Seek Out Professionals
Pardon my absence from the blog. My day-job is in a flurry - my law firm just merged with another, and I am discovering just how many places I need to change my name, email address, account information, etc. (I actually have a 13-page transition checklist that I've been working from for the past month or so, but putting it into action is, um, exhausting.)
My lesson for the day, though, is: Seek Out Professionals.
I spent about two hours this afternoon, attempting to reformat a silly little form that we librarians tape to the front of books that we lend to other libraries. The old version of the form was designed centuries ago (it's not even in our document management system).
I tried to make the new form. I read Help files. I sought out advice on the Internet (where I found at least a half-dozen people saying that I can't do what I want to do with the software I have.) I tried to blunt-force my way through. I ranted, raved, and gnashed my teeth.
And then, I remembered that we have marketing profesionals right here in our building. Professionals who are on retainer to assist us through this merger. Professionals who have wonderful software toys and who have sheets and sheets of our new logo, in every size one could imagine.
I brought my form to the Trained Marketing Professional. I explained how we used it. She smiled and said she'd get me something by Friday.
Seek out professionals. It just might keep you from pulling out your hair.
Mindy, off to conquer the next disaster on the merger checklist!
My lesson for the day, though, is: Seek Out Professionals.
I spent about two hours this afternoon, attempting to reformat a silly little form that we librarians tape to the front of books that we lend to other libraries. The old version of the form was designed centuries ago (it's not even in our document management system).
I tried to make the new form. I read Help files. I sought out advice on the Internet (where I found at least a half-dozen people saying that I can't do what I want to do with the software I have.) I tried to blunt-force my way through. I ranted, raved, and gnashed my teeth.
And then, I remembered that we have marketing profesionals right here in our building. Professionals who are on retainer to assist us through this merger. Professionals who have wonderful software toys and who have sheets and sheets of our new logo, in every size one could imagine.
I brought my form to the Trained Marketing Professional. I explained how we used it. She smiled and said she'd get me something by Friday.
Seek out professionals. It just might keep you from pulling out your hair.
Mindy, off to conquer the next disaster on the merger checklist!
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