Today is Susan Vecellio's birthday!
Happy Birthday, Susan!!
Monday, April 16, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
4.04.07 OSS The Customer Graduation
Graduation day arrived and all were in great spirits. The room was decorated and ready to go. The walls we were anxious to hear what everyone had to say about The Customer. The walls thought the discussions in each of the 4 weekly sessions they heard some really active discussions. Now they were waiting to hear how people had put their experiences in class to work.
Stories were told about how The Customer was helping communications in VIC and coaching in QA. Both teams say they can hear the difference in the calls they receive. Others found that the behavior styles inventories help them understand and work with others better. If you want more, talk everyone on the team to learn more about their experience with the program and the materials.
CSC OSS Team( Back row (l-r): John Deree, Jen Ashcraft, Jenn Shockey, Mirielle Bock, Rose Mintle, Chris Bohnenkamp.
Middle row: Karen Geldhof; Kristina Dunn; Susan Lalor, Susan Vecellio, Lori Ameln, Heather Goedjen, Marla Koupal.
Front Row: Tracy Helsing, Christy Pitto, Mary Weaver)
However, we do have one team (The Willing-Hams) that wanted to share their experience via rap. We invite you to hear their story and watch their video. They are such strong believers in team play that they had all of us participate in the chorus. They are Tracy Helsing, Mary Weaver, Susan Vecellio, Jenn Shockey, & Jen Ashcraft!!! (The video is too large to load to this blog so now you get to go on a trek--Go to the EDS Server/Select file named--4.4.07 Video The Willing-Hams /Put your head sets on before you start the video so you can hear them and the great chorus. )
Willing-Ham script
Chorus:
We are Willing Hams and we’re here to say,
We all behave in a different way.
Some of us bossy and some of us meek
But together, we’ll make it to the end of the week.
My name is Mar and I like to chat.
About this thang and about that.
Energetic and fun
And that ain’t no pun.
It’s all about work, I like to joke.
Nah, it’s all about da peeps.
And I ain’t blowin no smoke! (Repeat Chorus)
I’m Jen A from QA.
I’m a supporter.
I like routine.
I have an even temperament,
I won’t cause a scene.
I make decisions slowly,
I’m not hurried for time.
I hang onto old friends
Because they are mine! (Repeat Chorus)
We be Susan and Tracy,
The movas and the shakas.
The Doers,
The Takers,
Not the Procrastinators.
We’re Learnin
Performin
Listen and Informanin.
We may eve remind you
Of Stormin…Norman. (Repeat Chorus)
I’m a controller, I’m 2-n-Jenn.
I’m ruled by logic,
Not emotion.
Right to the point,
Let’s get this done.
Everything in order,
Not time for fun. (Repeat Chorus)
We are Willing Hams and we’re here to say,
We all behave in a different way.
Some of us bossy and some of us meek
But together, we’ll make it to the end of the week.
My name is Mar and I like to chat.
About this thang and about that.
Energetic and fun
And that ain’t no pun.
It’s all about work, I like to joke.
Nah, it’s all about da peeps.
And I ain’t blowin no smoke! (Repeat Chorus)
I’m Jen A from QA.
I’m a supporter.
I like routine.
I have an even temperament,
I won’t cause a scene.
I make decisions slowly,
I’m not hurried for time.
I hang onto old friends
Because they are mine! (Repeat Chorus)
We be Susan and Tracy,
The movas and the shakas.
The Doers,
The Takers,
Not the Procrastinators.
We’re Learnin
Performin
Listen and Informanin.
We may eve remind you
Of Stormin…Norman. (Repeat Chorus)
I’m a controller, I’m 2-n-Jenn.
I’m ruled by logic,
Not emotion.
Right to the point,
Let’s get this done.
Everything in order,
Not time for fun. (Repeat Chorus)
Celebrate their creativity by entering your comments on this blog. Marla
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Personality by Pictures!
If you like taking personality assessments, you'll love this one! It uses the pictures you select to reveal aspects of your personality. You may have done this one before, but if not, give it a try. It is pretty cool!
http://dna.imagini.net/friends/
Lori :)
http://dna.imagini.net/friends/
Lori :)
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Christy's The Customer Graduation Story
For our The Customer Graduation ceremony yesterday, Marla asked us each to give a brief presentation in which we would share with the group what valuable lessons we personally learned from the course.
I had a little blurb planned - until Susan L. shared her presentation with me! Hers was going to be great! Inspired by her creativity - I climbed out of my box & here's what I came up with:
Farmer Brown's Fuzzy Bunnies
Once upon a time in the land of Cee Cee there lived a bunch of fuzzy bunnies.
Each bunny lived in its own little burrow underneath Farmer Brown’s field.
In general the bunnies lead happy, productive lives. Each would come up out of their burrow and help themselves to Farmer Brown’s produce, always leaving enough behind for the other bunnies and trying not to destroy the field so that Farmer Brown could keep planting yummy carrots for them each year, though they sometimes weren’t as careful as they could have been.
Occasionally the bunnies would pass each other as they wandered from burrow to field and back. The bunnies would twitch their noses at each other politely and even more occasionally one would help the other dig up a particularly stubborn carrot.
But for the most part each bunny went from their burrow to the field and back in their own little bunny way.
They thought life was good.
Then one day a wild hare named Marla came bounding (as only a wild hare can bound!) into Farmer Brown’s field – skidded to a halt and shouted “You silly bunnies aren’t living up to your full, fuzzy potential!”
The bunnies stopped – some mid carrot – and stared at her. Then they stared at each other. One or two stared ate the sky hoping for rain and a reason to escape this wild hare and her speechifying.
But the wild hare won them over with her wild, winning ways!
