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Activity Overview: Although tabling has been mentioned in connection with some events (e.g. student activities fair), there are a wide variety of times when it is useful. Tabling in the weeks before an event can promote it and get people interested in coming. New or expanding groups will want to table in order to attract members with a cold sell - not always effective, but it can steadily raise interest and increase your membership. Since the goal is to attract a large number of eyeballs, and keep many of those eyeballs at attention, prepare to be looked over by a few hundred to several thousand people, depending on the size of your school.
Planning timeframe: The more professional-looking you want your table, the more planning needs to go into it, especially if you're ordering a banner or literature. You'll also need to contact whoever is in charge of the space you want to table in - if it's a popular location, you'll need to get in touch far in advance. That said, getting everything together should take 2 to 4 weeks. Since tabling is most effective at the beginning of the semester, when people are looking for something to do, you may want to get a jump on planning before a semester break.
Coordinating: There are three key tasks to getting a table ready: reserving a time and location, obtaining tabling materials, and scheduling volunteers. 1 or 2 coordinators should be able to handle this - since it's a fairly simple activity, it may be a good idea to get a potential leader to spearhead this. 1 to 3 volunteers should always be at the table.
Material requirements: Obviously, a table is key. Your university will probably be able to provide one, either at the venue itself or somewhere nearby. Banners are highly visible and powerfully get your name out. Tabling literature takes on a variety of forms, and can include fliers, pamphlets, business cards, brochures, and literature from secular organizations. You may want to invest in a plastic stand to hold brochures/fliers, which can save space and make you look more professional. A display board, decorated with photos and information about your group, can work wonders. Don't forget a clipboard, pens and pre-printed sign-up sheets for people to write down their names and emails!
Make sure that everything on your table is organized nicely. Your meeting time & location, as well as a facebook page and contact email, should be prominently displayed. Don't drown the table in materials or words, however; excessive verbiage will probably turn people off.
- Within your group, establish a goal for your tabling. If you just want to attract members, you'll need to table as early in the semester as possible. Sometimes you will want to table in response to recent events, either campus events or larger-scale happenings. In this case, you'll need to tailor your table to fit the occasion.
- Solicit volunteers to table. The best times to table are when there is a lot of foot traffic through your part of campus, but, problematically, many of your members may be busy then. Make sure that your tabling times work with volunteers' schedules, and rotate so that members will only spend an hour or two at a time.
- Contact your student activities department, or whoever is in charge of reserving space. Have a clear idea of what times and dates will work, and look for possible alternatives. For instance, if Wednesdays bring a lot of people on campus, but Fridays don't, try and secure a Wednesday, even if you have to push the date of tabling back a week.
- Be sure to table in a high-traffic area - if you're shunted off into a corner, tabling just won't work.
- Tabling is more effective if you do it for consecutive days, rather than in dribs and drabs over a period. Schedule a block of time for a few days running.
- Get tabling materials. Here are only a few ways to get some:
- The SSA may be able to provide tabling supplies - email our campus organizer
- Many freethought organizations will be happy to send you literature at low or no cost. Contact SSA at least 3 or 4 weeks ahead of time and we can help coordinate this. Give us an idea of what material you need, from what organizations, and how many people you're expecting.
- The SSA can also help you get free business cards for your group
- Banners are available at a reasonable price here.
- Contact local nonreligious groups and ask if they have anything you can borrow or use.
- Your display board, as a presentation of what your group is about, needs to be attractive and informative. Make sure it includes your group's meeting time and location, as well as photos of your group doing fun and exciting activities!
Talking points are a great resource for any media appearance or public event - they help to focus your thinking and clarify your message. Ideally, come up with about three points to emphasize and repeat - you should elaborate on them, but don't stray from your message! See our message clarification worksheet for more tips and ideas.
- Before tabling, make sure all of your volunteers know basic information about your group, and give them tips on how to run the table. Many good ideas are in your Group Running Guide's section on tabling.
- Set up your table a little early - if you're still setting up when people get out of class, they won't see your message. If you have fliers, stick them up around the area you're tabling in. This will concentrate, and thus enhance, your message.
- Table!
- After you're done, pack up and clean up. Many tabling supplies (esp. banners and display boards) can be reused, so find a place to store them - your student union may offer storage space for recognized clubs.
- Be sure to thank your volunteers and coordinators!


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Avengers VS X-Men. Cyclops throws the first blow. People really need to stop sleeping on Scott Summers. I hate what the x-men movies portrayed him as. This dude is just as important to the series if not more so than every ones favorite x-man wolverine. This is the guy thats gotten them outta trouble each and every time.
Nick Fury's files on cyclops say the less time he has to formulate a plan the better it is. Yea. THE LESS TIME HE HAS…THE BETTER THE PLAN! What the fuck? That's the dude I want in my corner. I'm sorry I respect the hell out of captain america, that dude is a monster, but if my people are on the brink of extinction and you run up in my house talking bout hand over the child i believe that is key to keeping my people alive? nah. fuck that. you gots to go. (obviously comic books is where my inner hood-ness comes out)

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It has been an excellent week for Australian diplomacy. Prime Minister Julia Gillard established a strong new beginning for Australia's sometimes-troubled ties with a rising India. And the crowning moment was of course the country's victory in its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council ...[more inside]


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In the biggest what the fuck moment of the day, the video for Snoop Dogg's newest single hits is website.
Sure, that sounds pretty tame, Snoop puts out a lot of tracks right?
Usually they're not country songs or performed with Willie Nelson.
The website says specifically not to directly share the video itself, so I'm linking them to snoops site as requested. (Those guys carry guns & shit and don't mess around!)
