NCMPR BLOG

There’s no place like home – or so Dorothy said. If you swap out the yellow bricks for red wine varietals, the sentiment works pretty well for my visit to Walla Walla, Washington, and the District 7 conference, my home district. We’re a smaller but special group that hails from the northwest corner of the U.S. and western Canada, where there are fewer community colleges but a mighty talent base of communicators.

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Some of the closest friends I’ve made in NCMPR come from District 5. As a fellow NCMPR member, I bet you know what I mean: These are the people I got to know when I first joined years ago, who I still turn to for advice, and who continue to make me feel as though my community college “posse” extends far across the country. These are also the people who reinforce why NCMPR is so special – because it connects communicators.

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One of the things I like most about NCMPR conferences – besides receiving hyper-relevant content and meeting awesome colleagues – is that they give you the chance to visit great American cities, something not every association offers. This year as president, I feel especially blessed. San Diego was the perfect beginning to my tour of the seven districts.

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Even a hurricane couldn’t stop the ideas from swirling at this year’s Disrtrict 2 conference in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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With the theme “Homegrown Talent,” I didn’t know what to expect from this year’s District 3 conference, but “Homegrown Talent” is exactly what I got.

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After a long day of traveling west from Providence, R.I., Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was just what I needed. Only 45 minutes outside of Spokane, the town is centered around a large lake of the same name. The lake is surrounded by large pines and miles of undeveloped shoreline.

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Confession: My first encounter with Mystic, Conn., was a bit rocky, but we quickly resolved our differences and got along famously!

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