The Brag Basket opens early! Photo by Adrian Fallace
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for April 3-5, 2015. (Actually, I opened just a little early for Marc Pitman.) Bring your good news to share with everyone.
What can you do in the Brag Basket?
- introduce yourself
- share some great news from this week
- congratulate a friend
- applaud for each other
- confess your undying love for rural places
How do you join in?
Below this post is the comment section. Add your good news there.
Reading this in your email? Hit reply.
Don’t like to brag? Just share some good news for yourself or a friend.
Just don’t make it an ad. I delete the ads that people stick in here. If you talk more about the people involved than the things, you’ll be fine.
It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
Thanks, Becky!
I am pumped to have just penned a brief version of my professional journey. Even more pumped that I was asked to!
Congrats, Marc! Cool to realize how much you’ve accomplished.
Hi Becky! I just passed my 10 year anniversary working in development for my small community of Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky. I’ve followed Small Biz Survival closely the last few years, and you’re a constant source of inspiration for all us rural-philes out in the field. I just had to share a bright spot in my world. At three different times in the last decade, I’ve tried to organize a group of younger folks to work on improvement projects, but they’ve fizzled after a little while every time. A couple months ago, I received an invitation from a twenty-something to speak with her group of friends. They’re all young couples and young families who choose to live in our small town because they love it, and they want to do what they can to make it better. In fairly short order, they have organized into a force for good in our community. They’re organizing a canoe & kayak race on the Kentucky River called the Speedy Spore River Run in conjunction with our Mountain Mushroom Festival. Also, they’ve held two well-attended idea exchanges for the whole community. As of Tuesday this week, they were formally adopted as an operating division of our nonprofit, Estill Development Alliance. I guess the moral of the story is, for all us small town do-gooders, to never lose faith! Just be patient and persistent and keep trying! Becky, please keep the stream of motivation coming. For every person who reaches out to you, there are many others who are reading. THANK YOU!
Joe, thank you so much! What a great example of young people taking the steps that shape the future of their community. I’m so glad you shared it. Thank you!