The mission was to create connections between shipmates and comrades-in-arms who couldn’t get together physically due to the COVID crisis. We hosted over 80 wee

The mission was to create connections between shipmates and comrades-in-arms who couldn’t get together physically due to the COVID crisis. We hosted over 80 weekly Zoom calls that brought together thousands of people who learned together how to activate a powerful network they ALREADY had, but hadn’t learned how to leverage. Running RINGKNOCKER was an incredible experience, all the more so because I was able to do it from my home on the island of Bali! Like all good things, RINGKNOCKER eventually ran its course: attendance dropped as the COVID lockdowns came to an end, and we decided to finish on a high note rather than run it into the ground. While the RINGKNOCKER operation is firmly in the rear-view mirror, the community and I continue to benefit from the connections we made during that time. I’m a software engineer by trade, and I won’t pretend to possess some arcane secret about running great events. But if RINGKNOCKER taught me ANY important lesson about hosting events, it’s this one: Brilliance is a nice-to-have. NOT SUCKING IS ESSENTIAL!