"Tell me again why we're doing this."
We're glad you asked. An estimated one in eight area residents are currently in need emergency food programs, including many households with children and seniors. It's not easy to provide for your family when working full time on minimum wage (about $296/week before taxes), so our donations really do matter.
Without further ado, here are the results for week 1:
Quadrant 1 - 1 pot
Quadrant 2 - 1 pot
Quadrant 3 - 1 pot
Quadrant 4 - .5 pot
Quadrant 5 - .5 pot
Quadrant 6 - (Now combined with Quadrant 2)
Quadrant 7 - 1.25 pots (this week's smug winners)
Quadrant 8 - .25 pot
If you haven't participated yet, there is still time! We'll be collecting food until March 22. Please help us keep the momentum going. Besides, DON'T YOU WANT TO OUT-DONATE THE QUADRANT THAT'S IN CHARGE OF SENDING OUT THESE EMAILS?
For questions or comments, please see your section rally captain (if you are unsure of what section you belong to or who your rally captain is, check out the wrap your local turkey or see the attached map).
Yours in food donations,
The Detroit Employee Involvement Committee and your food drive rallying team
While the USA Olympic Team was up in Canada, bringing home
plenty of gold, we had our own Olympics here at Organic. Sandra Marsh was our strongest athlete
bringing home the gold in 3 different competitions. Not only did she overtake both male and
female competitors in the cotton ball toss for the gold, but she also took the
gold in the Lifesaver pass, and the cracker/whistle relay race.
Jill Blosnick took the gold in the one lap chair race around the office. Her years of working out, practice and diligence really paid off. We were a little concerned about the track conditions. However, only one athlete suffered a broken nail
It was a lot of fun and a lot of laughs. Thanks for participating Organic athletes!
It was a star studded evening as the
"Glorious Adsters" strolled up the red carpet to partake in a night of star
studded glamour. As is typical for these events, the paparazzi were there
in full tow. Each one clamoring to get the best shot and shouting
inquisitions as to what designers the "Glorious Adsters" were wearing on the
red carpet that evening. Most of the stars were generous and "struck a
pose" to humor the paparazzi.
Once making it through the
paparazzi, guests were greeted by the coat check girls who replaced coats with
boa's for that added touch of extravagance. Once inside "WOW" it was the
Cat's Pajamas!!!
The Lobster Martini's flowed along
with the Shrimp Shooters and every imaginable beverage you would want.
Server's fortified the crowd with sumptuous delicacies to tantalize the taste
buds.
Cigarette girls sidled up along the guests, supplying each one with that much needed candy cigarette or tasty cigar... of bubblegum.
Mouths dropped and men were all
aglow as Marilyn Monroe began to "work" the room. Later, Fred and Ginger,
glided across the stage with feet as light as feathers as they graced us with a
little dance number.
While engaged in an embracing
conversation with a stimulating "Adster", I knew I heard an unmistakable voice,
and slowly I turned to find Katherine Hepburn right behind me. What an
honor! She was every bit as charming in person as I knew she would
be.
The crowd roared as the Glorious
Adsters Rat Pack took the stage. They, of course, are the biggest crowd
pleasers of all, Joe and Jim and Scott. Expectedly, there was, applause,
applause, applause. When the crowd finally calmed, glasses were raised,
toasts were made, and prizes flowed like champagne.
It was dazzling! The Cream of
the Crop! The Cat's Meow! And although there was no "Singin' in the
Rain" there was also no "Mutiny on the Bounty"! All in all it
certainly was "A Night To Remember".
Gee, "It's a Wonderful Life"!!
--Lorena Wright
DETROIT -- Who knew first aid could be so fun?! Nine Detroit Organics spent the afternoon yesterday learning their A, B, Cs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) and the 3 Cs of life saving: Check, Call, Care. Granted, there were some class clown moments with the melodramatic videos and playing with dolls (which prefer to be called mannequins and are offended when referred to as dummies . . . or so our instructor Elsworth told us), but in the end much was learned.
