A Look Back

I’ve been spending some time reflecting on this last year and all of the inspirational people that I have met.  One of the people that I met was Amber while I was sitting in on a seminar provided by the University of Texas at Austin.  I wanted to share this post today to just remind new followers of Project Kinect of some of the people I have met on this journy.  This was before New Orleans, The Today Show, Tuscaloosa, The Kishwaukee Corridor and everything else that has happened since late March. 

WE ARE ALL INVOLVED!!!

 While I was at The Hidden Room production, I met Bijoy who told me about two organizations here in Austin. One was ATX Equation. That I will discuss in a later post. The other, was Rise Austin which assists entrepeneurs in creating their vision. During their conference, they have a selection of great key-note speakers from new up and coming companies. I went to hear about Unreasonable Institute and then met Amber. Amber has a very similar story to mine and was so thrilled to meet her. She was a great addition to my experience here in Austin and to my evening. Listen to her story and enjoy what happens when someone just relies on faith for a moment. Thank you so much Amber. I have a feeling we’ll cross paths again.

Seriously!

Today I find myself in Panama Beach, FL shocked that it is Thursday already.  Monday I ventured around Beaumont and then that evening we arrived in New Orleans and before I knew it, Wednesday arrived, I had seen and done a ton and haven’t shared any of it with you.  By this Sunday, you will see and read about the follow-up in Austin that include an amazing lecture by Arlene Goldbard, some great volunteer opportunities and just a brief bit about the other things that happened that I hadn’t a proper moment to talk about.

After that of course, I was in San Antonio, TX for a few days.  I got some great time with my friend Bri and what it looks like to be a modern family on the go.  We also got a great chance to check out the Humane Society of San Antonio as well as venture down to the Market Square.

After that, I was picked up by three friends who happened to be road tripping for their spring break. That of course brought us to Beaumont where I checked out how and old historic city survives when a history isn’t enough to stand on.  We also got a great example of what happens when the members of a community do not work together.

In New Orleans, I’ll show you life years after hurricane Katrina, the cemetery history and I’ll share a great cab ride with a native who has truly seen it all.  New Orleans also showed us the history of the French Quarters and how that really sits in our history as a country.

Once we were on our way to Florida, we decided to get a little closer to Mobile, AL so we could not only get a little more about Katrina, but find out a little about the BP oil spill.  That got us to Dauphin Island and a peculiar peninsula that seemed to be where shopping karts went to die.  And now, we are almost to Tampa.

I hope this teaser gets your mouth-watering.  I promise all this content will be up very soon.  Until that happens though, enjoy this great video on leadership.

Amber’s Story

While I was at The Hidden Room production, I met Bijoy who told me about two organizations here in Austin.  One was ATX Equation.  That I will discuss in a later post.  The other, was Rise Austin which assists entrepeneurs in creating their vision.  During their conference, they have a selection of great key-note speakers from new up and coming companies.  I went to hear about Unreasonable Institute and then met Amber.  Amber has a very similar story to mine and was so thrilled to meet her.  She was a great addition to my experience here in Austin and to my evening.  Listen to her story and enjoy what happens when someone just relies on faith for a moment.  Thank you so much Amber.  I have a feeling we’ll cross paths again.