Suggested Action Items--Who's Game for These?

Here are some suggested action items that have been proposed by task force members to date.  Do any of these appeal to you?  Would you be willing to collaborate to help organize and support any of these activities?  Would you like to suggest any additional action items?

• Organize some digital/phones event in next few months.  Could be a Google Hang-Out: “Hang Out with BK Authors!”  Could be webinar.  Would need tech support (e.g. video tools) to help facilitate remote gatherings.
• Could offer workshops for aspiring authors, similar to current author marketing workshop in different parts of the Asia-Pacific region. These could be virtual and/or face-to-face with BK authors travelling to different places.
• Identifying opportunities to host BK authors who are traveling to the region.
• BK-aligned Asian-Pacific thinkers/authors and emerging writers sponsored to attend the North American annual retreat.
• Sponsor current BK author travel to the region. Organise “exchange" conversations, to identify and share ideas about regional hot-spots of BK-friendly activity
•  Encourage BK to “give participants a task” for what they should be doing to help BK at these events we’re dreaming up.
• In some way link this initiative with BK’s new non-profit foundation aimed at supporting young leaders. In part, this project could be about mentoring young leaders in developing and implementing ideas AND writing stories/books about then.
• Based on current relationships/networks that members of the task force have, possible places to focus some initial ‘quick win’ activities include:  Perth (a natural stepping off point into Australia-New Zealand and Asia), Singapore, India/Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, China.
• Mini-authors/emerging authors retreats in different parts of the Asia-Pacific region, perhaps attended by ambassadors from "the mothership" co-op in the US.
• Asian-Pacific thinkers and authors attend the North American annual co-op retreat (perhaps with support for travel expenses).