On March 23, there were 42,000+ cases in the U.S., 83 in Kansas and 11 in our county. Monday, March 23 Today we should have been going back to school, but since all school buildings are closed for the remainder of the year, we get an extended spring break. Yesterday, our county voted against a … Continue reading #COVIDchaos week 3
We recently made the switch to Office365 at work, which comes with the cool collaboration feature "Teams." Prior to the switch, my department used a paid version of Slack and loved it. We switched over to Teams because it would allow us to collaborate with other departments using Teams, and we anticipated it would function … Continue reading We switched to Teams, but I miss Slack
You don't hear much about writing being the "hot skill to have this year." But it's probably one of the most important, and one you'll use the rest of your life. Pssh...writing? My job doesn't require me to write. Do you send emails? Then yes, your job requires you to write. Who cares if your … Continue reading Bad writing isn’t just annoying… it can cost you
Recently our marketing team switched from using title case in headlines and subheads to sentence case. We thought it would be a #ncbu decision (#ncbu = nobody cares but us). We were wrong. Bedlam. Mayhem. Confusion. We had some 'splainin to do. We didn't realize this change would cause this kind of reaction. APstyle made … Continue reading We switched to sentence case and here’s what happened
*Bah humbug alert* There's a standard holiday greeting procedure that needs to stop: The generic business holiday e-card greeting. I'm specifically talking about a holiday greeting via e-mail, because let's face it, there's not a lot of organizations who still send an actual card. I'm not talking about retail holiday emails either, with coupons, "e-cash," … Continue reading Pet peeve #27: “Happy holidays from [insert company name]”
