Work

• [X] Help with re-run for Remote Presentations that Rock
• [X] Branding / social marketing chat with IBM AU/NZ social media marketing folks
• [X] Prepare collaboration presentation for UK workshop
• [X] Finalize UK workshop travel arrangements
• [X] Prepare for trip
• Also: Sat in on two CIO meetings. It’s so awesome – other people think my work is useful and inspiring! =)
• Gave presentation on microblogging using Lotus Connections Profiles. Encouraged information management team to use it as a virtual watercooler.
• Facilitated discussion during presentation of industry business value assessment study
• Participated in a great blog discussion around virtual leadership
• Helped Rawn Shah edit his virtual leadership article for Forbes
• Got David Ing, David Singer, Ted Tritchew, and Robert Terpstra’s advice on my career plans
• Learned that Bernie Michalik found my to-do notation useful
• Mapped what I want to learn
• Had an awesome meeting with the Toronto Public Library – excited!

Relationships

• [X] Explore more recipes
• [  ] Sort out photography
• [X] Host tea party
• [X] Tidy up some more
• Also: Inventoried and organized the freezer
• Met wonderful people
• Helped people work on their businesses
• Supported W-‘s crunch time

Life

• [X] Go for follow-up appointment with dental surgeon
• [X] Recover from wisdom teeth extraction
• Also: Back on normal food, yay!
• Booked massage for next weekend
• Adjusted my envelope system (divided investment fund into emergency, sabbatical, and opportunity fund)
• Ordered a small lean-to greenhouse and other things for an even more awesome life
• Experimented with ordering from GroceryGateway (convenient, okay produce, not happy with the asparagus, will probably go with No Frills most of the time)
• Biked to work, yay!
• Planted parsley and peppers
• Switched over to daylight savings time

Plans for next week

Work

• [  ] Facilitate workshop in Reading
• [  ] Find role models in sales and distribution – for interest interviews
• [  ] Have second career chat with my manager
• [  ] Write personal business commitments and individual development plan =)
• [  ] Share how to blog/share more effectively
• [  ] Meet up with awesome folks in London
• [  ] Prepare presentation for PresentationCamp in Toronto

Relationships

• [  ] Send care package
• [  ] Connect Jeff Muzzerall and Greg Gulyas
• [  ] Keep in touch while in the UK

Life

• [  ] Have proper British food
• [  ] Plant peppers and peas
• [  ] Blog even more
• [  ] Explore podcasting or videocasting or writing briefer notes as a way to get more out there

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Weekly review: Week ending March 14, 2010

• Work
• [X] Prepare overview of Sametime Unyte and Lotus Connections Communities for my second-line manager
• [X] Facilitate Idea Lab and summarize results
• [X] Write about Idea Lab refinements
• [X] Revise Innovation Discovery wiki
• [X] Make UK travel arrangements
• [X] Learn tons of cool stuff at The Art of Marketing
• [X] Talk about productivity with mentees and contacts

Relationships

• [X] Try a new recipe
• [/] Finalize care package
• Enjoyed being taken care of by W- after my wisdom teeth extraction: pureed congee, oatmeal, egg custard, cheesecake, Jello… mmm

Life

• [X] Participate in Ignite Toronto
• [X] Have wisdom teeth taken out
• [X] Test evening themes for working on short-term goals
• Biked again – yay! 8km
• Simplified my wardrobe and donated a lot of clothes
• Read the “His Dark Materials” trilogy, thanks to W-

Plans for next week

Work

• [  ] Help with re-run for Remote Presentations that Rock
• [  ] Branding / social marketing chat with IBM AU/NZ social media marketing folks
• [  ] Prepare collaboration presentation for UK workshop
• [  ] Finalize UK workshop travel arrangements
• [  ] Prepare for trip

Relationships

• [  ] Explore more recipes
• [  ] Sort out photography
• [  ] Host tea party
• [  ] Tidy up some more