Here's the first promo pic for the next Rob Zombie film Tyrannosaurus Rex! Goddamn, does this look badass! Am I the only one who'd like a poster of this?
This is Bloody Good Horror's first venture into the Final Girl Film Club. Spoilers abound.
Vaginal "Teeth" and "Black Sheep." Quite the interesting double feature.
Lions Gate and Uwe Boll are teaming up to bring us a "Funny Edition" of "House of the Dead". The "Director's Cut", will feature alternate dialogue, animation from the actual game and popup commentary from Uwe himself. Maybe he'll finally explain why they keep showing that zombie scowling next to the same tree throughout the entire film.
Are you ready for "Man-Eater"?. No, I'm not either, but there's info at the link if you change your mind.
Behind the scenes video from "The Descent 2" on Youtube you can check out today. Wouldn't it be insane if this actually turned out to be good? Ya I don't believe it either, but you never know.
So, that picture of Thomas Jane dressed up as comic book character Jonah Hex that was circulating a few months back is indeed real, but that doesn't mean he has the part. Apparently, Jane had an FX friend help him shoot the pic himself, and had it sent off to Warner Bro's to show his enthusiasm for the script and the project. No one has been officially cast, but the film does have a writing/directing duo in Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine.
Early talks have started on "Hostel Part III". Joy. Eli Roth seems to have gotten smarter, as it's being reported that he will neither write nor direct the film. The article does not mention the possibility of him producing however.
And finally today, word has come down that "American Werewolf in London" will be getting a Blu Ray release, complete with the documentary "Beware of the Moon" which just had it's debut at Horror Hound Weekend in Pittsburgh. No other specs or a date are available yet.
68 year old woman gets busted smuggling cocaine to her son in prison through her wig. Man, that's one dedicated mother. Mine would never smuggle cocaine for me.
The lid has been blown off so to speak for a Houston Texas school, when it recently came out that for decades, boys were forced to swim naked in gym class. Ya, I'm sure that won't cause any long lasting damage. (Just read the whole article, apparently this is going on everywhere! What the hell is going on with this?)
It wasn't so much the Christian preaching that got John Freshwater fired from Mount Vernon Middle School in Columbus Ohio, but rather the branding of their arms with crosses. A friend of his said, "with the exception of teh cross-burning episode, I believe John Freshwater is teaching the values of parents". Umm.... yeah.
1993: In the middle of the night, Lorena Bobbitt severs her husband John's penis and drives off, casually discarding the organ in a farm field. Surgeons successfully reattach the penis, allowing John to enter the porn industry.


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A few weeks ago we took a trip to a local bar to watch our hometown baseball team, the Cleveland Indians. Normally we would just go to the game because the tickets are pretty cheap, but even $5 is a bit much to watch a team that really stinks.
Going into the game it was hard to get excited because we have won very few games and are in last place in the division, so needless to say, we weren't expecting a whole lot. Amazingly though, the team did pretty well and even won the game.
It wasn't easy for them, but it was determination that brought them a well deserved win. The same can be said for Suzuki . It's been quite some time since they have been anything to write home about, but after years of hard work and staying under the radar, they finally have a winner on their hands.
The 2010 Suzuki Kizashi was one of those cars where you never quite knew what to expect. Sure, people have written that it was good and a step in the right direction for the company, but, like buying a generic brand cereal, you never want to believe the hype no matter what they tell you or how good it might be.
Hit the jump for the rest of the review.
In a world of boring midsize sedans, the Kizashi is a real stand out and not in a, "Wow that's terrible," sort of way. In fact, this car is down right good and one of the best cars we have driven for the money.
On paper the Kizashi really isn't all that impressive. It has the normal 2.4-liter four-cylinder that puts out 185 horsepower and 170 pound-feet of torque. That will get you from 0-60 miles per hour in just 7.5 seconds, on par with the Honda Accord EX . Sounds decent enough for a car of this size.
The model that we tested was the SE, one trim level above the bottom and two from the top. Sadly, the car had the CVT gearbox and not the six-speed manual that we would have preferred. The car came with 17-inch wheels that gave the Kizashi a real aggressive stance, far better than anything else in its class. Whatever class that might be.
The Suzuki is smaller when compared to the Accord and Toyota Camry by about five or six inches, which might as well be seven feet in the midsize sedan world. The wheelbase is 183.2 inches, not bad, but not great. Amazingly, the interior space is just as good as any big sedan. There is plenty of room for adults in the back and only a little amount of forward hunching is needed if you're above six or so feet. Up front there is more room than what most people would need and the tilt and telescoping steering wheel gives a driver of any size great position behind the wheel.
The interior of the Kizashi is a real pleasure to be in. There are rich materials that are soft to the touch. For a car of this price it is truly amazing how good it feels in the cabin. Depending on the trim level, the Kizashi has auto up/down windows on the driver and passenger sides, satellite radio, dual climate control, and Bluetooth. The only complaint we have is that it took us 15 minutes to find the fuel filler cap release. Just a helpful hint, there is none. You must unlock the car and push the left side of the gas door.
The Kizashi comes with an iPod interface that was confusing at first and remained that way for the duration of the test. The system is lagging a bit compared to the Accord and even the Kia Forte , but it's far better than anything the domestic brands offer.
Driving through the back roads of Ohio, it was clear as day that all the time spent by Suzuki engineers at the Nurburgring paid off. The car manages to be Lexus quiet and soft on the highway, but performance car exciting when the road got twisty. That is the ultimate goal for any car and the Kizashi achieves it with flying colors.
The CVT transmission was good in sport shift mode, but a bit average in plain old drive. It was a bit slow on the downshift, but that's the reason we would recommend the manual.
