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USE YOUR CONVENING POWER
• Holding office enables you to bring people together.
• Don’t make the mistake of thinking, “There’s nothing I can do.”
• It’s not about having all the answers but about bringing the right people
together to tackle a problem.
• Example: Ruth’s Reusable Resources
• Example: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative