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Getting ready to release a newsletter before we leave on vacation. #li
We'll have an alumni newsletter circulating any time now.
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Another work day… But getting ready for a vacation. #li
On Wednesday, we leave for four days in Boston, so I don't feel too bad about having to work through the weekend.
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Managed to keep four balls in the air today.
Well I lost two balls, but with only one serious set back. We cannot get the members of my alumni association pulling together. Everyone is worrying about doing what's best for themselves or their little segment. I've also been reading Nonzero by Robert Wright and that's been helping me see my way through it.
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Accept slow growth to maintain loyalty #li
Nordstrom competes by ignoring its rivals and trusting its customers and employees. I highly recommend this article which shares how thoughtfully and cautiously they are building their business. BusinessWeek: How Nordstrom Bests Its Retail Rivals, 2011-Aug-11, by Cotten Timberlake (via Reveries) After a slapstick impression of tying the shoelaces of a recalcitrant child, he warmed…
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If you hear a ball dropping today–that would be one of mine. #li
Today I will attempt to keep about six balls (projects) in the air. Failure is certain.
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Investing much time in trying to build and maintain collaborations #li
If you are committed to collaboration, as I am, you sometimes feel like you're being drawn and quartered! Gory details here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1049/what-do-drawn-and-quartered-and-keelhauling-mean
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Being an expert means keeping up. Pant, pant, pant. #li
My background is in direct mail, an industry where best practices seem to be written in stone. It's much easier to be innovative in online media, but the price? You have to develop a system for keeping up with the changing landscape. Hubspot.com is full of free resources. This LinkedIn service they've pointed out is…
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Writing newsletter for my alumni association today #li
Our newsletter is set up to have an email, online and printed version.
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Learning not to plan writing tasks and meetings in same half-day
Over the last two days, meetings have crippled my ability to get serious writing tasks out of the way. I must learn to treat writing assignments like a meeting with myself–and no double booking.
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