeting: Keith's great perspective, having done this thing in libraries and higher education institutions. Turns out, I'm up for a challenge (of my life, I think)

I haven't really done much with the research side of this project (looking into the literature on "communities of practice"..I could ask Keith for his opinion, being in the OD field), and I promised I would do a lit review. Besides that, I need to actually talk to someone at the Minnesota Technology of Participation to get the low-down on the what they're like.

That's all for now.