It wasn't enough to simply purchase an AED (automated external defibrillator) for the office; we needed to make sure we had trained representatives throughout the building who knew how to use it. Not only can we safely stop someone's heart through an electric shock (Did you know that the point is to stop it so that it resumes normal pace?!), but we can identify shock, clear airways, and conduct CPR. Fingers crossed we never have to put these skills to use, but it's nice to know that if needed, we've got them.
--Heather Krentler
Subject: FYI No Fog Machines Allowed
Sorry I checked with the building managers and we are not allowed to use Fog Machines in the building
Deb
Debbie Klaft
Manager, Operations
Organic, Inc.
We just picked up 12 Webawards, including Best of Show for Bank of America - Morris on Campus!
Everything we entered picked up an award. Not only that, we picked these up from some pretty good company WPP, JWT, Tribal DDB, Digitas, Firstborn, TBWA, Euro RSCG, Whittmanhart Interactive, Siegel+Gale, Razorfish, Arnold, Agency.com.
The winners are below. Congrats to all of those involved in the work. This is pretty impressive.
Hats off!
--Conor Brady
Organic Inc.
Advocacy Standard of Excellence
National MS Society
Da Vinci Awards website
http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=13698
Organic, Inc.
Automobile Standard of Excellence, Mobile Standard of Excellence
Chrysler LLC, Jeep
http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=13707
Pardon the music, but this video is pretty hot content from the Motor City. Daytime jump off the RenCen in downtown Detroit. Enjoy.
A seldom-used gem of the Detroit office is the back porch, but Matias, Adam, Greg, and Dave are in the know. Here they are, coming up with the next big thing. "It's like brainstorming in your mom's back yard!"
--Nate Rogers
On the advice of Debbie Klaft, Nate Rogers and myself ordered up a plate full of piping-hot, freshly-baked bad boys from the Moose Preserve just a hoot and a holler up the road from the office.
Amid rabbit fritters and duck tenders, the good folks at the Preserve offer massive cookies fresh from the oven. Gooey. Moist. Delightful.
Personally, I still hang with the Steve's Deli cookies mentioned in the previous post here. But when I make 'em at home, this is exactly my method. So long story short, we've got two spots within 5 minutes of DET-Organic that will get your cookie on at an All-World level of delicious.
Where are the other offices to represent?
Where?
--Mike Hudson
A lil' game of catch with the creatives...
--Mike Hudson
ORGANIC AT INDUSTRY EVENTS:
· OMMA Social 6/23, New York: Anna Banks rocked the "Choosing the Right Social Monitoring Tool: How to Find the Right Fit" panel http://www.mediapost.com/events/?/showID/OMMASocial.06-23-09
· Cannes Lions 6/21-6/27: Conor, Shane Ginsberg and Jonathon Cohen lead a successful "What you see is not all you get" http://www.canneslions.com/
· IAB Marketplace, Mobile 7/13, New York: Chad to moderate "Planet of Apps: Is This the Future of Mobile Advertising?" panel http://www.iab.net/events_training/mobile2009/agenda
· OMMA AdNets, 7/28, Los Angeles: Steve Kerho on "The Buyers' Market: Vetting the Nets" panel http://www.mediapost.com/events/?/showID/OMMAAdNets.07-28-09/type/Agenda/itemID/433/OMMAAdNets-Agenda.html
·
Flash
on the Beach, 9/20-9/23,
Brighton: Hugh Elliott presenting "The 10
Best Excuses to NOT do Amazing Work" www.flashonthebeach.com
·
Design
Thinkers 11/3-11/4,
Toronto, Conor Brady is presenting twice: "Platforms not Sites" and "Consumer
Empathy." http://www.designthinkers.com/index_2008.html
--Tracy Cote
DETROIT -- The best chocolate chip cookie resides just down the street from our DET office. And I say this with the full weight of what that phrase means...this cookie is the best, which means all cookies you've had are worse.
The gauntlet has been thrown down. And the challenge to you has been made.Steve's Deli
6646 Telegraph @ Maple
Cards and letters of congratulation can be sent to Marta via the ThreeMinds blog as she introduced me to these wonderful little monsters.
--Mike Hudson