InterPlay Leaders Push Total Connections over 250K!
At the recent gathering of InterPlay leaders in Racine, WI, folks logged in an additional 10,000 InterPlay connections that that had accumulated over the last few months. InterPlay is being used in all sorts of settings with all sorts of folks by leaders across the country and around the world. On to 300K!
2011 Million Connections Event in Oakland!
InterPlay co-founders Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry will host the 2011 InterPlay Million Connections event for the Bay Area. It will be held on Saturday, November 5 from 10:30 am to noon at First Congregational Church of Berkeley. Free brunch, fun, performance, inspiring stories and a celebration of 22 years of InterPlay!
Flash Mob Follows 2010 Million Connections Event
On Saturday, November 6, 2010, folks gathered for a morning of community play, a free fundraising lunch and a “flash mob” experience in the afternoon in Berkeley and Oakland celebrating the environment, public transportation and InterPlay. Check out the YouTube!
This tour has been celebrating the Million Connection Campaign. Local Bay Area folks will have a chance to hear about InterPlay as a global social movement with a vision of creating a million health-producing, peace-building connections during this three-year campaign.
The Campaign Goal
- Make a million connections
- Raise a million dollars
In September of 2009, Body Wisdom, Inc., launched the 3-year The Million Connections Campaign. The goal of the campaign is to create one million InterPlay connections by the end of 2012.
Each time InterPlay is shared, either in small ways or big, a healthy connection gets made that strengthens the web of peace and understanding in the world.
We’re also going to raise $1 million to support three major$1M initiatives: spreading InterPlay regionally, creating outreach opportunities to take InterPlay where it is needed nationally and internationally, and to build a solid foundation for InterPlay into the future.
Dowload the Million Connection Campaign Vision and Plan.
What Counts?
What counts as a connection? In general terms, a connection is anytime a bit of InterPlay happens between two or more people.
- Could be a small bit or a big bit.
- Could be an overt bit or a sneaky bit.
- Could be in person or electronic.
- Could involve using a form, or just sharing a tool or idea.
Download some connection counting guidelines.
Help Us Reach Our Goal!
Members of the Board of Body Wisdom, Inc. have made personal commitments to incremental giving over time and invite others to do the same. What transformation could take place in locations around the world as InterPlay expands and grows?
In particular, we invite those who are able to make pledges over a 5-year period. Those who make a pledge of at least $40 a month for 5-years can become members of the MORE STORIESGiving Wings Society, a group of InterPlay supporters who have made generous pledges to helping the spread of InterPlay.
InterPlayers know a lot about power of incrementality—taking small steps toward a larger goal—and also about long-term commitment. That is the way that real change happens.
If you would like to become a member of the Giving Wings Society or make a contribution of any size, call InterPlay Development Director Theron Shaw at 206/683-5898 or email him.
Connections Count
263,681
10/13/11
Connections made beginning Sept. 30, 2009.
Some recent stories about sharing InterPlay
Randy Newswanger and Marcus Liefert used InterPlay for a class they were taking at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA. They did a side by side big body story about how the story of the life of Moses intersects with our own life stories.
Barbara Toshalis used InterPlay in her psychotherapy practice in Michigan to listen to body wisdom and receive grace.
Laurie Rudel used InterPlay to create a house-leaving remembering and blessing with a family in Seattle.
Steven Gary led a group of Alzheimer's patients in Seattle using several different InterPlay forms in Seattle.
Marree Haggerty led a weekend workshop in Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia) where 14 women danced, sang, were still and silent through the theme “Women’s Quest for Wholeness.“
Pwll Tyler used some InterPlay forms to relax her piano students and their parents at the Spring Piano Recital.
More stories!
Email us with your connection stories or add them as you fill out the simple connection log in form.
To create more connections…
Using InterPlay to Create Connections