Soon she’d taught them that if they worked together they would truly see what a happy, productive life could be!
She started by having the bunnies build tunnels between each of their individual burrows, then they built a large burrow in the center of all the little burrows where they could store all the extra carrots they were gathering by working in new streamlined “Carrot Cultivation Teams”.
Further, the bunnies then started working with the other animals in and around Farmer Brown’s field – the goats butted in and made sure the field was never over harvested and the soil not destroyed. The birds gathered seeds and re-planted in neat little rows as only birds can, and the beavers from the stream that ran beside the field set up a produce stand on the side of the road.
Farmer Brown never questioned how or why his farm suddenly became self sufficient, he simply spent the rest of his happy days relaxing at the fishing hole.
Never one to rest, Marla the wild hare headed off into the next field over…there were some gophers there in sore need of a helping paw!
~Christy
I had a little blurb planned - until Susan L. shared her presentation with me! Hers was going to be great! Inspired by her creativity - I climbed out of my box & here's what I came up with:
Farmer Brown's Fuzzy Bunnies
Once upon a time in the land of Cee Cee there lived a bunch of fuzzy bunnies.
Each bunny lived in its own little burrow underneath Farmer Brown’s field.
In general the bunnies lead happy, productive lives. Each would come up out of their burrow and help themselves to Farmer Brown’s produce, always leaving enough behind for the other bunnies and trying not to destroy the field so that Farmer Brown could keep planting yummy carrots for them each year, though they sometimes weren’t as careful as they could have been.
Occasionally the bunnies would pass each other as they wandered from burrow to field and back. The bunnies would twitch their noses at each other politely and even more occasionally one would help the other dig up a particularly stubborn carrot.
But for the most part each bunny went from their burrow to the field and back in their own little bunny way.
They thought life was good.
Then one day a wild hare named Marla came bounding (as only a wild hare can bound!) into Farmer Brown’s field – skidded to a halt and shouted “You silly bunnies aren’t living up to your full, fuzzy potential!”
The bunnies stopped – some mid carrot – and stared at her. Then they stared at each other. One or two stared ate the sky hoping for rain and a reason to escape this wild hare and her speechifying.
But the wild hare won them over with her wild, winning ways!
Soon she’d taught them that if they worked together they would truly see what a happy, productive life could be!
She started by having the bunnies build tunnels between each of their individual burrows, then they built a large burrow in the center of all the little burrows where they could store all the extra carrots they were gathering by working in new streamlined “Carrot Cultivation Teams”.
Further, the bunnies then started working with the other animals in and around Farmer Brown’s field – the goats butted in and made sure the field was never over harvested and the soil not destroyed. The birds gathered seeds and re-planted in neat little rows as only birds can, and the beavers from the stream that ran beside the field set up a produce stand on the side of the road.
Farmer Brown never questioned how or why his farm suddenly became self sufficient, he simply spent the rest of his happy days relaxing at the fishing hole.
Never one to rest, Marla the wild hare headed off into the next field over…there were some gophers there in sore need of a helping paw!
~Christy
Monday, April 2, 2007
Marla's Vacation with Nate
Nate's spring break and my vacation to Los Angeles provided a bit of excitement this time. We had two major celebrity sightings and I was almost run over by a (pod, herd, hoard?? you choose) of papparazzi. Papparazzi are a phenomenon! They hide in corners, stand on car tops and then, when the celebrity arrives they hold their cameras high over their heads and move as one cell with the celebrity as the heart of the amoeba. They move with amazing speed (herd of gazelles comes to mind). There is no way you want to be in their way or you will be trampled.
Now--for the details. Britney Spears arrived at the Millenium on Saturday the 24th just after Nate and I arrived for his first class of the week. He was already in the classroom when she arrived with body guards. She was in the "celebrity room" when I arrived to watch class. However, as soon as class started she came out and completed the warm up exercises at the back of the room. It was amazing to watch everyone run in with water for her and then a Starbucks. Once the exercises were over she gave the class about 10 more minutes of her time and went back to her "room". She left before class was over. However, entering and leaving she was within a foot of Nate and he was happy. (BTW--she had a wig on and wore a hat--she was in pretty good shape for having had two kids but the spankies were a bit tight.)
On the same day we saw Marques Houston ("You Got Served 1 & 2" and various albums).
We also tried out the Debbie Reynolds studio hip hop classes and had good quality instructors there too.
In addition to dancing we took a bike ride along the beach from Venice to Santa Monica pier and toured the Getty museum. We had great family time with my brother-in-law and his wife and spent most of our nights at dance class. Oh-yes, did I mention driving? I have definitely logged chauffer hours once again. Also, I think we had over 25 Bentley and Rolls Royce Phantom sightings and at least 10 Ferrari's. Nate was in heaven.
We arrived home (Denver) on Friday. Nate then had the Monsters of Hip Hop Dance convention. The instructors/choreographers at this session have worked with Pink, Britney, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keyes, Missy Elliot, "You Got Served", Beyonce, N'Sync, B2K and more.
Nate, was really happy when he finally got noticed this weekend. He put two new "feathers" in his cap. One--he won a scholarship to the Millenium in Los Angeles. (This pays for his classes next time we go to LA) and he got an invitation to speak with MSA, the largest dance/talent agency in L.A. So he is feeling like he is on his way. Now we get to keep him grounded until he gets out of school.
Next year his goal is to dance well enough to make it to the large Monsters show in Los Angeles that is held every August. When he makes that we'll then go talk to the agent (2008).
I'm glad to be home. Tim didn't miss us too much--he is in the final tax crunch. We are all looking forward to April 16th so we can spend some time with him too.
Marla
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