When pushed hard the Kizashi had minimal roll and great poise in the corners. There is a small pinch of oversteer when you really push the car, but most drivers shouldn't take it to those kinds of limits anyway. Power is a bit lacking in the lower rev range and in normal drive mode the CVT just doesn't deliver the goods like we had hoped. The car is quick and the needle shows us that, but it doesn't feel it at times.
The brilliant new Suzuki will sell to a few people and, sadly, that's about it. The company doesn't have the money to advertise with the likes of Honda and Toyota , so it's depending on reviews like this to spread the world. Consider the good word spread Suzuki.
If you're thinking of buying a Toyota Corolla or a Honda Civic , just stop for a moment and go look at the Kizashi. The steering is tight and the interior is wonderful. Hell, it can even come with all-wheel drive if you so desire. Plus, in an age where individualism is king, the Kizashi will set you apart from all the other Japanese sedans.
For real fun though, hold your hands together and pray that Suzuki decides to make the Kizashi Turbo. Please, oh please, make it already.


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- Name:
- Justin
- Location:
- Brooklyn, NY
- Square Feet:
- 590
- Division:
- Tiny
- What I Love About My Small Home:
- Our apartment is 99 years old and has managed to retain nearly all its original detail, including Arts and Crafts style plaster moulding, a gas fireplace, and large windows with leaded-glass transoms. It's basically really warm and inviting, providing an interesting contrast to some of our contemporary art and furnishings.
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space
- Storage. The bedroom closet measures 2.5 x 4 feet, but had TWO doors to access it - one from the bedroom and one from the living room. We filled in the living room door, enabling the much-needed installation of clothing rods in the closet, then built bookshelves and a custom cabinet into the doorframe in the living room. It looks like it has been there for 99 years.
- If I am the Grand Prize winner of Small Cool, the item(s) or project(s) from my home design wishlist that I'd like to spend my winnings on are:
- We would like to have a carpenter build more custom shelves and cabinets under the large window in the living room. We'd like to have doors in the center with historically accurate brass closures and open shelving on the sides so it's in keeping with the symmetry of the room. Since the corner of the living room also serves as a home office, the extra storage would get a lot of use.
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What an excellent fix to the closet door issue -- increased functionality on both sides of the wall.
I really like the rug's chevron pattern juxtaposed with the ornate pattern of the top molding.
Love your space!!
That's the most amazing trim I've ever seen! I'd love to know what neighborhood you're in.
So jealous of that gorgeous molding!
The map on the wall is amazing! I wish I knew who it was by. I love this space.
I think I remember looking at this apt when it was up for sale (or one in the same building with the same layout) and all I can say is kudos for recognizing the potential and doing right by it.
I second wanting to know what neighborhood!
Wow, I love it. It's serene and minimal without being OVER-the-top minimal.
Hi. The neighborhood is Brooklyn Heights.
Hi. It's called Air Lines. http://www.lx97.com/maps/
I used to live in the apartment above this one, and recognized the layout, view and mantel instantly. Love what you did with the place. The molding had been removed in my place, though the harlequin pattern on the lower windows had been retained. I hope they're still there. Lucky you for living in such a nice space, and good luck!
Fantastic space... and that crown molding... WOW!
where did you get that couch!! its amazing.
It's from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
kitchen? bathroom? so amazing...but those rooms are missing!
Amazing home!
What a wonderful apartment! I love my 60s house, but somewhere with so much period detail can still make me swoon...
Those mouldings are amazing, as is the fireplace. Loved how you handled the closet situation.
Molding is beautiful and you have my favorite Platner chair. Good design runs in the family.
Great design and the details are perfect. Very clever solution to the extra closet door opening making it into a book shelf with storage!
I love the decorative molding.
Wow! Such a dreamy oasis! And just like everyone, that molding throughout at absolutely gorgeous!
Amazing Space, Great Job. Must have had a lot of help from like Dad or something. Looks too clean for me to live in though.
Really cool architectural details in this space. I love how clean and calm it seems with the decor. Nothing competes with all that cool detail and it just sort of has a nice, easy flow without being at all boring. Serene is the word that comes to mind.
So gorgeous! I'm speechless-- and some would say that takes some serious doing. Your juxtaposition of various styles of furniture against the nouveau medieval architectural detail is scrumptious.
Who makes the sconces above the sofa? I so need them for my bedroom!
This truly is a beauty! I have been in this space and can tell you it is as lovely and serene as it looks; it does not feel small. All the work is done by the talented owners!!
Breathtaking decorative moulding! But cool in so many other ways as well, interesting artwork, charming furniture, great colors. Got my vote!
The colors, together with the architechiral elements make this a winner by far. The contrasting artwork adds the perfect touch.
Hi. The sconces are from Circa Lighting.
Beautiful space and design.
The architectural details in here are lovely! I love how you've made them fresh with modern pieces.
beutiful, serene, peaceful looking... even in the middle of the a big city. Love the mouldings, fireplace and furnishings. Can you tell me where you got the amazing hanging light in the bedroom?
Hey AT, please take a few more photos! I wish I could see more of the kitchen. And what about the bathroom? Love your color choices.
I keep trying to favorite you but it says oops..whatever..whatever...well, even if I don't get to favorite you...you are a favorite...Great Job!
What a beautiful apartment! I would love to know the paint colors you used, specifically the grey in the living area and the white trim. Thanks!
Thanks! The living room paint color is Abalone, by Benjamin Moore. My cousin used it too and we've been really happy with it. The white is just ultra white semigloss by Behr.
By far my favorite! Love everything about it..decor, moldings, fire place etc. I need to see more! :D
Love your tiny apartment Justin. Hope you win this contest!!
Justin your place is absolutely gorgeous! I love all the beautiful colors. I know a lot of hard work went into this. Best of luck!!
