That $5 donor can become one of your biggest donors.
That new follower can become your future business partner.
The shy intern may run the organization one day.
I’ve been amazed in my career at what the small moments can turn into with some cultivation and patience.
Originally published on Substack Last week, I traveled to Medora, ND, for ACC’s annual summit. We brought 50 of our top members from across the country to the Badlands to spend a few days together at the newly opened Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. I knew the broad outlines of Theodore Roosevelt’s story before I arrived – how he had ranched in the Dakota Territory as a young man, that his time there had shaped his views on conservation, and that he would later credit those years with preparing him for the presidency. What I hadn’t appreciated was just how important this place had been during one of the most difficult periods of his life. And I certainly hadn’t expected it to affect me on a personal level as much as it did. On my final morning in Medora, I drove into the Theodore Roosevelt National Park for some post-event solitude and found
Civic virtue never formed through slogans or online activism. It formed through responsibility, through showing up, by doing work others rely on.
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