Nametag Project friends,

In total we gave out 19,000 nametags in 2007, and yes, I wore my nametag everyday in 2007! I'm still dumbstruck that we accomplished what we did. Thank you again for all of your help! As to not spam you, this will be the last email I send out through this email address to update you about The Nametag Project. If you like to stay in touch, please create a profile on our new social network found at www.nametagproject.com.

In 2008, we're taking the project to a deeper level.

With the help of my friend Phoebe Landon, a sophomore at The Sharon Academy, in Sharon Vermont, we facilitated a thought-provoking workshop that challenged students by asking them to examine whether or not who they're being when interacting with others is reflective of their values.

In this workshop, students and faculty members wore nametags with their first names and one word (as their last name) that described what they thought the world needs most. Students then introduced themselves as their new identities to each other and explained why they chose their new last names. During the group reflection they reported that the exercise was "awesome." One student said "I learned stuff about friends that I had no idea about, it nice to know that we have important things in common." In the next couple of months we're going to repeat the workshop in an inner city school here in Boston. Our plans are to publish the results and create a workshop kit that can be downloaded and facilitated as a interpersonal appreciation and relating tool.

I am still wearing a nametag . . . almost all the time. I've chosen to allow myself, the pleasure of being 100% present with whom I'm with, and not distracted with, "what's up the nametag." Props to Scott Ginsberg from www.hellomynameisscott.com for wearing his nametag 2,648 days straight. Today my nametag reads "Joseph Love."

If you'd like to be involved by sharing your thoughts and helping us develop the workshop and explore this topic, please create a profile on our new social network found at www.nametagproject.com, and contribute in the forums.

Also this year, with the help of my neighbor Dan, we launched The Mug Project. www.mugproject.com. We're advocating the use of mugs to reduce waste. If you'll be in the Boston area on Super Bowl Sunday, Join us at the Milky Way for the Mug Project Super Bowl Party beginning at 6:00 PM! Watch the super bowl on the big screen, drink beer out of your mug, and get your "mug shot" taken. See www.mugproject.com for details.

Go Pats!

I'll be leading a workshop at The Sharon Academy beginning at 11:30 AM, Tuesday, Jan 29 that has high school students compare their values to how they project themselves as in social settings. My theory is, that who we really are what we believe in is not how we necessary act towards each other. When wearing a nametag, and swapping our last names for one word that reflects what we believe the worlds need most, we projecting who we really are, thus creating new realms of possibilities for our social interactions.   more »

Nametag Friends,

I been having so much fun doing the Nametag Project I could not help but start another project with my neighbors Dan.

It's my pleasure to introduce:


Check out the article about " The Mug Project" in today's Boston Sunday Globe titled In quest to cut waste, a modest proposal: Bring a mug by Amy Farnsworth, Globe Correspondent.

Also check and join Mug Advocates at www.mugproject.com.

The Mug Project is a community of individuals and organizations committed to transforming how beverages are consumed. We raise awareness about the unnecessary waste caused by the use of disposable beverage containers and advocate for the use of mugs as an alternative.

On Friday, I drove to Burlington VT my college stompin' grounds to visit my my friends Wayne and Pat. On the way up I learned my friend cRAIG mITCHEL (who helped me nametag Miami Beach in the spring) was spinning at Half Lounge, a cozy joint with a great sound system on Church Street. Soon after we arrived, I dropped a stack of nametags on the table and in about a half our the lounge was nametaged!

The was great to reconnect with old friends and making new ones.

Nametag Project friends,

Yesterday, Linda Wertheimer, from NPR interviewed Neighbors for Neighbors members about their attitudes towards the presidential race and Barack Obama. I, of course had break out the nametags.

Here is the picture of Linda and I together.


Last week, while on our way home from my old ultimate Frisbee team UFX 7 year anniversary,  Kate and I met Brian, an extraordinary teen from the NH/VT upper valley. Brian, sorry it took so long for me to post this picture and I hope you had fun at the Celtics game!