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My strength, it must be said, is my connection to my community. I find, more often than not, I am a connector and a conduit between people, groups, and ideas. I actually like that about me; I can take an idea and generate enthusiasm--get people talking and excited about something. I'm especially good at events. Call it a gift. I like to think of it as one part marketing, one part coordinating, one part socializing, and one part caring. Because I care about my community. I might not be involved in the sexy stuff at work, but I can watch other groups as they work with new ideas, and create new ways to mash up data, tools, and communications to engage each other. I find the dialogue is exciting and, while I am an arm's length from it, what about those others who are a campus away? How much fun is it to have people reach out and say hey; look what we're doing. How could you use this idea where you work?

Larry: People just don't understand what is involved in this. This an art-form! You know, I think that most people just think that I hold a camera and point at stuff, but there is a *heck* of a lot more to it than just that.

So here we are: Groundhog Day, 2009. If it's February, then it must be the next One Post a Day (OPAD) challenge, the gauntlet thrown down this time by none other than Allan Gyorke. Anyone who remembers the first round last August knows that I had to bail because, quite simply, blogging each day while prepping the start of a new school semester was waaaaay more than I could handle. The beginning of the semester is always overwhelming, and add to it The Rules By Cole (specifically that everything would be relevant to educational technology) meant that I suffered from a severe case of paralysis by analysis in my blog writing. Everything had to be timely, and interesting, and well written, and thought provoking (Shelby Thayer, anyone?). And we all know that's really not how I role. I'm the exuberance, the community, the engagement. I'm about the people, the connection, the passion.