Channeling the middle schooler’s “Nerds need their Friday night lights too” exclamation as a springboard, we brainstormed partnering with local libraries to offer speed reading contests, spelling bees, Scrabble tournaments, chess clubs, and poetry readings. We prepared proposals and visited libraries each week, for months, to pitch our ideas to no avail. After receiving absolutely no response to our proposals, a reference librarian provided encouragement, stating, “Your proposals are getting better, don’t give up. You guys may be onto something with the spoken word event, yet the library departments are territorial, and you all are thinking small. While the library is struggling to decide if it will be a program for children, teens, or adults, I want you to embrace the magic of thinking BIG! I want you to think, Starbucks! I could see a new generation of Beatniks! This time when you write the proposal, don’t think local — think GLOBAL!”