and the season is over!!! yah. but as the coach said, don't stop, keep going and be prepared for next season. well, OK. but please dont make me get up at 7am on saturday mornings for a little while... i need a break!!
i'm standing here with Felicity & Claudio who are absolute troupers. great people. always out there with camera and video in hand. Claudio made last years annual DVD wrap up and will again this year i suspect :)
xc
Friday, April 3, 2009
Day Ninety Two, we love you
Day Ninety One, life can be a bum
not all things are good. we all know that.
some days things just dont work out.
and i feel like that today. i'm bummed that i cant take my kids on holidays for easter, work (aside from the brisbane conference) has been really really hard and challenging and i haven't been able to catch up with my family for a while and i'm missing them. i have a fantastic support network of friends who are there for me and understand these challenges but at the end of the day i actually have to make it all happen myself. and i have to keep going. but i'm tired. xc
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Day Ninety, what a crime
to spend time,
with these two characters...
no seriously, at the lunch breaks we just all mingled and chatted to "whoever". it was a mix of distribution, transmission and retail so we all had different stories.
today was a tad disappointing. the "new technology" guy gave a year old presentation... had no real examples about Twitter (seriously I should have stood up and done the gig) and they spent way to long chatting about Internal Comms.
I 100% agree and believe that internal comms are important - but they aren't unique to our industry.
BUT... it's all lessons learnt. so i provided my constructive feedback about the additional topics we could cover next year.
it was a healthy mature seminar room - EVERYONE spoke, contributed, asked questions, answered questions and got involved. really nice to see.
i may have shocked them though (boom boom) if I'd mentioned i'd twittered a few comments and pictures from the room... they;re still a slightly more conservative crowd - that said, they are well aware of the impact of Twitter in a major weather/media crisis xc
Day Eighty Nine, we stand in line
well, it's end of day one and we are off to the conference dinner. there was me thinking i woul dget the nite off to chat and visit with friends but alas no... there's rest for this little black duck as i've said before.
we decided to catch the ferry to the place so we could be tourists for at least 5 minutes.
the additional partee member in this shot is paul... who is communications and stakeholder relations for ETSA.
the first day of the conference has gone beyond my wildest expectations. we are abuzz, energised and bursting with energy (LOL). to sit in a room full od communication personnel, talk sh*t about electricity and all "get it" was just awesome.
the nite (after this shot) was equally as good... such a friendly welcoming - open and knowledgeable crowd. i can't speak more highly xc
Day Eighty Eight, packed in a crate
and we're off to Brisbane. yes, i know. i'm away again. my daughters are suffering (me too) so this will be the last trip away for a few months I hope.
the subject this time is communications in the energy industry. i'm quite looking forward to the conference and await with an open mind as to what to expect.
carlos and rachel, sitting with me, are my colleagues. rachel - my boss (corporate services manager) and carlos works with me as capital works communications co-ordinator. not only will we learn, i'm hoping it will be a nice team building type exercise.
we laughed after the foto was taken as it was obviously "green shirt day". check the background :)
xc
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