Where yesterday's all-staff meeting was of the division we're in that does all of the profit-making activity to partially fund the social mission of our non-profit organization, today's all-staff was for sister groups involved in communications. Under the umbrella of Integrated Communications, and headed by our Chief Communications Officer, the groups include web operations (my 46 co-workers and me), TV, radio, publications (magazines, books, and news bulletins), public relations, advertising, branding, creative services, internal communications, and more. These meetings consist of almost 200 people! We were in the Paris Ballroom on the 4th floor of the Hotel Monaco to hear news and encouragement from the big boss lady and to work in roundtables on collaborative exercises designed to generate new ideas. Believe it or not, there's ONE MORE all-staff meeting next week for the entire organization of over 2000 people.

- mike lee - washington, dc