Loved Justin's apartment. beautiful molding and what a great location.
Fantastic aesthetic and what a unique space! Congrats on a job well done. You guys should definitely win.
I grew up in townhouse in Cobble Hill and went to St. Ann's, in Brooklyn Heights, so in some ways this feels very familiar, but I've never seen such astonishingly gorgeous molding, and you've made the whole thing feel so fresh. Congratulations--it's really beautiful.
That is the most amazing fireplace screen that I have ever seen.


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(WNFL)- Former Brewers' outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. was given a standing ovation last night, in his first Major League at-bat since his Hall-of-Fame father died nine days ago. Gwynn came to the plate as a pinch-hitter for Philadelphia in the eighth inning of a 7-4 home win over Miami. Once the normally-tough Philly crowd rose to its feet, Marlins' catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia paid a visit to the mound -- which extended the fans' tribute. After the game, Gwynn broke down while talking about his father, and the support he was given by the Philadelphia fans. Tony Gwynn Sr. won eight National League batting titles and played in two World Series during his 20-year career with San Diego. He died from cancer June 16th at age 54. The younger Gwynn came up in the Brewers' organization, and played three seasons for the Crew from 2006-08.
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MOSCOW, Idaho-- Some University of Idaho students are earning high praise tonight for fixing an important piece of equipment at the Buck Knives' manufacturing plant in Post Falls. The repair was part of their senior project. But their project was so good that company leaders decided to put the UI idea to use.
Buck Knives makes more than 2-million knives a year. However, leaders said they were taking a big hit when their pin-inserter machine went on the fritz in September.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – This is a Heisman Trophy that Teddy Bridgewater could have won.
OK, I'll let you disagree with me on that one. But I won't let you fuss about this:
Bridgewater should have at least played his way into an invitation for the Heisman ceremony in New York City. There was room for Bridgewater to strike the pose. That's where this Monday Rewind begins.
Bridgewater won't get to Manhattan. Not now. After Louisville lost that game to Central Florida in mid-October, you could hear the rest of the nation changing the channel to follow other Heisman contenders. They've never come back. The latest blog post (click here) from the Heisman Pundit doesn't have Bridgewater in the national top 10.
This Heisman will belong to either A. J. McCarron of Alabama or Jameis Winston of Florida State. Winston is probably the favorite, but McCarron can overtake him with his usual poised and efficient game at Auburn Saturday and another in the Southeastern Conference championship game. It's no accident McCarron is posing on the cover of the latest issue of Sports Illustrated.
Of course, Winston has bigger worries than the Heisman. He's awaiting a decision by the state attorney in Tallahassee into a sexual-assault claim made against him.
The rest of the field – Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, Marcus Mariota of Oregon and Bryce Petty of Baylor – was thrown for a loss last weekend.
Bridgewater has not done enough the last three games to make anybody outside the American Athletic Conference pay attention again. He has not thrown for 300 yards in U of L's last three games.
Facing Connecticut, Houston and Memphis, he's thrown two touchdowns and one interception. With those numbers, he'll be fortunate to beat UCF quarterback Blake Bortles (more than 2,800 passing yards) for all-conference.
Overall Bridgewater's completion percentage (71) and yards per attempt (9.47) are better than last season. He needs three more touchdown passes to set a career high in that number, too. He'll be a high draft pick if he enters the 2014 NFL Draft.
But he never really delivered a "Wow," moment. Louisville's schedule has not done him any favors. The loss to UCF turned off Louisville's national spotlight. The offensive line has left him unprotected too many times the last three games. Leave a space for conservative play-calling on the list of reasons he won't make it to New York City.
There was an opening to get there. But Bridgewater didn't get through it.
If you believe this story from Orlando Sentinel (and I do), Louisville fans won't have to worry about the University of Florida calling Charlie Strong back to Gainesville to fix the mess Will Muschamp has made of the Gators' football program.
Even if the Gators fall to 4-8 by losing to Florida State by 50 Saturday, the word is that athletic director Jeremy Foley will not fire Muschamp after his third season.
Assistant coaches? Yes.
The head coach who backed up UF's first loss to Vanderbilt since 1988 by losing a home game to Georgia Southern Saturday? No.
Here's the local takeaway from that one: Even if Muschamp gets a fourth season, Florida's in-state recruiting has to be vulnerable. There have to be more than a few top prospects wondering if Muschamp will survive to coach them for more than a season.
Sounds like a perfect opportunity for Strong and Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops to report to the Sunshine State and collect more commitments.
If you're a consistent reader of my work, you know that I am a major fan of Ken Pomeroy's web site that features advanced college basketball analytics. It's 19.99 per season, and I get my money's worth every day.
Well, I've been directed to another hoops site you'll enjoy – www.bbstate.com. Basketball State delivers a tremendous filtering system for working through team and individual statistics for only $12.49 per year.
Here's a sample snapshot: With all the attention on this season's remarkable freshman class, college basketball's sophomores, juniors and seniors have been tossed to the discard bin.
So I went to bbstate.com and sorted through the top scorer, rebounder and assist guy in every class:
Freshmen: Points – Q.J. Peterson, VMI, 24.2; Rebounds – Julius Randle, UK, 13.4; Assists – Kareem Canty, Marshall, 8.4.
Sophomores: Points – D. J. Balentine, Evansville, 29.6; Rebounds – Jordan Reed, Binghamton, 11.8; Assists – Kyle Anderson, UCLA, 8.0.
Juniors: Points – Antoine Mason, Niagara, 31.2; Rebounds – Roscoe Smith, UNLV, 16.3; Assists – Julius Brown, Toledo, 7.7.
Seniors: Points – Roberto Nelson, Oregon State, 30.3; Rebounds – Chad Posthumus, Morehead State, 13.3; Jason Brickman, LIU-Brooklyn, 9.2.
