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Under The Hood – Part 1 (Chi)

A peek inside the inner workings of November Project Chicago

We participated in and read all of the comments from the Keep, Change, Create (“KCC”) dialogues as well as the first few dozen anonymous member surveys that you have submitted to us. First and foremost, thank you for your participation in those. If you haven’t completed the anonymous member survey, please do so this week.  November Project Chicago doesn’t work unless you show up, and understanding roadblocks that keep you and others in our community from showing up is helpful.  Second, we’ll get to the data from the survey in another post.  The focus of this post is a look inside the opaque world of co-leadership at NPCHI read more

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February Recruiting Challenge (CHI)

Introducing new faces

Chiberia amiright?  It’s cold. It’s dark.  It’s snowy/slushy/icy. This is that time of year when those new year’s resolutions start to wear off, and gym membership dies down.  We start hibernating, planning tropical vacations, and considering becoming snowbirds that winter at NP San Diego. Instead of that negative energy, we want to flip the switch and throw out some positivity this February by challenging you to a recruitment challenge.  If you’re not having fun this winter, it’s because you’re not with us. We want to help your friend, your coworker, your roommate, your bus seat-mate, that random girl in the bar bathroom that you had a really intense conversation with…you get the idea…we want to help everyone in Chicago have a little more fun this winter.   read more

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2020, Let's Go!!! (CHI)

By Nez & Kaitlyn

They say hindsight is 2020, but right now we’re looking forward to it. We hope you are too!

In getting to know you better, we hear countless times how joining November Project has inspired you to set goals beyond what you ever thought possible. Some of you have completed your first ever race thanks to some encouragement from an accountabilibuddy.  Some of you are currently training for a new distance. Most of you have achieved your 2019 goals. Others are still chipping away. At the end of the day, progress is progress. read more

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The Extra Ten Minutes (Chicago)

As we start a new month and welcome a busy October, I want to take a minute to appreciate some of the amazing things I’ve watched you all do for each other in just the last couple of months.

When someone in the tribe posted about feeling down and unmotivated about running, several of you responded to the post or picked up the phone and called, and then put together an entire motivational chat group to help pick that person up. When a member of another tribe expressed some concern about coming to Summit, several of you reached out, showed how much you care despite never having met the person, and motivated them not only to come to Summit but to join our cheer station for the Marathon. When folks expressed fear about running alone given the horrible stories of attacks on runners lately, loads of you stepped up to form run groups or to offer to run or bike alongside runners so they don’t have to be alone. It’s almost every single day that I see you reaching out to make sure everyone is ok, and when they’re not, telling them it’s ok to not be ok, and that they always have someone to listen. It’s inspirational and nothing short of extraordinary. read more

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#NP_CHI is headed to Logan Square (Chicago)

First of all, Chris and I want to extend a HUGE thank you to Sam and Caitlin for babysitting this Wednesday.  We greatly appreciate the thoughtfulness, love and time they put into making sure you all had an amazing final Wednesday at Fullerton Beach.

If you missed the announcement, next month we will be meeting at the Illinois Centennial Memorial Column in Logan Square every Wednesday at 6:18 am.  That’s right, we’re meeting ten minutes earlier than usual on Wednesdays in October. Stay tuned for more details on the reason for the temporary time change in a blog post on Monday. read more