Wednesday, April 1, 2009

What's going on with _____ ?

What's up, Corpies. This blog has been growing for a few weeks now - you might want to scroll all the way down and read from the beginning to get a sense of why this is my gchat status right now and why I'm glad you're here reading.

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Welcome back. Once the employee website is revamped (the next few months), this blog will be embedded there as part of a larger project to disseminate information as best as possible within the Corp. So, what more do you want to hear about? Comment and let me know. If I don't know the answer, I'll find out and post an answer for everyone to see, so that instead of just hearing rumors about "DPAC" or something with t-shirts, you can be as well-informed as possible.

I think there are several benefits to this - first, if you have a particular desire to work on a project, we can often use extra hands/minds to contribute, because we all do our best work when it's something we like doing. Second, you probably talk to your friends about the Corp, and they come to you and ask you "what's up with ____ ?". You can also tell them what's going on with the Corp, or speak confidently about some of finer points mentioned below that can influence their perception of the organization and what we do. And third, you may have concerns about a path we're taking, and in hearing what our thought process has been so far, you could respond with constructive criticisms through your service UM or director.

One random plug - if you don't already use Google Reader, it's worth looking into if you check blogs or the news regularly and want to pull all those different sources into one place. You can also subscribe to this blog by clicking "Add a Subscription" on the top left hand side.

2 comments:

  1. thank goodness, because the employee website is used for the temp shift log and nothing else and it makes me want to cry big ol' corposaurus tears. love may not be extinct, but we are most definitely in a new era which calls for more internetting.

    also, could we make twitter accounts for each service?

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  2. this is awesome. have you thought about posting a little more info on what broad things are on the board agenda/UM agenda? You could also have service directors provide you with information about what their UMs are talking about. With more transparency about the kinds of conversations we're having, within reason, Corpies are likely to get a lot more involved if they're willing to read this especially if it gets embedded in the Corp site. Keep this up and I'd love to talk to you about this in person sometime.

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