During Thanksgiving Week, it's important to give thanks to all my faithful readers. So thank you. But special thanks this week to former University of Louisville athletic director Bill Olsen.
He read this story that I posted last Friday about U of L defensive end Marcus Smith, who added to his sack total by getting to the Memphis quarterback Saturday. Smith grew up in Columbus, Ga., a place with powerful high school football that sits in the southwest part of the state, bordering Alabama.
I mentioned that Columbus is also the hometown of former Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Otis Sistrunk, Clemson star Brentson Buckner and Chicago White Sox two-time AL MVP Frank Thomas.
Olsen delivered a reminder that U of L also has a strong connection to Columbus – former Cards' football stars Ernie Green and Charlie Johnson grew up there, too.
Green, 75, played his final U of L season in 1961. He joined the Cleveland Browns as a fullback. He had a very important job that he did well – blocking for Jim Brown, perhaps the best back who ever played the game.
Johnson, a defensive lineman, followed Green to U of L, playing for the Cards from 1966-to-68. He's been a successful businessman in Louisville for many years. Johnson, who also played in the NFL, became the first African-American graduate of the school to serve on its Board of Trustees.
Last week's questions: With Kentucky losing, which team deserved to be ranked Number One in college basketball?
Louisville 63 percent
Michigan State 23 percent
Kansas 8 percent
Kentucky 5 percent
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Florida State
4. Missouri
5. Clemson
6. Auburn
7. Oklahoma State
8. Michigan State
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LOUISVILLE, Ky (WHAS11) -- In his first appearance back home since Alison Lundergan Grimes announced her bid to unseat him, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) painted the Democratic challenger as a "rookie" who would tow the line of national Democrats.
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Consider to create a program to encourage expression of gratitude among employees in large organizations
It is a proven fact that expressing gratitude meaningfully can do wonders in productivity as well as in emotional health.
Large organizations can easily achieve a higher level of gratitude, happiness and productivity among employees by creating a simple human resource development program that helps in developing habit of thanking.
Such a program can be easily rolled out using 1-2 hour training combined with a web+mobile based software that would help employees to thank in meaningful, thoughtful, playful, traditional, warm, yet contemporary and cool manner. Think "business casual thanking".
The software platform can remind, pop ideas to thank, share the gratitude and maintain a publicly view-able gratitude journal and many more things to make it interesting and inspiring to thank.
I am creating such a software platform and looking for what industry leaders think about it.
Thanks for all the feedback so far.
Please note I am not suggesting to replace face-to-face thanking or any other form of thanking. I am just trying to add one more way of thanking. Nothing to do with employer-employee relation. It s not to be combined with employee review. It is just a way to introduce some fun in the everyday life.
It will work on group psychology. You will see the uplifting of groups morale and emotional state.
I am not proposing this as a "have-to-do" thing for employees to please management. This is a tool to bring some fun with gratitude.
It is not automatically generated thanking. It is people thanking people through one more way.
I think I should create a video to clarify what I am proposing and what is possible.
Sep 12 2013: I prefer to offer thanks in my own way. Routine, easy thanksgiving via technology may lose something in translation relative to informal, individual ways of doing this. Being thanked all the time because it is easy is probably not as gratifying as being thanked when the situation really calls to someone to thank you personally and in his own way.
A standing ovation used to mean something. I was at a performance- maybe at my son's school- last year in which the director said in advance please not to feel like you have to give a standing ovation for any performance you attend. The habit makes the gesture kind of meaningless.
I have worked in organizations involving lots of routine thanksgiving, even though employees were in important respects not respected or treated well. These routine sorts of thank yous do not feel the same to receive as the normal expressions of gratitude people offer who come to you and say thank you in their own way.
This does not mean at all that you could not sell your software to a company to add to their operating routines. I expect they would want to consider how much time their employees would spend doing things with the software and how productivity in the workplace would be affected.
Sep 12 2013: "This does not mean at all that you could not sell your software to a company to add to their operating routines. I expect they would want to consider how much time their employees would spend doing things with the software and how productivity in the workplace would be affected. "
Yes, fair enough.If the softwares help to ficilitate good interction that bring people good feeling in working in the company and increase their morale in productivity, the softwares can be a good tool to those companies and you can make a killing,too.
wayne uejio 30+Sep 13 2013: I have worked in several organizations which had reward systems where a person can reward someone. It could be a co-worker or customer. Only the person, the person's mgmt and the one giving the reward mgmt know about the reward. The reward can be gift cards or money or gifts to charity.
Mgmt can send out congrats with a total number of rewards for the team. Publishing who got rewards can lead to conflict, especially if the team feels the individual getting the reward did nothing but represented that they did.
Sep 12 2013: Kanu, I have retired from three jobs ... Military, Aircraft Manufacturer, and state government. Each of these had a suggestion program and awards for specific acts or deeds. When the reward was a pen or a cup the participation was very low. When money was offered in small amounts participation picked up some. When a percentage of the savings was introduced everyone was looking for ideas. When a pen, cup, $10.00, or a free meal at Joes was offered "the man" was making the real profit. However, as a example: the reduction in spray painting new cars by 5 seconds would result in millions and your share would be big on a percentage bases. Someone figured out that taking off two olives in inflight salads would not harm the salad but would save 20 million a year. 10% of those ideas would benefit both the suggester and the company.
Next. The only ones who care are your family and your close peers. You should be recognized in front of that group.
Last. In the news as of late is the impersonal firing of people by e-mail, text, or even a phone call. Most companies are thought to not have either a heart or a sole. Receiving a computer generated thank you would prove that right.
