Lindy, a Connector who joined the network this summer, is a member of a Socratic conversation club who meet monthly to discuss different topics.

Recently, she proposed to the group that they run the 3Qs activity and see what types ofunrealized intentions would bubble to the surface. On January 19th, sixteen people met and discussed their answers to the questions “What would you like to do to help others?”; “Why haven’t you done it?” and “What would help you to do it?”.  

The meeting flowed nicely, and everyone had three minutes to share their thoughts, which ranged from wanting to convert an abandoned facility into a hospital for the homeless to teaching job skills to the unemployed to empowering young women to feel good about themselves and their bodies. There were two clear takeaways for Connectors: being prepared to focus on a specific and manageable next step for someone with a big idea, and second, encouraging people who have a specific idea of what they want to do to seek out existing nonprofits who might be working on that particular issue.

Experimenting with 3Qs meetings now can help all of us learn more about being effective Connectors in our settings. If you have a 3Qs story to share, please let us know how it went by posting on the forum.