Every great fundraiser had someone who remembered the extension cords. Logistics is leadership without the applause.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Events look like vision and run on details. Somebody worked out where the power comes from, who opens the room, and what happens if it rains, and none of that appears in the speeches afterwards. The work is invisible when done well and extremely visible when skipped, which is a strange and thankless position to occupy.

Volunteer for the logistics on the next thing your group runs. Make a list of everything that has to physically exist and work backwards from the moment it starts. Being the person who thought of the cords is a real position, whatever the program says.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Who handles the unseen details when your group runs something?

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