Life

• [  ] Go for follow-up appointment with dental surgeon
• [  ] Recover from wisdom teeth extraction

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Weekly review: Week ending March 7, 2010

Work

• [X] Conduct IBVA interviews (eep!)
• [X] Finalize preparations for Idea Lab
• [/] Create leader guide for Discovery Workshop
• [X] Finish UK visa application
• Also: Put together ID overview

Relationships

• [X] Bake more pies
• [X] Send invitations to my family
• [X] Assemble more things for care package
• Also: Stocked the fridge and freezer with lots and lots of make-ahead food (apple tarts, empanadas, pot pie, pasta, rice and beans, pandesal), yay!
• Treated W- to Toronto Opera Repertoire’s performance of “Marriage of Figaro”

Life

• [  ] Survive having my wisdom teeth extracted – Postponed to March 5 because of dentist’s schedule
• [  ] Re-explore a liquid diet =( – Likewise!
• Also: Learned how to make pandesal. Mmm
• Signed up for Ignite Toronto and prepared The Shy Presenter talk
• Refreshed part of my wardrobe
• Maxed out my RRSP for this year and next year
• Wrote a Perl script to automatically renew our library books using WWW::Mechanize

Plans for next week:

Work

• [  ] Prepare overview of Sametime Unyte and Lotus Connections Communities for my second-line manager
• [  ] Facilitate Idea Lab and summarize results
• [  ] Write about Idea Lab refinements
• [  ] Revise Innovation Discovery wiki
• [  ] Make UK travel arrangements
• [  ] Learn tons of cool stuff at The Art of Marketing
• [  ] Talk about productivity with mentees and contacts

Relationships

• [  ] Try a new recipe
• [  ] Finalize care package

Life

• [  ] Participate in Ignite Toronto
• [  ] Have wisdom teeth taken out
• [  ] Test evening themes for working on short-term goals

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Weekly review: Week ending February 28, 2010

Work

• [/] Use new training program logo where appropriate
• [X] Help team members send out Idea Lab invitations
• [X] Learn from IBVA team
• Also: Helped Jennifer Nolan with Drupal installation
• Got a tour of the virtual analytics center from Jack Mason
• Learned tons from IBVA mentors =D
• Gave a former mentor advice on marketing independent consulting and coaching services
• Joined a great conversation on leadership
• Started UK visa application, may be there in mid-March
• Loaded questions into Idea Lab

Relationships

• [X] Bake more awesomes – chicken pot pie and apple tarts, dough made using the food processor = flaky and yummy
• [X] Smoothen household routines – made a week of meals in advance
• Also: Checked out a few restaurants. Had huevos rancheros at Dr. Generosity, pretty yummy. Cheerful servers.
• Learned more about great perspectives from W-

Life

• [  ] Upload Siargao pictures to photo-book making website
• [  ] Compare photo book to getting prints of favourite Siargao shots … clearly this is low on my priority list, so I should just ‘fess up and either drop it or do it
• [X] Sew more pouches
• Also: Attended Seedy Sunday and picked up lots of seeds
• Sewed a box-type bag
• Tidied up a lot

Next week:

Work

• [  ] Conduct IBVA interviews (eep!)
• [  ] Finalize preparations for Idea Lab
• [  ] Create leader guide for Discovery Workshop
• [  ] Finish UK visa application

Relationships

• [  ] Bake more pies
• [  ] Send invitations to my family
• [  ] Assemble more things for care package

Life

• [  ] Survive having my wisdom teeth extracted
• [  ] Re-explore a liquid diet =(

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Weekly review: Week ending February 21, 2010

Work

• [X] Support upcoming workshops by setting up Idea Labs and doing archetype presentations
• [X] Braindump more of what I know at work
• [X] Organize teleconference for people working in my neighborhood
• [X] Give “Shy Connector” presentation to WITI audience
• Added exploration workshop guide to wiki
• Learned about issue maps
• Braindumped my go-to people
• Coordinated development of logo for training program

