In November I was promoted to a new post at work and charged with retooling the way the department works within the agency and enhancing its product to more potently impact its internal and external constituents. A task and an opportunity that are both exciting and daunting.
I have spent the last couple of months determining the state of affairs and developing recommendations, which I am due to present to the CEO and COO on February 2nd. Unable to escape the day-to-day during the regular work week, development of my presentation has been relegated to my off-hours. I am beginning to get a little nervous with Feb 2 being just around the corner and the number of nights and weekends between now and then diminishing quickly. Naturally, I thought it important to take some of that precious time to write a brief post. What I won’t do to stall…
I went to El Paso this weekend to attend to a family matter.
It turned out to be a pretty eventful trip. Between familial obligations and visits with friends, I got to play with the new camera. We did a lot of walking, talking and picture taking. JH is a good teacher.
I have been contemplating the viability of a new professional endeavor on my part and had the opportunity to share our thinking with some of friends and family. All were quite receptive and had very helpful feedback, helping us to make some decisions and resolving to implementing change sooner than later.
Fingers crossed!
I am off to NYC this week for a conference. Unfortunately, I discovered this weekend that, while I can add comments remotely, I will be unable to submit new posts (an iweb problem). So, for now, I will have to write in a word processing program and post when I return home (next weekend).
I will be attending a conference this week on Hispanic marketing. Brand “Naco” will be presenting. They developed the t-shirt with the above image. “DF” stands for Districto Federal, which is the DC of Mexico. The artist likes to take existing cultural iconography and play with context.
The Other Line 