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Katherine Leary Alsdorf established the Center for Faith and Work in 2003. Prior to this role, Katherine worked for 20 years in high tech, both in New York and California. She served as President and CEO of Pensare, Inc., an online management education startup in Los Altos, CA. Prior to that she was President and CEO of One Touch Systems, Inc., a corporate communications hardware/software company, in San Jose, CA. In the early 90s she was President of Private Satellite Network in New York. She has also worked in numerous consulting, sales, and marketing roles primarily in the technology sector. 

God's holiness requires respectful distance, but God's presence also transforms everything at hand.

We can experience God's presence anywhere, anytime, at work, school, home. God's presence happens to ordinary people going about their ordinary routines. So it's important to be watching and listening for those moments. It is the only way to avoid the common disconnect between our faith and our daily life and work.

3. Pass out the slingshots.  I was on a panel with Joe Trippi last night, and he talked about empowering your champions to spread your message and do your work.  He said it’s like handing out slingshots to an army of Davids.  You don’t have to carry the burden of conversation alone like some Goliath social media guru.  That doesn’t work well anyway.  The more your supporters take over your engagement, the more effective your message—and the saner your life.

In October, the Drupal (news, site) project launched a brand new Drupal.org, which now offers features such as customizable dashboards, a step by step Get Started section, integration of the Groups and Meetups sections with the rest of the site, documentation search and more. Project Founder Dries Buytaert states that this redesign is important because, "The result is not just a better Drupal.org site, but a better way of working together and a stronger, more dedicated team. It's an excellent foundation on which to build."

“A daily look into the work, thoughts and ideas of our team around the world.”