TNP is a membership association and one of the things that associations typically do is have a big annual conference. Attendees learn new things, network, see the sights of a city that’s newish to them, and everyone has a blast….
Good and Meh 2023 Week 38
Good: Tuesday: Ill effects of the Covid booster were completely gone. Wednesday: It was our monthly in-office day. I went to my Fancy Coffee Friday spot for the first time in years and the coffee was delicious. Twelve of us…
Friday 5: Self-care
This week is TNP’s annual conference which is being held online. It’s a very ambitious program with a mix of live workshops and prerecorded sessions with live chat and as of this writing at lunchtime on the last day, everything’s…
Back to the (Home) Office
I was on ‘vacation’ last week which basically means I was not online for work. I *was* online for an annual conference of a professional organization that *I’m* a member of. Background: I work for TNP, an association for medical…
It’s so nice to work from home…
Once a week, I get to work from home. I’m thankful for that opportunity because it makes it so much easier to have someone out to fix the latest broken thing in the house, or to sneak in a doctor…
Las Vegas trip
This year Spring Business Trip took me to Las Vegas to exhibit at the AAPA meeting. And since Mom is now a retired lady with some free time on her hands, she came along for the ride! It was a…
Work from home Mondays
TNP (which isn’t new anymore but I’m too lazy to change pseudonyms) instituted a new policy where we are able to pick one day a week to work from home. We could pick Monday, Thursday, or Friday, which allows us…
Five years!
Today is my FIVE YEAR anniversary at TNP, which really isn’t The New Place at all anymore. Not so shabby for someone who thought she’d be fired before her first year was done. It’s a good place to work, and…
Rabbit rabbit – back from National Harbor, MD
This post will fail my posting standards on two points: > There is no twee April Fool prank. When I was younger, I’d flip the site backward on April Fool’s, but this year I basically forgot what day it was….
I'm trade-publication famous!
I try very hard to separate work from blog, but I’m very proud and can’t let this go by without saying something… Last month, Associations Now magazine (official magazine of ASAE) interviewed my manager and me about how we manage…
Promoted!
I spent my first year at TNP trying not to look stupid and get fired. My second year, I worked hard, stayed (mostly) quiet and flew under the radar. In my third year I started speaking up, sitting at the…
Halloween: How to be Baby Spice when you're over 40
This year TNP decided that instead of an individual costume contest on Halloween, there would be departmental ones. The stakes, my friends, were upped. I was desperate for a first place win after last year’s practically less-than-perfect second place, so…
