Do you know who the Funk Brothers were? They were the greatest band of unknowns who made the Motown sound what it was. This varied collection of musicians was the house band for those great songs of the 60’s and 70’s with that heavy bass and pounding beat. James Jamerson, Benny Benjamin, Earl Van Dyke, Uriel Jones, Pistol Allen and the rest of The Funk Brothers.
What about our back-up band? When was the last time you told any of our IT, bookstore, financial services, student services, training, Help Desk, Design Team or our office staff that you appreciated them and their hard work? Our front sound is pretty good but we can’t play in harmony without our Funk Brothers playing the groove behind us.
Why not "Reach Out" and tell them you "Heard it Through the Grapevine" that it's not "Just My Imagination" you appreciate "The Way You Do the Things You Do." I know I sure appreciate each one of those folks! And our lead singers are pretty good too!
I’ll bet your digging through your CDs and LPs right now for the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Supremes and Smokey Robinson! Check out the Motown Historical Museum http://www.motownmuseum.com/mtmpages/index.html and Classic Motown http://classic.motown.com/.
You can make an online playlist at http://listen.grooveshark.com/ and take the tunes with you.
Showing posts with label chair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chair. Show all posts
Friday, April 9, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Are you a Cold Chair?
Are you a cold Chair? I was not pleased to see the snow on one of my favorite chairs today but this got me thinking about Chairs and their faculty. Do you know your faculty or do they know you only as an occasional email message?
I am lucky because I’ve been able to build my EDU program from the ground starting 10 years ago. I had a handful of interested ECE faculty who “volunteered” to try online teaching as an experiment. They knew their content (early childhood deducation) but they didn’t know much about computers, technology in general and teaching/learning online. That’s where I came in, as the technology mentor.
Over the past 10 years I’ve got to pick and choose my faculty, mostly through other faculty recommendations and now I have over 20 dedicated instructors. I’ve made it a point to personally meet each one of them and take them to lunch. I’ve sent Christmas cards with Starbucks cards inside. We talk about our kids and grandkids, our time at the beach, farm or mountains. I feel like I know each instructor and they know me as well.
Can you say that? When was the last time you personally thanked your faculty for their hard work? Do you send reports about what’s going on at CCCOnline, maybe summarizing important information from an A-Team meeting? Do you send emails of encouragement especially now that we’re involved with a new LMS? Have you called any of your faculty or even given them your phone number?
I realize you might have a much larger program than what I have, but come on…defrost that cold chair!
I am lucky because I’ve been able to build my EDU program from the ground starting 10 years ago. I had a handful of interested ECE faculty who “volunteered” to try online teaching as an experiment. They knew their content (early childhood deducation) but they didn’t know much about computers, technology in general and teaching/learning online. That’s where I came in, as the technology mentor.
Over the past 10 years I’ve got to pick and choose my faculty, mostly through other faculty recommendations and now I have over 20 dedicated instructors. I’ve made it a point to personally meet each one of them and take them to lunch. I’ve sent Christmas cards with Starbucks cards inside. We talk about our kids and grandkids, our time at the beach, farm or mountains. I feel like I know each instructor and they know me as well.
Can you say that? When was the last time you personally thanked your faculty for their hard work? Do you send reports about what’s going on at CCCOnline, maybe summarizing important information from an A-Team meeting? Do you send emails of encouragement especially now that we’re involved with a new LMS? Have you called any of your faculty or even given them your phone number?
I realize you might have a much larger program than what I have, but come on…defrost that cold chair!
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