Last week, our members and their leadership teams gathered in Nashville, Tennessee for our sixth annual Tugboat Institute® Gathering of Teams. Many aspects of our week echoed the first five Tugboat Institute Gatherings of Teams in structure and format, but there were some exciting innovations as well. This is appropriate, since this is a big year at Tugboat Institute.

In our eleventh year, we are unlocking the second part of our original vision. While continuing our foundational, important work of sharing inspiration, best practices, and wisdom between our members, we are now creating new ways to spread the inspiration and know-how of Evergreen® companies far and wide. An important announcement that we shared at our gathering marked this step forward, about which you will read below.