{"id":2400,"date":"2018-01-29T01:39:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T01:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northflicker.com\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2019-11-07T18:35:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T18:35:11","slug":"2017-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northflicker.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/29\/2017-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Northern Flicker is 2 years old!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We spread our wings and jumped into a grand adventure of service and travel and creation and entrepreneurship and stretching our relationship. We haven\u2019t meant to keep you all in the dark, we were just go-go-going between places and projects. So here\u2019s a hearty catch up about our 2017!\u00a0<\/p>

Probably the biggest news to report is that WE DID IT! We set-off to donate our services and make our professional skill-sets accessible to those who might not have otherwise had the means to invest in telling their story, and that\u2019s exactly what we did. We blew our initial 1 year goal out of the water and spent nearly 22 months helping non-profits and change-makers around the world. We feel proud and empowered that we made this BIG idea happen. We are also humbled and grateful, and wanted to thank each of you again, from the bottom of our hearts, for supporting us in taking this big leap. It was through your generosity, interest, and encouragement we sourced the means and courage to help the people we did. We couldn\u2019t have done it without you. It was the ultimate expression of \u201cpaying it forward\u201d. Let the ripples roll on! \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This was our third and final visit to Japan to finish filming the 5 month Shibuya 30 Project<\/a> (a multi-stakeholder collaboration between people from business, government and non-profits to innovate solutions to their city\u2019s needs). It was a treat to return to Japan with some experience and feel more familiar with the landscape, culture, and friends. Of course the greatest highlight was wrapping up filming and being there for the group\u2019s final presentations. There were many exciting ideas and so much positive momentum for what they might accomplish together to improve their city. We will long remember going around at the end, clinking our drinks and cheering \u201cKampai!\u201d with all of the glowing participants, facilitators, and community members. We look forward to continue collaborating with our colleagues in Japan as they take this type of 30 People Project and expand it to have global reach. Stay tuned.\u00a0<\/p>

Another treat from this final visit was a surprise birthday trip that Nathan organized to visit a famed mountain town called Hakone, known for their Onsens or natural hot springs. We stayed at a traditional style inn called a Ryokan, fully equipped with our own hot spring bath, and delighted in a traditional multi-course style meal called Kaiseki Ryori. This was the perfect way to try so many different types of foods, all in delicate tiny dishes. While each dish was very small, you left feeling perfectly filled up. It left us feeling refreshed to carry on with our workload and of course, even more in love with Japan.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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