Hi guys,I know that we will be missing some people this evening so I wanted to get this info to you all.Your presentation to the Board is scheduled for 8:30 am on Tuesday June 2. Please be at the Chamber no later than 8:15 in case you called in earlier. Each group has a maximum of 8 minutes to present.Feel free to handout any “goodies” you have i.e. Eldernet brochures, Go Green outlines, etc.If there is anything you need please contact me or Meredith so we can help you with this. Go Green group – do you need a monitor or computer set up for the video is you are showing that?This has been a unique experience for us all. Thanks for you individual and collective efforts!See some tonight, some next Tuesday and all next Wednesday – phew, almost done.One more thing-next Wednesday you will have your pictures taken for the commencement – bring your best smiles!Jeanne
I was at work when I got this email – followed by an email from Karen that simply said,“I almost choked when I read this. Will the video be complete by then?”
I laughed out loud reading it – but she was right! We were officially under the gun!
Everyone was in motion. Who had what? Did we need a TV/projector? Was the video going to be done by then? The emails were flying back and forth.
Two weeks prior, Alison and I had met at my office to put all the suggestions from Jim, Karen, Jenny, and Dave’s meeting with Cheryl Kuhn. Using Alison’s amazing gift for organization, despite my MacBook losing the document once, we constructed a table timeline of what the Chamber could do in increments that were easy.
The group also decided to print up lapel stickers to show a cohesive front (no pun intended) with our brand spankin’ new logo that Kenyon made….man, is that guy talented! Not only did he design the Eldernet group’s brochure, he also made us a logo, too! We also had a new slogan, “It’s just good business!” I love it!
Dave met with Craig, from Beholder Productions, when they went out to shoot the video using different size Main Line Chamber businesses. Vanguard, Nolan Painting, and the Wharton Eshrick Museum, where Paul works to show what steps each business is doing to decrease their use of our environment. Beholder had been working hard – and sent each one of us a script for the video. Beholder had knocked the socks off everyone – they do such amazing work!
As I read the script, I was amazed how just a little idea of Karen’s had exploded into such a great project. I thought of one of my favorite quotes by Margaret Mead,
“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed citizens to change the world. Indeed, it has never been done otherwise.”
One last thing to do – an Executive Summary. Alison pulled up a “How-To” online. Here’s to writing an Executive Summary! You learn something new everyday!
