As I mentioned yesterday, I am spending two lovely days at Trope Beach. (Which is code for a Board Meeting). I sit on the Board of Directors for a Non-Profit organization which I won’t name at this time. So yesterday’s post was a little on the whiney side. I really don’t hate going to these meetings at all. So, I decided to watch and listen closely yesterday and find some things that I learned that I could share with you. Yes, I realize that I have a duty to help each of you increase your knowledge, even if it is inconvenient for me. I understand sacrificing for the greater good.
Things I learned at the “beach”:
• Everybody wants the cilantro ranch dressing with their salad, but they will do their best to hide their disappointment if they get stuck with the avocado vinaigrette.
• There are really amazing people in the world who are willing to do really good things with their time and money.
• The odds of being called on to answer an important question improve dramatically if you are messing around on Facebook.
• Technology has made it much easier to escape a meeting. Just glare at your phone, and walk out shaking your head. Easy.
• The Church does not have a corner on the market for programs and ideas that really help people in need.
• The battery life in my MacBook Pro is not what it used to be.
• Writing on a whiteboard is a skill. If you don’t have it, put down the marker and walk away.
• If someone is speaking with a projector shining into their eyes, you can make faces at them and they won’t notice – as long as they are subtle.
• Truism by Margaret Mead: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. (You go, girl)
• Everyone at the meeting secretly wishes they had the audacity to bring in a 44oz beverage to sip on through the day.
• It is more rewarding to work on a good cause than to make money.
• People who act like they know everything are irritating to those of us who do.
So, back to the beach – gonna be a good day!
I have been known to have the audacity to bring the 44 oz-er…cuz I’m a rebel like that..
I don’t know what your organization is but I think it’s pretty cool. Is that your main job or is this on the side?
Eh-hem. Crystal: “Making Monkey” sounds a little inappropriate for a “family-friendly” blog. Please try to keep your euphemisms to yourself. I would also disagree with your premise.
For a moment I thought you wrote “It is more rewarding to work on a good cause than to make MONKEY.”
Then I thought, “Make monkey? Well yes… good causes are always better than making monkey… What an obvious statement to make…”
But then I realized…. ohhhhh. mooonnnneeeyyyy.
Yeah. That makes more sense.
Funny post. I’d be chillin with 44oz-er for sho.
OK…so I put your button on my blog and I left your blog address on a comment for Meanest Mom. Anything else O Great One before you will condescend to put my button on your blog roll?
Sandy
http://www.twelvemakesadozen.blogspot.com
I actually walked out of a meeting with my cell phone in hand just recently, I love technology!
testing to see if the comments work. You see, Tom is having toubles with it.