Dear employee # 1234 your idea # 6543 has been accepted. Your permanent
record will reflect your contribution.
Mr Smith, Your suggestion of reduction of olives in our inflight salads will result in
major saving to the company. We invite you and your family to the corporate dinner
1 April 2013 when we will express our appreciation in a check for $200,000.
We appreciate your participation in the program and your contribution.
I. M. Nice
Chairman of the Board.
Upon retiring from the state I got a letter ... computer generated and no signature. It came in the mail. There were three errors on the letter. I threw it away.
Yea for human touch. I wish you well. Bob
Sep 12 2013: I think something like gratitude would get lost in translation from a meaningful, warm human expression to what amounts to a cold, hollow prescriptive one.
Gratitude is essentially a human trait, generated via the symbiosis of one consciousness interacting with another - or several others. That's what generates genuine warmth. It cannot be coldly digitised, programmed, or reduced to mathematical formulae, only to be somehow 're-warmed' up again for people to use as a prescribed procedure in organisations. The effect would be as superficial and annoying - even enraging for some people - as a forced smile or an insincere platitude.
In my opinion, the problem lies with a profound disconnect between an organisation and its employees - a relationship no longer seen as mutually beneficial. If that symbiosis has all but vanished, then it is never going to be a place to express any kind of sincere gratitude. Therefore, creating programmes and manuals for gratitude will act only as a sticking-plaster (Band-Aid) for what is fundamentally a deeper psychological problem that exists within the corporate environment.
Random Chance 30+Sep 12 2013: How about a gratitude program for employers to show and bestow gratitude upon their workers by
paying them enough money so that before they head off to their job, they can be grateful in the knowledge
they can focus very well on doing their job because they know it is going to take care of them?
I can not pay my bills with "employee of the month" stubs, pictures or documents, nor can I take care of other
bills with gratitude for having them.
Put that before industry leaders and find out what they think about it.
They will laugh at it, most of them.
Those who extoll the virtues of slavery never partake in being a slave.
Sep 12 2013: Your idea sounds so interesting. I 've never thought of using a software to thank others. I think it's the natrual feeling from my heart. I feel easy to extend my gratitude because I want to, it's free in forms according to my style. Maybe using software is good for business situations if I want to show thankness by writing letters and I don't know how to do it with a proper structure.:)
K TSep 12 2013: We thank in several ways. A conversation, a card, a phone call, email, electronic card etc. They do not replace each other. There is appropriate usage of each and there are "features" of each.
How about thanking more visibly, so that you can share your thankfulness with several people? Can you do this without technology?
Furthermore, how about using your own photos as cards ? Your photos can capture the moment and context more than words can. Even in personal use, one can find many occasions of thanking in various way.
greg dahlen 50+
Sep 12 2013: Hi Kanu!
I have an idea for you; how about creating a daily "lunch and Learn" program, where you show
all employees, employers and staff, TED Talks and have a follow up discussion about the just-watched Talk - in a group-meet room. Attendance & feed back are mandatory yet all-inclusive & fun.
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Sep 11 2013: Could this software platform be expanded to also cover those employees who happen to become former employees, because their company choose for the historico-cultural more established attitude towards meaningful gratitude in China?
Forgive my sarcasm, but doesn't 'gratitude' need something to be thankful for? The fact, that any employee gets less in return than he/she is given to the employer - thats what creates the profit - doesn't seem to me to be a favorable environment for the growth of gratitude you describe here.
'Wonders in productivity' are no wonders, they follow simple rules:
- Produce the same using less people
- Produce more with the same people
- Use robots
In physics, power is work per unit of time, of which, if allied on 'productivity', it becomes clear what this going to change for a given employee. And unless this employee isn't working in his/her very own 'flow', any target value in increasing efficiency is most likely to cause the opposite reaction to 'gratitude'.
For non-profit organizations your concept may be useful, provided, the people working there do this by their free will and not out of monetary necessity ...
K TSep 12 2013: If we start thinking like that that employer is making money on us, we can never be happy as employees. I don't think most people think on those lines.
If we follow this line of thinking, even as service provider I would think my client is making money on me so why should I be thankful to him/her.
The fact is employer/client provides us opportunity to grow, earn, learn and contribute.
When people work together, the emotional aspects kicks in and virtues like gratitude (and courtesy, modesty) become the foundation for happy work environment.
Here I am talking about a program that encourages gratitude. It is very much relevant to any organization (for profit or non-profit).
"- Produce more with the same people "
That's exactly where such a program would be positioned.
Productivity increase by automation is entirely different domain. Here we are talking about people. Creating a good environment benefits organizations in a variety of ways, employee productivity being one of them.
By creating a voluntary program that encourages employees express gratitude can help in creating good work environment and thus materialize several benefits associated with it.
Sep 12 2013: I only draw from my experiences and from what I have seen from very comfortable positions.
'If we start thinking like that ... we can never be happy as employees'
In all of my professional career I have only seen a view employees who were happy in what they were doing. All others did it only for the money and lacking better alternatives. And as much as I hope that this my experience is extraordinary rare, I am afraid it isn't, as I get the same reports experienced by my friends.
Don't get me wrong. I think gratitude is a beautiful trait we should celebrate as humans. But it should not be abused to leave people in situations they are obviously not happy with but to make them work even harder than before... just not complaining....
Not long ago I stumbled across the concept of democratically run corporations, in which any employee also becomes a partner and has a democratically say in all decisions. I haven't found many examples yet, but those I found report high levels of contentedness among those working there.
Gratitude will grow freely under conditions for it to flourish.
The fact that it doesn't exist in those large organizations you targeted for your proposed program, may prove the consequences of my experiences. And yes, I worked for large organizations as well.