Relationships

• [/] Try another restaurant
• [X] Check out portrait photographers
• [X] Hand-write invitations and include in care package
• Also: Took cats to vet
• Joined my godparents’ tea party
• Had Chinese New Year dinner with W-‘s family
• Made chicken pot pie from scratch
• Prepared next week’s meals
• Gave J- a warm gift
• Read lots of books on marriage
• Helped W- organize negatives

Life

• [X] Sew more zippered pouches
• [/] Sew wrap-around zippered pouch
• [/] Work on Siargao scrapbook, really
• [X] Send invitations for February tea party (end of month-ish?)
• Practiced bay parking
• Learned more Cantonese
• Went biking

Plans for next week

Work

• [  ] Use new training program logo where appropriate
• [  ] Help team members send out Idea Lab invitations
• [  ] Learn from IBVA team

Relationships

• [  ] Bake more awesomes
• [  ] Smoothen household routines

Life

• [  ] Upload Siargao pictures to photo-book making website
• [  ] Compare photo book to getting prints of favourite Siargao shots
• [  ] Sew more pouches

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Weekly review: Week ending February 14, 2010

• [/] Revise wiki structure
• [X] Follow up on lessons learned
• Also: Coordinated regarding logo
• Explored archetype analysis spreadsheet – understand it better now
• Created archetype presentation for an upcoming workshop
• Created Idea Lab for another upcoming workshop
• Documented Idea Lab preparation
• Set up community for industry maestros
• Gave a new team member the overview of how information was organized; documented this for the team
• Posted follow-up/analysis of  backchannel conversation from microblogging talk
• Had fun documenting things right before people needed them
• Signed up for the Art of Marketing seminar

Relationships

• [X] Book wedding chambers
• [X] Try out restaurants – looked at 12 restaurants!
• [/] Book reception
• [/] Look for photographers / videographers – decided against wedding photography package, will go for family portraits instead
• [/] Look for cheongsam (there’s a nice one for $75, but it’s probably available for cheaper)  – may opt for simple red dress or brocade jacket
• [  ] Start collecting guest addresses – will go for small wedding instead
• [  ] Send care package
• [  ] Plan February tea party
• [  ] Send thank-you notes
• Also: Met up with Quinn while she was in town
• Helped J- with her homework
• Chatted with Jeff Widman about business, life, virtual assistance
• Ordered book for mom

Life

• [  ] Group Siargao pictures into a story
• [/] Plan crafts
• Also: Had regular eye checkup, ordered glasses
• Made orange marmalade
• Sewed a number of zippered pouches
• Made a little felt case for my iPod
• Bought two pairs of jeans (it’s about time…)
• Read lots of books
• Stocked up on zippers and cloth

The week went by so quickly. I postponed a number of items on my task list so that I didn’t go crazy trying to fit everything in. At work, I prioritized supporting upcoming engagements and improving our process documentation. One of our new team members was impressed by the way we’d written down lots of stuff – hooray. Outside work, I focused on planning the wedding and on exploring crafts.

PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK:

Work

• [  ] Support upcoming workshops by setting up Idea Labs and doing archetype presentations
• [  ] Braindump more of what I know at work
• [  ] Organize teleconference for people working in my neighborhood
• [  ] Give “Shy Connector” presentation to WITI audience

Relationships

• [  ] Try another restaurant
• [  ] Check out portrait photographers
• [  ] Hand-write invitations and include in care package

Life

• [  ] Sew more zippered pouches
• [  ] Sew wrap-around zippered pouch
• [  ] Work on Siargao scrapbook, really
• [  ] Send invitations for February tea party (end of month-ish?)

