Monthly Archives: September 2008
Fun Day on the 2nd Floor
Today was a rather interesting day. After hearing a rather thoughtful, insightful and spectacular speech in the morning, I had the opportunity to sit in on two broadcast interviews with our Chairman. First up was PBS Nightly News followed by … Continue reading
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FedEx Cares Week at The Memphis Food Bank – UPDATE
In my last post I described my view of the FedEx volunteer effort that took place on at the Memphis Food Bank earlier this week. Today, Wayne Risher of the Commercial Appeal gave his account. The article featured a great … Continue reading
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FedEx Cares Week at the Memphis Food Bank
Forklifts, pallets of boxes and 50 Memphis WorldHub day sort employees. That was the scene at the Memphis Food Bank distribution facility. After just 4 hours of volunteer work over 18,000 pounds of food had been sorted and destined to … Continue reading
Career Advice from a Shark
My son’s favorite thing in the whole world is sharks. Loves them. He can name about 20 different types by just looking at them and he’s 3. We read the same book about sharks every morning, every lunch, every afternoon, … Continue reading
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Wild Day on the 4th Floor
Today was a pretty special day. Not only did I have the opportunity to work on the earnings communications team, but I was invited to assist in a pretty cool photoshoot. Fred Smith, chairman of FedEx, was being photo’d for … Continue reading
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The Enterprise Takes on Social Media – It’s about behavior not Tools
I’ve been fortunate/excited to be involved in several social media conversations with various departments inside the “enterprise” lately. This isn’t the first time I’ve talked to people about my ideas on social media or how to better collaborate, but this … Continue reading
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New Media is No Longer New
It’s been awhile since my last post, so I have to post something to get back into the habit. I’ve been thinking alot lately about how social media has maybe turned the corner to the mainstream. We have a SVP … Continue reading
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