Recently, I've come to realize that I don't make enough out of my contribution to the APLN and the community contribution I make through it and this blog. I've added my APLN Board Membership to my resume and my LinkedIn Profile. I've also decided to dedicate every Friday, when I'm not working with clients, that is, every Friday that I'm in my office in Seattle, to APLN related work.

Currently, that means planning the forthcoming APLN Leadership Summit in Seattle.

I'm also going to be redesigning my blog and starting a fresh Channel APLN with a separate RSS feed. Look out for that soon.

I'm really happy with how the APLN is developing and the new focus we've brought to the organization this year. The APLN (note: we've more or less completely dropped the full name, Agile Project Leadership Network, in favor of a rebranding around the initials) knows what it wants to be now, a not-for-profit dedicated to bringing better leadership and management to knowledge worker industries with an initial focus on the IT sector and software development.

The APLN now has a clear focus around 3 main activities: Leadership Summits - these regional conferences provide learning opportunities for attendees and bring much needed funding to the APLN to support the other two activities; learning through a Wiki of Knowledge (LWOK) - if you like, a crowd-sourced alternative to other bodies of knowledge around project management; and a social networking and social media program designed to bring the community of leaders and managers closer together and provide transparency in to their achievements, learning, recognition and skills.

You'll be hearing a lot more about these APLN activities as the year unfolds. I'm proud to be part of the APLN and find the challenge of bootstrapping and developing a nascent, startup, non-profit organization, fun and engaging. Technorati tag: Agile, APLN, David+Anderson