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Weekly review: Week ending February 7, 2010

Work

• [/] Capture lessons learned
• [X] Create overview visuals
• [/] Revise wiki structure
• [X] Shadow David Ing on client interviews
• [X] Give presentation / facilitate discussion on microblogging – that was lots of fun!
• Also: Shared “Take Two” women’s leadership resources at work
• Documented big picture of information flow
• Reimaged my computer
• Shared lessons learned from training communit
• Sent plans for taking the lead on enablement

Relationships

• [/] Send thank-you notes
• [/] Send care package
• [  ] Plan February tea party
• [X] Mentor and be mentored
• Also: Pamanhikan! And picked out wedding rings! And looked at restaurants for the reception!

Life

• [X] Scan my notes
• [  ] Start grouping Siargao pictures into a story
• Also: Bought a waterproof/shockproof camera and have started taking more pictures
• Took Neko to vet

Procrastinated some things in favor of others. =) Still happy!

PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK:

Work

• [  ] Revise wiki structure
• [  ] Follow up on lessons learned

Relationships

• [X] Book wedding chambers
• [  ] Try out restaurants
• [  ] Book reception
• [  ] Look for photographers / videographers
• [  ] Look for cheongsam (there’s a nice one for $75, but it’s probably available for cheaper)
• [  ] Start collecting guest addresses
• Life
• [  ] Group Siargao pictures into a story
• [  ] Plan crafts
• [  ] Send care package
• [  ] Plan February tea party
• [  ] Send thank-you notes

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Weekly review: Week ending January 31, 2010

• [X] Catch up on work
• [X] Schedule and attend calls
• [X] Send Idea Lab results and updates
• [/] Prepare microblogging presentation  Sketched and posted notes, but still have to make the slides
• Also: Recovered from computer problems
• Chatted with manager about yearly results
• Edited documents
• Volunteered to help with remote presentations talk in March

Relationships

• [X] Find woodworking and electronics projects for J-
• [/] Plan tea party for February
• [/] Send thank-you notes
• Also: Started planning event
• Attended school open house

Life

• [X] Go to the dentist
• [X] Schedule vet visit
• [X] Submit more paperwork (health care, TFSA, etc.)
• [X] Recover from trip, jet lag, sore throat
• [X] Revise The Shy Connector for upcoming WITI presentation; test
• Also: Dusted off sewing machine and started sewing
• Made Eggs Beatrice
• Took pictures
• Copied family pics into computer

PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK

Work

• [  ] Capture lessons learned
• [  ] Create overview visuals
• [  ] Revise wiki structure
• [  ] Shadow David Ing on client interviews
• [  ] Give presentation / facilitate discussion on microblogging

Relationships

• [  ] Send thank-you notes
• [  ] Send care package
• [  ] Plan February tea party
• [  ] Mentor and be mentored

Life

• [  ] Scan my notes
• [  ] Start grouping Siargao pictures into a story

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Weekly review: Week ending January 24, 2010

• [/] Prepare company profiles for upcoming Innovation Discovery engagements
• [X] Learn more about facilitation

Relationships

• [X] Spend more time with family and friends
• [/] Look for gifts for my parents and sister
• Also: Had wonderful parties with friends and godparents

Life

• [X] Prepare for taking cat along on trip
• [X] Renew driver’s licence in the Philippines
• [X] Get health certificate for cat
• [X] Pack my bags and fly back to Toronto
• [X] Post more sketches
• Also: Finalized permanent residency, hooray!

