

Recipes for Gathering | The Unofficial Start
You know at the beginning of a gathering or meeting when folks are just starting to arrive, there’s this sort of awkward moment when people don’t really know what to do. My friend Marli Williams gave it a purpose and a name. She calls it “The Unofficial Start.” It’s the concept of creating an activity that gives those early birds something to do, something to get them engaged right away. This Unofficial Start should be a pretty easy, shouldn’t take a whole ton of brain power,