5 Things I’m Excited About On The First Friday of The New Year
January 2, 2009 | by brett | Permalink
It’s the first Friday of the New Year, and here’s the 5 things I’m excited about…
1) I’m excited about seeing the results of SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) conference seeds planted. Tis the season to take advantage of SHRM “Call for Speakers” proposals across the country. Zach and I have submitted proposals to about 35 different states thus far…and I’m excited to see if anything comes of it. The majority of the proposals we submitted were entitled ‘Gen Y @ Work: An Inside Look at What Our Generation Wants.’ But we also had quite a few ‘Pursue the Passion’ proposals for good measure.
The ones I’m really holding out for- Atlanta, North Carolina, and Portland.
2) I’m excited for 2009. I plan on becoming much more in tune with the web and utilizing some of the tools that are out there. This includes learning how to build a website (next weekend I’m going to coding camp), exploiting facebook, and webinars.
3) I’m excited the San Francisco Giants signed pitcher Randy Johnson. The Giants don’t look that bad on the mound now. Lincecum, Johnson, Zito, Cain, and Lowry/Sanchez.
4) I’m excited to try and make money for the first time in my life. When Pursue the Passion was created, it wasn’t intended to make any revenue. It needed enough donations and sponsorships to just scrape by. Then it became a program of the Jobing Foundation and was funded by a grant. Now, we’ve got to justify those investments with a little thing called return on investment. And in a recession 2009, that return doesn’t just mean ‘creative marketing.’ The means? Webinars, Speeches, and Sponsorships.
5) I’m excited for the Holidays to be over. Don’t get me wrong, they’ve been great. But I’ve got to get back into the swing of things and find the groove again. There’s too much stop and go and chocolate in the season, so I’m glad it’s over.
What are you excited about on this first Friday of 2009?
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