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Party Tricks struggles for votes with a social media audienceIn this cross-posting from The Conversation Darryl Woodford and Katie Prowd of the Queensland University of Technology look at how Ten's Twitter teasers for Party Tricks have been received so far. With Ten's new drama Party Tricks set for an October 6 premiere, coverage has focused on the social media campaign to promote the show. In advance of the screening, Ten has created in-character accounts for the lead characters, Kate Ballard (Asher Keddie) and David McLeod (Rodger Corser). But to date there's been a relative lack of buy-in to the campaign from the social media public.
Mumbo jumbo: Wearable techIn a new regular column Nic Hodges busts some of the jargon and mystery around ad tech, starting with the wearables phenomenon. If you've spent any time on the internet recently, you could be forgiven for thinking Apple just invented the smartwatch.
Say Ello to the new privacy debate on social mediaWith consumers increasingly concerned about their personal data on social media Luke Heemsbergen of the University of Melbourne looks at new ad-free platform Ello, and what it will mean for the privacy debate in a cross-posting from The Conversation. Ello is new social networking space on the web that is receiving a lot of attention of late – so much that it's caused a few problems with the website out of action from time to time.
Q&A with Droga5's Ted RoyerDroga5 executive creative director and partner Ted Royer sat down with Miranda Ward at Spikes Asia to discuss his experience as president of the jury for film, print, outdoor and radio, the changing creative landscape in the region and plans for a Droga5 Asia office. After being the Jury president across the traditional categories, what do you make of the state of creativity in the region? I was a little bit nervous before coming out here because in past years I had heard some of my more cynical friends say that Asian advertising hadn't really moved on from a lot of the formulas of the past. I think that's bullshit.
The revolution is here - so why isn't it being televised?TV networks need to stop treating viewers like second class citizens and deliver some basic services or risk slipping into obsurity, argues Alex Hayes. I joined the 21st Century on Sunday and bought my first flat screen TV. It's a 40-inch smart TV, with full HD of course, that's standard. Now all I need to find is something to watch on it.
How's your corporate karma?After recently giving up some time to mentor students Jaid Hulsbosch asks why the industry isn't doing more to help nurture future talent. A recent opportunity to reflect didn't involve a spiritual retreat or a bucket list review or a winter mood rebalance at a luxe resort. It simply provided a time to reassess one of the edicts of good karma and a recommitment to 'giving back' to the industry for a purposeful corporate journey.
Q&A with BBH China's Johnny TanBBH China chief creative officer Johnny Tan sat down with Miranda Ward at Spikes Asia to discuss the need for creative nuance in China, the overuse of the word content, risk averse clients causing scam and how hard it is to find staff with talent. How can international or Australian brands flourish in China? I think from an advertising standpoint the most important thing is for brands to stay curious about this culture and be respectful about it. I've worked on many global brands where they're from the perspective of New York or London or even in this region, and far too often there are people who still talk about 'one size fits all', 'why can't we just re-cast in Asians but in the same spot?' Or 'oh yeah, this is a universal truth it will work everywhere'. No it isn't, the nuances are so different.
The latest DrinkWise ad is a beer commercial, not public health messageThe latest responsible drinking campaign from DrinkWise is a cleverly disguised beer ad, not a public health message, argues FARE's Michael Thorn. The alcohol industry's latest beer advertisement masquerading as a public health message was created, according to DrinkWise, 'to promote a safer healthier drinking culture by keeping the event the focus, not the drinking'. Perhaps something was lost in translation, although this seems unlikely with one of the country's smartest ad agencies, Clemenger BBDO on the job. More likely, DrinkWise, an industry financed and controlled body, just couldn't help themselves.
Video is no replacement for good strategy
Too often CMOs think of video as some sort of magic solution when really they should approach the investment required with caution argues Adam Woods.
A hush falls over the boardroom as the CMO delivers his six-months-in-the-making strategy; a strategy, if rumours are to be believed, that will revolutionise the way business is done and, in one fell swoop, drag the company kicking and screaming into the modern marketing era.
Why size doesn't matterMedia agencies, be they independent or multinational, are often very focused on the size of their overall billings. Match Media founder John Preston argues that the industry's preoccupation with billings is unhelpful, particularly within the independent media agency space. There appears to be a fair amount of preoccupation at the moment around size... i.e. size of billings rather than the quality of work created. And, the size of billings seems to be a shout-out from some media independents.
Where does Campaign Brief stand on scam?Michael Lynch, boss of industry website Campaign Brief has questions to answer with agencies about his true position on scam, argues Mumbrella's Tim Burrowes. It can get a little boring when the trade press writes about itself, so my apologies if you find what follows a little tedious. Doubly so, if you feel we've been writing too much about the topic of scam. This morning I find myself the subject of some media coverage (if you count an item in the diary section of The Australian and a follow-up on Campaign Brief).
What Australia's fake, formulaic and contrived work could learn from the humanity of AfricaAustralia's "fake, formulaic and contrived" creative work could learn a few things from the insight-driven cream of African advertising, argues Pat Baron. I've just had the privilege and pleasure of spending a week of 14-hour working days poring over the most creative and effective work created in Africa and the Middle East, as Jury Chairman at The Loeries, Africa's largest brand communication awards. The contrasts with our work here in Australia – and the lessons for marketers and agencies alike – are profound.
What goes into making an AFL Club's 'brand'?With the AFL finals in full swing, Team Epic head of strategy Tony McKay looks at why some clubs are always in the news, irrespective of their performances, while others fade from the headlines. Why are some AFL clubs always in the news, seemingly always relevant and contributing to the footy story, regardless of on-field performance week-to week? And yet other clubs seem to almost disappear as soon as the losses outnumber the wins? Look at the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda in 2014. Poor performers, yes, but also largely anonymous. When did you last hear a spirited footy discussion about either club? What's their brand story at the moment?
