The inspiration remains alive for the 35 members of the Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle who attended PowerUp! Baltimore. Shortly after the conference, they got together at two brainstorming sessions to share their newfound ideas. Not surprisingly, the ideas shared ran the gamut from ways to onboard new members to thoughts on adding community leaders to the grant process to suggestions for members-only social gatherings to improve retention. Interestingly, some of the discussions even focused on past practices that might be ready for a second act. For instance, the talk about on-boarding new members led into a discussion of the former practice of hosting in-person orientations at members’ home for new members. Everyone agreed it was time to bring back the in-person orientations. The energy was palpable as members discussed ideas for developing closer relationships with grantees by helping grantees identify other funding sources and connecting grantees with schools in the area as a source of volunteers. Ideas for reinvigorating BWGC’s advocacy program by looking at the lessons learned at the conference were well-received. Using poster-size Post-It Notes Philanos Board member Renee Gordon captured the thoughts, ideas and suggestions shared at the two brainstorming sessions and then distilled them into six umbrella categories with all of the ideas sorted into one of the six umbrella categories. Now, the goal is to identify those ideas that BWGC should move forward on. All attendees felt not only re-energized but delighted to connect with each other in the brainstorming sessions.