This morning Trisha asked the team to design a flag that represents themselves.
Trisha: “I created flags for each member of the team and they had to fill in the space with drawings and words that would tell people what makes them who they are. I gave everyone about 10 minutes to design their flag. After about 10 minutes we went around and everyone explained what their flag meant.
This exercise is used to get to know another person better. Also it can be used as a good icebreaker because you can start off a conversation about what their flag is all about.”
Joe's Flag
Sal's Flag
This Thursday morning, we were shown how we ourselves can define physical outcomes.
We had four teams and four decks of cards. Two teams formed an alliance with the task for one group to arrange all the shuffle cards in ascending order and the other in descending order. Each person were given random amount of cards face down in their hands. Chris mentioned what helped was that his group created a strategy before arranging. When his group were done, they helped their ally finish.
Micah has led the charge with our new PTZ camera – a camera that features remote directional and zoom control. In combination with Wirecast, the setup would allow a moderator to be located anywhere in the world while filming programs in our studio, and it would allow the moderator to have unique control over the camera’s functioning through the remote.
In October 2011, Lawline.com released its newest subscription form of Lifetime CLE. Priced at $799, it opened up a great opportunity for customers to receive our product at a low cost. Though it is a great offer, two things brought on a challenge
If you look around the office and the activities going on in each department, there is a good chance you have seen Kyle nearby. He has put his hands into nearly every aspect of the company through a desire to help in every aspect he can.
There has been a lot of change in Sal’s room over the past few months; however, the single constant throughout has been his optimistic outlook.
On the week of the 15th, the development made a commitment to revamp the mobile site. Though it was thought it would take over a week to complete, the combined effort of the entire team enabled it to be done midweek. The highlight of this process was an all-day focus on Wednesday of the week to see the project to its completion. On that day, Joe and Todd switched the Lawline main site to an HTML 5 format, allowing our normal course center to play on the iPad. If you haven’t seen this, take a look… the course center was made for the iPad.
On Friday, February 10th, a selected few of us were given the opportunity to visit a high school that specialized in Law. This was part of the Youth Development Program with the Big Brother Big Sister organization. Everyone who went said it was very rewarding to give advice and speak to these kids about life after high school.
Chris: “I would say taking the kids away from their element was the best. Many times kids are talked at and not to. Most of the kids were young and still getting used to the High School routine”
Frank: “It is great to hear from them and offer assistance that you can. Hardest part of the program is the reality of the resources some children have. Some have a lot of support at home. Some have none. I think the experience had more of an impact on the student’s and myself than I could have imagined.”
Jeff F(I): “I spread the word about Linkedin to every group I spoke to, as that is how I was introduced to Lawline and not a single student had heard of it. I thought the best part of the program was seeing how much the teachers appreciated us being there and getting to hear their students talk about future plans and goals. ”
Melissa: “I think the best part was being able to really think about the things I wish someone told me when I was beginning to think about college and the direction I wanted my life to go in. Simple things like managing your time, finding a mentor or meeting one on one with an admissions person to talk about scholarship possibilities were things I either found out after the fact, or had to find out by going through the process with no guidance. The hardest part for me was to hear the kids didn’t have access to sports.”
Mike F: “I think the best part of the program was just getting some 1 on 1 time with students and understanding what it is like to be a kid in public school in the city in today’s age. Hopefully I gave some of the kids good advice that they will actually follow.”
Sal: “The best part of the program was going group to group and teaching them the proper handshake. I would introduce myself to each student, and then have them re-do the introduction with a different scenario: I told them that it’s 10 years down the road and I am the person deciding whether or not they get their dream job. I asked them to look me in the eyes and shake my hands with the confidence of a “there is no way I’m leaving this interview without this job” mentality. They laughed amongst themselves, but when it came down to it the introductions significantly improved.”