Is wearable tech an opportunity for pharma to be more caring?With wearable tech set to burgeon Peita Pacey takes a look at the opportunities which are presenting themselves in the healthcare sector for brands. In the olden days, you know like 5 years ago, when people felt ill or just not quite ourselves they went to the doctors. Nowadays their usual first point of call is to contact Dr Google, who is most likely helpful enough to diagnose them with a rare form of incurable cancer at which they run screaming from our screens into the waiting room of an actual doctor who rolls their eyes and prescribes us with some R&R.
Credit where it's due: Margaret and David - bringing the curtain downAfter yesterday's announcement the ABC is wrapping At the Movies at the end of the year we give Credit Where its Due to one of the longest on-screen partnerships in Aussie TV, Margaret and David. As Margaret always acknowledged, they were like an old married couple, but without the sex. Quarrelling, bickering and occasionally agreeing. But it was all done with mutual respect and genuine affection. We refer, of course, to Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, known by movie fans across Australia simply as Margaret and David. Surnames were rendered superfluous for two of TV's most respected and popular presenters.
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Andrea Vandom, an English instructor at Chung-Ang University, visited the Suwon Immigration Office, Wednesday, to renew her status under the terms of the English-teaching visa rules.
But Vandom told The Korea Times that she had her visa extended ― even though she refused to submit papers on health checks, which are demanded under the regulations that govern the E2 visa. She only handed over criminal record documents to the authorities, she said.
This case appears to suggest that the immigration rules are being bent ― not applicable to those who complain strongly, she said.
Instead of producing documents showing HIV/AIDS and drug test results, she gave an immigration officer a letter.
It reads: ``Unfortunately, I will not be submitting the HIV/ AIDS test results or the tuberculosis drug test results that you have requested. These tests unreasonably discriminate against me as a foreigner living in Korea and are a violation of my human rights.''
In the letter, she also said that she has lived and worked in Korea for more than three years and does not understand why she is suddenly suspected of being a danger to Korean society.
``I have done nothing wrong, and yet the Korea Immigration Service wants to search my body. This is an invasion of my most private and personal rights and an affront to my human dignity,'' she said.
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But the KIS refuted the allegations. Kim Young-keun, a KIS spokesperson, said the immigration office in Suwon had received all of the necessary documents to allow the organization to grant a renewal. ``It is impossible for us to grant a visa in violation of the regulations,'' he said.
But Vandom claimed the KIS denial is a fabrication. ``It is shocking that the immigration office is lying about this. Why would I give them that letter if I were submitting the HIV/AIDS and drug tests?'' she said.
Give the rest of the short article a read. On the one hand, news that immigration policy varies from office to office, and from officer to officer . . . well, isn't news at all. Immigration is notorious for its inconsistency and for its inability to provide basic information to foreign teachers with reliability. I know from both personal and anecdotal evidence that during visa-renewal processes immigration officers didn't even bother looking at required documents, to the annoyance of those who spent a lot of time and money to acquire them in light of hastily-implemented policies last year. I would like to see this turn into an issue of immigration officers once again unable to do their jobs and enforce the rules on the books, rather than a case of a sly English teacher pulling a fast one.
On the other, bringing up "human rights violation" has been an ill-advised choice of words among some commentors on, for example, The Marmot's Hole and ROK Drop. As is alluded to in the article, the language there is similar to what we've heard from the Association for Teachers of English in Korea, [edit: and from professor Benjamin Wagner], who filed a report with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea in February. From a February 4th press release:
"The current drug tests, HIV tests and criminal background checks are discriminatory," said Tony Hellmann, ATEK's Communications Director. "They reflect a mindset that foreign teachers are potentially dangerous because they are foreign."
Current foreign language instructor (E-2) visa rules, which require a criminal background check, drug test and an HIV test, should be revised as they clearly discriminate on the basis of national origin, according to the filer of the report with NHRCK, law professor Benjamin Wagner of Kyunghee University. Non-citizen teachers are required to submit to these checks, but non-citizen ethnic Koreans, foreigners married to Koreans, and Korean citizens are not.
If I may inject some opinion and speculation here, apart from the newsworthy items, I'd like to say I'm curious on two main points. The first is that while I admit I'm unfamiliar with the norms of Korean journalism, I find it strange that they're reporting the teacher by name. Names are kept secret to avoid libel and defamation charges, since even reporting the truth can invite a lawsuit if that truth damages the reputation of the person. Just browse some of the other news stories on the KT site and see how many name names. Hell, not even the immigration officer in question was named. I suspect, though, that the teacher herself submitted everything for the story, which may explain why it's so one-sided; even what the immigration officer is alleged to have said comes second-hand.
The second is that the article doesn't make clear at all the teacher's association with ATEK. It is implied that she is working in tandem with them, even mimicking the wording of her complaint. By focusing the article on the teacher and the association---whose critics have gotten quite a bit of favorable press in the KT (1, 2)---the article becomes about a teacher doing wrong, and doing so as part of some movement, rather than an immigration officer not doing his job.
However, we shouldn't take the article at face value right away, and shouldn't trust a story in the media here too much, given the penchant for screwing up facts and quotations, for mistranslating things between English and Korean, or for outright manipulating events to depict a certain angle.
Foreigners are right to ask why the government is dreaming up new visa rules and regulations every few months when it is uncommitted to enforcing the ones it already has on the books. By calling out the teacher by name and by focusing on her line of reasoning the article is a debate on the merits of the "human rights violation" argument, rather than a reportage on the facts. It takes an easy swipe at a foreign teacher, instead of taking the swing at immigration policy and implementation we've been blogging about for years.


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