Monday, April 25, 2011

Series Intermission

Well, we are more than halfway through this marathon series (for me) and I am seeing the end in sight.
 I wanted to take a short break here to ask the readership if I am missing the mark on any of this. I have not seen a single comment on any of these posts and I am beginning to wonder if I am the only person on the planet who finds these issues important. If I am, that's OK. Although I am putting many hours into the writing and it still remains poor, I am enjoying getting these thoughts down. Throughout the year I frequently am asked "What's your secret on [this subject]", or "How does your Department do [that subject]" and I now have something in writing that I can hand them. As I stated at the outset, I am no expert, but I do a lot of observing and see many good things out there.
 I really think we could get a good conversation going that will bring out some more good ideas. Please don't be intimidated. It is only "us" here. It has been a long time since any of the Big Gun bloggers have been by to read this page (Except for one who is a steadfast reader), so there will be no comments or cross links from them. It's just us.
 Think about it, OK?
 The Series resumes tomorrow.
UU

3 comments:

  1. I've been avidly reading along and so far have agreed with your points. I look forward to there rest of the series!

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  2. Keep up the good work. It's good to know others are facing the same issues we are, even if we don't always have easy solutions.

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  3. Thanks folks.
    Ms. Chick, I knew you were reading and I knew you were agreeing. Many times I feel like we work on the same crew, just separated by 800 miles. We think almost identically on so many things.
    Anonymous: I'm sure you've got similar problems to what we ALL face. I am wondering if you can tell us about about ONE THING your Department does well, and perhaps why?
    I am trying to begin a dialogue here. I know we all face these problems, but I am looking for the stuff that I've missed.
    I am a collector of ideas and I have gotten these ideas from Departments that I have seen and people I have talked to. I have not made this stuff up on my own, and for whatever reason, my Department has a long way to go in a LOT of areas. Some things we do damn poorly and I am embarrassed by them. Other things we do better than most and I am proud of those accomplishments. But I work toward improvements all the time, as we all should. I'd like to hear what others are doing because I know everybody can offer something here and this is where the conversation starts.
    Thank You Both,
    UU

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