Plans for next week:

Work

• [  ] Catch up on work
• [  ] Schedule and attend calls
• [  ] Send Idea Lab results and updates
• [  ] Prepare microblogging presentation

Relationships

• [  ] Find woodworking and electronics projects for J-
• [  ] Plan tea party for February
• [  ] Send thank-you notes

Life

• [  ] Go to the dentist
• [  ] Schedule vet visit
• [  ] Submit more paperwork (health care, TFSA, etc.)
• [  ] Recover from trip, jet lag, sore throat
• [  ] Revise The Shy Connector for upcoming WITI presentation; test

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Weekly review: Week ending Jan 17, 2009

From last week’s plans

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Weekly review: Week ending January 10, 2010

From the previous week’s plans for the week ending December 27, 2009:

Work

• Set up Idea Lab needed for January
• Document practices and lessons learned  Shared my braindumped mindmap internally (see blog) 
• Set up contingency plans, transfer skills Wrote step-by-step
• Interview Arvin P. about talking to CEOs Cancelled, Jason Wild’s interview was enough

Relationships

• Help make cheesecake  They did it while I was busy working! ;|
• Attend W’s family get-together That was lots of fun =)
• Fly to the Philippines

Life

• Relax (v. important! =) )

For the week ending January 3, 2010:

Work

• Checked in to make sure everything was fine before I left for vacation

Relationships

• Helped my dad get a netbook; set it up
• Spent lots of time with my family. We went to Siargao, my sister’s favourite island

Life

• Treated myself to a massage and a facial

Plans for next week:

Work

• Add people to the Idea Lab
• Help facilitate and summarize the Idea Lab
• Catch up on work mail
• Braindump some more
• Brainstorm microblogging talk

Relationships

• Talk to W- on Skype
• Catch up with personal mail and blog comments

Life

• Get back into the rhythm of writing
• Find a way to post my sketches
• Post blog highlights for the year
• Find or replace water bottle =)

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Weekly review: Weeks ending December 27, 2009 and January 3, 2010

Week ending Dec 13, 2009 – plans from the week before:

Work

• Do another interview (getting the hang of these podcasts!)
• Organize my files
• Organize our team resources
• Attend team get-together
• Take courses Watched the Visual Notetaking 101 course, posted notes
• Subscribe to community feeds

Relationships

• Buy pasalubong
• Plan tea party
• Bake another pie
• Spent time with W- and his mom

Life

• Learn more about animation
• Start sewing coat
• Chat with Greg about sharing
• Chat with Irina about VA and sharing
• Also: Posted my yearly plans

Week ending Dec 20, 2009:

Work

• Facilitated Idea Lab for chemicals and petroleum company
• Sent thank-you note to Idea Lab participants
• Updated and reorganized wiki pages
• Scrubbed output documents and posted them to our community site
• Participated in community calls, volunteered for more talks
• Attended networking event at work

Relationships

• Hosted a tea party =)
• Packed my bags for the Philippines
• Baked apple pie from scratch, yay!
• Had lots of great mentoring conversations

Life

• Wrote a lot on my blog
• Experimented with mentoring

Plans for next week (week ending Dec 27, 2009)

Work

• Set up Idea Lab needed for January
• Document practices and lessons learned
• Set up contingency plans, transfer skills
• Interview Arvin P. about talking to CEOs

Relationships

• Help make cheesecake
• Attend W’s family get-together
• Fly to the Philippines

Life

• Relax (v. important! =) )

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Weekly review: Weeks ending Dec 13, 2009 and Dec 20, 2009

Plans from the previous week:

Work

• Catch up on deferred work
• Interview Jason Wild and Vince Henry
• Present “Remote Presentations That Rock” at IBM women’s leadership program Updated blog post with video
• Double-check calendar (including speaking engagements)
• Also: Retrieved documents for asset repository
• Shifted to production platform, hooray!

Relationships

• Take more pictures
• Tidy up around house

Life

• Work on writing backlog
• Review editors’ feedback Good experiment! Worth it.
• Bake another pie Mmm, apples
• Cut pieces for a coat
• Also: Hung out with Mel Chua, went skating
• Attended DemoCamp24, had lots of fun
• Braindumped my question toolkit
• Started thinking about my annual review

Plans for next week:

Work

• Do another interview (getting the hang of these podcasts!)
• Organize my files
• Organize our team resources
• Attend team get-together
• Take courses
• Subscribe to community feeds

Relationships

• Buy pasalubong
• Plan tea party
• Bake another pie

Life

• Learn more about animation
• Start sewing coat
• Chat with Greg about sharing
• Chat with Irina about VA and sharing

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Weekly review: Week ending December 6, 2009

It’s amazing what you can do with focused time. I created my own website theme, tweaked a number of things that had been bugging me, and tried some optimizations. I’d love to hear what you think about the new theme, and what could make the site even better for you. =) Looking forward to your comments!

