My coworkers use online education as a means to not travel anymore. The story they tell themselves is that they're able to reach a wider audience. But you can't virtually take care of sick babies. Plus the people who are on the front lines taking care of these children don't have the luxury of sitting at home and virtually working. I think you have to get it to the trenches. Online education is valuable in that you can reach a wider audience. But it's an adjunct traditional, in person education. Not a substitute for it.
I would be more likely to go if it was pants-optional.
Make no mistake. It's not for collaboration. It's not for the sharing of ideas. It's because it's easier and more convenient. Also meetings are stupid and generally could be an email. And committees are a cul-de-sac down which great ideas are lured and slowly strangled.
Yes. I hate them. We do a monthly meeting and they usually last an hour and a half to two hours and there's about 7 minutes worth of information that I find to be valuable. I always exercise during the meeting so I can at least be productive physically while not being productive with work.
I once had a friend tell me that the best part of being friends with me is that I'm as close as it gets to being able to be friends with a serial killer. I took this as a compliment.
I’m on a one-person crusade to bring back singing telegrams.
I have a Teams presentation tomorrow. I prefer this format for two reasons. One, we are hoping for 100+ which could not happen in person. Two, in person, I can actually SEE everyone who is playing on the phone and not paying attention. On Teams, I can kid myself and believe that more are into what I am discussing. Note, we do not have folks on their cameras. Teams does not do well with too many cameras activated, thank goodness!
Had one of my better Valentine's Days in memory last night...maybe the best.
Ordinarily, we don't really make that big a deal of it, but it so happened that Drew & Ellie Holcomb, two of our favorite musicians, were playing a show together in town, and that their music is a beautiful meditation on life and love...especially poignant with our upcoming life changes. Every time we see them, it's downright spiritual, and last night was especially so.
Add in a delicious, romantic Italian dinner, and we really enjoyed our evening.