We recently started a new thing at staff meetings where a member of the management team kicks off the hour with a five-minute speech. It’s our very condensed version of a Master Class where a person shares lessons they’ve learned personally or professionally with the rest of the staff. It’s been an awesome opportunity to not only learn a little something about the person speaking, but also learn a little something that you can apply to your own life.
At last week’s staff meeting, our Communications Director (Noelle) gave a speech. Here are some things you should know about Noelle before I finish this story [SIDENOTE: she is endearingly called “Noe” at work so I am going to refer to her as that for the remainder of this blog, as writing out Noelle seems formal and weird].
OK, things you need to know about Noe – she is incredibly innovative and resourceful and likes to make things. Like she builds furniture out of scraps of wood, or takes pottery classes for fun, or brews her own beer because she decided she was bored three weeks ago. This past January at our Common Good Urban Market with Warby Parker, Noe showed up the morning of with a table and chair and utilized her newly-formed leather making skills to craft handmade keychains and gave all her proceeds to a school down the street.
Noe (in plaid) in all her MacGyver glory at the Common Good Urban Market
So, for her five-minute speech, she did a presentation entitled “How to: Do.” It was too educational and inspiring not to pass on, so without further ado, I present to you [drumroll] How to: Do.
Some past projects
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