Plans from last week:

Work

• Catch up on deferred work
• Interview Jason Wild
• Present “Remote Presentations That Rock” at IBM women’s leadership program
• Double-check calendar (including speaking engagements)
• Also: Organized training activity
• Documented processes
• Set up community for women’s leadership program
• Filed expenses from Boston trip
• Nudged manager

Relationships

• Take more pictures
• Tidy up around house
• Also: Enjoyed watching W- play Quake 4

Life

• Work on writing backlog
• Review editors’ feedback
• Bake another pie
• Cut pieces for a coat
• Also: Sent permanent residency paperwork
• Created new website theme that involves more sketches and a grid layout, yay!
• Started learning animation
• Ordered Anime Studio 6 Debut
• Learned more about drawing
• Picked up tons of books from the library
• Looked up paperwork needs

Plans for next week:

Work

• Support training sessions, community
• Interview speaker for podcast
• Talk to various people in the organization about similar initiatives

Relationships

• Spend more time cooking
• Buy/make gifts

Life

• Tweak blog some more
• Learn more about animation
• Post sketches
• Recover from cold

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Weekly review: Week ending Nov 29, 2009 (and website redesign!)

Work

• Facilitate Innovation Discovery workshop in Boston
• Facilitate tech prep call for training community
• Support call #1 for training community Not available during that time
• Update wiki links
• Interview Jason Wild about working with the C-suite Client call conflict, will reschedule
• Finish virtual presentation series

Relationships

• Finish bathrobe
• Tidy up around house
• Bake another pie  (Apple pie, mm)
• Chat with Clair
• Also: made a bathrobe for W-, raked leaves

Life

• Send paperwork for permanent residency request
• Summarize time tracking insights
• Experiment with ways to make travel less stressful. Build in more downtime. =)

Plans for next week:

Work

• Catch up on deferred work
• Interview Jason Wild
• Present “Remote Presentations That Rock” at IBM women’s leadership program
• Double-check calendar (including speaking engagements)

Relationships

• Take more pictures
• Tidy up around house

Life

• Work on writing backlog
• Review editors’ feedback
• Bake another pie
• Cut pieces for a coat

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Weekly review: Week ending November 22, 2009

• Planned
  • Finalize the recording for the presentation
  • Prepare for workshop
  • Customize my benefits
  • Write user’s guide for community
• Also
  • Started “How I learned to stop worrying and love the webinar” series, reflecting on virtual presentations
  • Suggested webinars for WITI
  • Submitted my personal business commitment results
  • Had lunch with my manager
  • Summarized rest of Idea Lab results
  • Helped fill a critical need for talent
  • Sent SIN card scan to IBM reference check
  • Set up the training community and the first call assignment
  • Shared our communication plan with others, connecting with the Collaborative Learning Community

Relationships

• Planned
  • Make bathrobes Mostly there
• Also
  • Picked up toasty fleece blankets
  • Helped with yard work
  • Baked a blueberry pie
  • Talked to my sister about Lucas

Life

• Planned
  • Enjoy some more quiet
  • Keep biking to work
  • Get the paperwork ready for the permanent residency passport request Will have passport pictures taken next week
• Also
  • Started tracking personal time in detail
  • Kicked off editing experiment
  • Reviewed all of my blog posts
  • Started drawing more
  • Tweaked my blog navigation

Plans for next week:

