Tuesday, 24 April 2007 04:39 pm
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deckardcanineThe meeting is over. In fact, it's been over since 3:50 -- 40 minutes earlier than scheduled. I'm still going to cut out a little early, tho.
At the first break period, I asked the Magic 8-Ball down the hall if I would get thru the meeting without doing something to get embarrassed or in trouble out of boredom. The ball said, "Outlook not so good."
Actually, it wasn't nearly as hard to get thru as I dreaded. I have in large part my well-developed daydreaming capacity to thank, but the meeting did draw my attention from time to time. It was about Altarum's "Wildly Important Goals," or WIGs. (So yeah, we were kinda WIG-ing out.) Even a simple PowerPoint or whiteboard can make a huge difference for me, and they did. I managed a little input when we went into another conference hall for small-group discussions. As far as I know, I didn't come across as an overgrown kid in the wrong place.
Highlights:
(1) My compliments to the caterer, Cosi. I now know that I like your veggie muftalata wraps.
(2) One of my co-workers, before presenting our small group's agreements, presented her engagement ring to much applause.
(3) At our other site, as could be seen on our TV, one employee was due to give birth today. To my mild disappointment, she stayed uneventfully to the end of the meeting.
(4) There were a couple of videos. One used an exaggerated children's soccer match to illustrate goals and executions. That got some laughs.
(5) Of greater interest to me was the other video, an international ad of some kind. You may be able to view it here (I can't from work); if not, let me describe it. A man hears a crowd behind a wooden fence chanting, "Thir-teen! Thir-teen!" He peeks into a hole in the fence and gets poked in the eye. "Four-teen! Four-teen!" Alas, I can't remember what it was advertising or why it was part of the meeting, but there was a mention of the ad having been made for very little money with few resources. A spokesperson said that Altarum employees have laughed at the ad even after multiple viewings. The take-home lesson: We now work for sadists.
At the first break period, I asked the Magic 8-Ball down the hall if I would get thru the meeting without doing something to get embarrassed or in trouble out of boredom. The ball said, "Outlook not so good."
Actually, it wasn't nearly as hard to get thru as I dreaded. I have in large part my well-developed daydreaming capacity to thank, but the meeting did draw my attention from time to time. It was about Altarum's "Wildly Important Goals," or WIGs. (So yeah, we were kinda WIG-ing out.) Even a simple PowerPoint or whiteboard can make a huge difference for me, and they did. I managed a little input when we went into another conference hall for small-group discussions. As far as I know, I didn't come across as an overgrown kid in the wrong place.
Highlights:
(1) My compliments to the caterer, Cosi. I now know that I like your veggie muftalata wraps.
(2) One of my co-workers, before presenting our small group's agreements, presented her engagement ring to much applause.
(3) At our other site, as could be seen on our TV, one employee was due to give birth today. To my mild disappointment, she stayed uneventfully to the end of the meeting.
(4) There were a couple of videos. One used an exaggerated children's soccer match to illustrate goals and executions. That got some laughs.
(5) Of greater interest to me was the other video, an international ad of some kind. You may be able to view it here (I can't from work); if not, let me describe it. A man hears a crowd behind a wooden fence chanting, "Thir-teen! Thir-teen!" He peeks into a hole in the fence and gets poked in the eye. "Four-teen! Four-teen!" Alas, I can't remember what it was advertising or why it was part of the meeting, but there was a mention of the ad having been made for very little money with few resources. A spokesperson said that Altarum employees have laughed at the ad even after multiple viewings. The take-home lesson: We now work for sadists.