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Weekly review: Week ending August 22, 2010

Plans from last week:

Work

  • [X] Share notes and follow up on action items from training
  • [-] Prepare presentation on sharing and workflow – written up, but not yet illustrated
  • [X] Organize and run Idea Labs – one down, another to go
  • [X] Follow up on expertise pilot – shared with team member, whew!
  • [-] Draft follow-up presentations / articles on eminence?
  • Started working on bookmark summarization tool
  • Reflected on career options
  • Prepared ThinkLabs information
  • Learned about Pickover format for evaluating invention disclosures
  • Talked about my community tool and social analytics
  • Helped organize non-Innovation-Discovery Idea Labs
  • Attended meeting for potential Drupal project

Relationships

  • [X] Have dinner with W’s parents – keeping my name, clashing with traditions
  • [X] Go to W’s family get-together
  • [  ] Plan tea party for end of August or beginning of September
  • [-] Sort out accommodations / travel plans for my family – checked out some places
  • Helped rescue Maira from temporary housing crisis

Life

  • [X] Catch up after busy weekend
  • [-] Organize notes
  • Finished Scott Pilgrim game on Average Joe setting

Plans for next week:

Work

  • [  ] Have several mentoring conversations
  • [  ] Run Energy & Utilities Idea Lab
  • [  ] Work on bookmark tool for Boz and Yael
  • [  ] Prepare presentation on sharing

Relationships

  • [  ] Confirm accommodations and photographer
  • [  ] Apply for marriage licence
  • [  ] Plan tea party

Life

  • [  ] Set up twine support for peas
  • [  ] Organize my notes
  • [  ] Tweak schedule so that weekly reviews go out on Sunday or Monday
Short URL: http://sachachua.com/blog/p/7318

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