Work

• Facilitate Innovation Discovery workshop in Boston
• Facilitate tech prep call for training community
• Support call #1 for training community
• Update wiki links
• Interview Jason Wild about working with the C-suite
• Finish virtual presentation series

Relationships

• Finish bathrobe
• Tidy up around house
• Bake another pie
• Chat with Clair

Life

• Send paperwork for permanent residency request
• Summarize time tracking insights
• Experiment with ways to make travel less stressful

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Weekly review: Week ending November 15, 2009

It was a good thing that I had blocked off the entire weekend to enjoy some quiet time. Aside from a few neighbourly encounters (it was a gorgeous fall weekend), I didn’t talk to anyone but W- all weekend. I even skipped my usual video chat with my mom, instead catching up on sleep and quiet.

Fortunately, recharging didn’t involve zoning out. We had a very productive weekend. We spent Saturday doing laundry, planning and making a sofa wrap, and tidying up a little. On Sunday, we bought groceries and made two large batches of lunches/dinners. Based on the success of our fleece blanket experiment, we picked up fleece sheet sets for everyone in the house, too. I ended the day by cutting out the pieces for hooded fleece house robes for W- and me. Yes, definitely a getting-ready-for-winter weekend.

Next week promises to be a high-energy one as well, between a trip to Boston (during which I am probably going to be too busy to meet up with folks =( ) and the paperwork for my permanent residency.

Plans from last week:

• Work
  • Planned:
    • Give talk on “Remote Presentations That Rock” (if you’re in IBM, ping me for details)
    • Get my visa application sorted out  Not needed any more – training will be virtual
    • Create community guide for training
    • Organize handouts for training
  • Also:
    • Recorded the video for Remote Presentations That Rock using a totally awesome makeshift setup in our kitchen
    • Met people and gave advice
    • Connected with the Center for Advanced Learning and the Collaborative Learning community
• Relationships
  • Planned:
    • Tidy house and prepare lots of meals
    • Help make house routines even smoother
  • Also:
    • Prepared so that winter will be even more comfortable
    • Feathered our nest <laugh>
• Life
  • Planned:
    • Finish my skirt and start on pants Will do a bathrobe instead
    • Clean up the back yard
    • Wake up before 6 every day Stayed up late a few days, so missed this
  • Also:
    • Made a sofa wrap – first home dec project

Plans for this week:

• Work
  • Finalize the recording for the presentation
  • Prepare for workshop
  • Customize my benefits
  • Write user’s guide for community
• Relationships
  • Make bathrobes
• Life
  • Enjoy some more quiet
  • Keep biking to work
  • Get the paperwork ready for the permanent residency passport request

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Weekly review: Week ending November 8, 2009

• Work
  • From plans:
    • Facilitate idea lab
    • Develop more training material. Slow going; have been working on Idea Lab things. 
    • Connect with people throughout the organization
  • Also:
    • Filled in more details for my personal business commitments review
    • Reviewed the report for a conference I helped organize
    • Did some SecondLife training for an upcoming
    • Did some awesome LotusScript + analytics hacking
    • Attended Dan Roam’s terrific Back of the Napkin teleconference at IBM
    • Renewed my social insurance number
    • Did some preliminary analysis of Idea Lab results
• Relationships
  • From plans:
    • Organize lunches with friends Two lunches planned for next week, semi-work-related
    • Practice reaching out to my network Sent e-mail updates out to some people based on conversations
  • Also:
    • Helped J- with her costume
    • Handed out candy for Halloween
    • Got a great e-mail from my mom regarding small dreams
• Life
  • From plans:
    • Finish my skirt Almost there. Pinning up a hem took ages!
    • Delegate flyer review and menu planning http://sachachua.com/delegator/c/sacha/grocery
    • Create a simple animation Bought a Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch, looking forward to drawing at work
  • Also:
    • Got back into the swing of reading and blogging (yay routines)
    • Learned that I probably just need to get a business bank account if I want to do business under my own name
    • Turned up the intensity of my biking to make it more exercise-y, yay

Plans for next week:

• Work
  • Give talk on “Remote Presentations That Rock” (if you’re in IBM, ping me for details)
  • Get my visa application sorted out
  • Create community guide for training
  • Organize handouts for training
• Relationships
  • Tidy house and prepare lots of meals
  • Help make house routines even smoother
• Life
  • Finish my skirt and start on pants
  • Clean up the back yard
  • Wake up before 6 every day

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Weekly review: Week ending November 1, 2009

• Work:
  • Set up two idea labs and send invitations
  • Follow up with experts
  • Write the script/speaker’s notes for my upcoming sessions
• Relationships:
  • Make lamb curry and freeze lunches for W- and me
  • Host a tea party
  • Start on that sofa wrap – Still have to measure the sofa
• Life:
  • Pick up a few things to make fall and winter more bearable – Postponed; making do for now
  • Launch The Shy Connector website – Will sketch things out some more =)
  • Post more of my drafted blog posts
• World: Donate money through the Canadian Red Cross

I also:

• Posted a quick sketchcast of how I draw
• Sent out Lotus Notes invitations to the upcoming idea lab – now with cool metrics!
• Planned how I’m going to do the passport part of my permanent residency application
• Reviewed my personal business commitment results for 2009
• Developed the Phase 2: Explore slides for an upcoming training program
• Put together a quick proposal for an expert discussion
• Attended W-’s niece’s birthday dinner
• Planted garlic
• Attended improv and sewing classes
• Added content to my Delegator website
• Read a couple of books on leadership, improv, innovation, and other topics
• Helped W- deal with a smashed laptop
• Resumed writing morning pages

Plans for next week:

• Work
  • Facilitate idea lab
  • Develop more training material
  • Connect with people throughout the organization
• Relationships
  • Organize lunches with friends
  • Practice reaching out to my network
• Life
  • Finish my skirt
  • Delegate flyer review and menu planning
  • Create a simple animation

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Weekly review: Week ending October 25, 2009

• Finish the template invitation for the upcoming idea labs It creates three calendar events that are marked as Available, AND does interesting things with metrics. Hooray!
• Get the Idea Labs system to a usable state Now I need internal testers
  
• Develop a small collection of strong ’stock’ characters for improv, if that helps Brainstorming emotional initiations (situational and response) helped!
• Start on my wool skirt Made a surprising lot of progress in one class session. Might finish it this week. I can do slacks for the other two weeks, then, or serge all the things I’ve been meaning to finish.
• Prepare the garden for winter W-, J-, and I dug up our garden, put in two raised beds edged with spruce planks, and mulched the pathways. Yay!
• Send the “Remote Presentations That Rock” presentation to the IBM Technical Leadership Exchange organizers
• Keep on biking instead of letting the cold scare me I got back into the swing of biking to work instead of taking the easy way out and working from home.

I also:

• Started helping develop the sequel to the women’s leadership program I took
• Discovered I could draw more than just stick figures
• Made another batch of biscuits in preparation for the tea party this weekend
• Helped J- sew and dye a khaki vest for her Halloween costume (she’s going as a zombie roadkilled photographer)
• Talked to my mom (Internet is back up over there!)
• Sent some more donations for rebuilding after the typhoons that hit the Philippines (and there are more typhoons on the way =( )
• Chatted with my sister about shoes (she’s in love with her heels)
• Packed and froze 8 lunches (mmm, ribs)

Next week’s plans:

• Work: Set up two idea labs and send invitations, follow up with experts, and write the script/speaker’s notes for my upcoming sessions
• Relationships: Make lamb curry and freeze lunches for W- and me, host a tea party, start on that sofa wrap
• Life: Pick up a few things to make fall and winter more bearable, launch The Shy Connector website, post more of my drafted blog posts
• World: Donate money through the Canadian Red Cross

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Weekly review: Week ending October 18, 2009