hello again,
i have to appologise for what has been a week of madness causing me to forget to post my blog everyday... once moved and the internet is set up in my new flat i should be more efficent.
So yesterday i chanced upon the hive of good ideas that is the rest of the enterprise team, these then got passd on to Les at the uni who was impressed and we have some good ideas ready to run with after my month off in July. This actually brings me on to a IMPORTANT point, PLEASE PLASE PLEASE can anyone who has any suggestions for ideas to run with or any daily problems that they feel need addressing could they send them in as coments so we can look at them in a similar way.
Sunday i start my managment course on the Wirral so hopefully that is going to be good and informative, i mgiht even come back from it as a real motivational speaker which would be amusing.
Hopefully readers of this should go up now as i have advertised it on the public folders in vision support now. lets see if it does ay!
and for those who are interested as a final note, tonight is my last night as a resident of bangor Gwyneedd, as from Satruday i shall be lving and working In Chester Cheshire!
T.
Friday, 29 June 2007
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
what should have been yesterdays blog but due to busieness its todays
Yesterday was a VERY productive yet surprisingly easily forgetable day. I spent the day looking in to existing products on the market and brain storming ideas for possible 'quick win' projects to take advantage of gaps in the market.
Additionally i was working on what i would need to say in the meeting earlier this morning as it was my first general managers meeting and i needed to present the outline of the KTP project. It turns out that this went quite well and i was very happy with my mornings work. T
This afternoon i have been conversing with staff memebers regarding various matters to do with the project and touching up the leaflet that i am to produce for the event day in July.
Oh and todays question was... What would your labour saving super power be?
Additionally i was working on what i would need to say in the meeting earlier this morning as it was my first general managers meeting and i needed to present the outline of the KTP project. It turns out that this went quite well and i was very happy with my mornings work. T
This afternoon i have been conversing with staff memebers regarding various matters to do with the project and touching up the leaflet that i am to produce for the event day in July.
Oh and todays question was... What would your labour saving super power be?
Friday, 22 June 2007
A brief history of time (at vison support)
Today was a really interesting day at work...
Prior to lunch i was working on the awareness training slides i shall be presenting next week on eye conditions and familiarising myself with them.
LUnch time was bitter sweet as it was a retirement do for John from 3C who although i had never really spoken to before i feel will be a big loss to the organisation as the stories he had from his last twenty years of being with Vision Support were really intersting. The changes the place has gone through and the advances it has made from a rather old school of thought are amazing!! I think the suggestion of a book being written about it should really be followed up...(maybe a job for someone else though). Oh and the sandwiches provided wern't half bad either.
The afternoon consisted of a few managment esq questions that i had come up with that the staff in the office could answer in order to get people thinking laterally and i suppose in doing so worked on team building and communactive skills (i now have a question of the day for people that extends beyond the people on my desk to anyone who's in the office). Additionally i dug up and revisited my feasability study which i had written in September of last year for the KTP and am looking in to using work done there for a mini project i have to do next month pending some slight alterations and amendments.
Todays question of the day incidentally was Would you rather have an animals tail (if so which) or an animals horns/antlers (if so which)?
Thats me for the week... another blog monday!
Prior to lunch i was working on the awareness training slides i shall be presenting next week on eye conditions and familiarising myself with them.
LUnch time was bitter sweet as it was a retirement do for John from 3C who although i had never really spoken to before i feel will be a big loss to the organisation as the stories he had from his last twenty years of being with Vision Support were really intersting. The changes the place has gone through and the advances it has made from a rather old school of thought are amazing!! I think the suggestion of a book being written about it should really be followed up...(maybe a job for someone else though). Oh and the sandwiches provided wern't half bad either.
The afternoon consisted of a few managment esq questions that i had come up with that the staff in the office could answer in order to get people thinking laterally and i suppose in doing so worked on team building and communactive skills (i now have a question of the day for people that extends beyond the people on my desk to anyone who's in the office). Additionally i dug up and revisited my feasability study which i had written in September of last year for the KTP and am looking in to using work done there for a mini project i have to do next month pending some slight alterations and amendments.
Todays question of the day incidentally was Would you rather have an animals tail (if so which) or an animals horns/antlers (if so which)?
Thats me for the week... another blog monday!
Thursday, 21 June 2007
What can i bring to a team?
Well that is a hypothetical question as we were discussing this today... ideas that we came up with were presence, good coffee and out of the box thinking.
Also worked on today was the flyer ready for the KTP promotion, work group participants and the awareness training section I will be working on.
Discussions were held about the upcoming residential managment course and to what i should expect from it.
Finally i shall pose an interesting question... Which microsoft office application best describes your personality?
Also worked on today was the flyer ready for the KTP promotion, work group participants and the awareness training section I will be working on.
Discussions were held about the upcoming residential managment course and to what i should expect from it.
Finally i shall pose an interesting question... Which microsoft office application best describes your personality?
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
A day where i didnt seem to feel like i was getting anywhere but lots seemd to get done
I have to say that today seemed to be going rather the way of an unproductive day but somehow things turned around and a number of things seemed to get sorted out that tie up the loose ends from last week and early part of this week somewhat.
Put some thought in to and made a start on the flyer for the event day upcoming (July 14th) as i need to have one that describes in one page the KTP for people wishing to understand its role and its aims. Joanne said that she would give me a hand tomorrow so hopefully can get that finished off and out of the way before it becomes a choar. Other things to do tomorrow include the completion of the personal deelopment plan ready for the managment corse which i recieved a large amount of information on today too.
Anyway second induction week nearly at an end and then its head down for some serious inovations!
Put some thought in to and made a start on the flyer for the event day upcoming (July 14th) as i need to have one that describes in one page the KTP for people wishing to understand its role and its aims. Joanne said that she would give me a hand tomorrow so hopefully can get that finished off and out of the way before it becomes a choar. Other things to do tomorrow include the completion of the personal deelopment plan ready for the managment corse which i recieved a large amount of information on today too.
Anyway second induction week nearly at an end and then its head down for some serious inovations!
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Blog 2 of 2 today
So as promised here is the second part to my days blogging which i guess shows how frequently you can post these things...
Our afternoon trip to Chester Zoo was very successfull i think, we gave a good presentation on visual impairment awareness and i think built up some usefull contacts there for future refrence... No animals seen today though which was a shame, having said that we were told that maybe we could get some complimentary passes for a future visit when we ha the time.
Goals for the week are changing all the time as i find some things are easily done and others are impossible to do this week due to other people being on holiday etc so i guess im learning to be more fluid and dynamic.
Off to bed soon i thnk another day another dollar tomorrow after all!
Our afternoon trip to Chester Zoo was very successfull i think, we gave a good presentation on visual impairment awareness and i think built up some usefull contacts there for future refrence... No animals seen today though which was a shame, having said that we were told that maybe we could get some complimentary passes for a future visit when we ha the time.
Goals for the week are changing all the time as i find some things are easily done and others are impossible to do this week due to other people being on holiday etc so i guess im learning to be more fluid and dynamic.
Off to bed soon i thnk another day another dollar tomorrow after all!
Blog 1 of 2 today
Today there is a special bumper edition of blogs as I left the power lead to my laptop at work yesterday and therefore failed to report on my daily activity yesterday!
Yesterday.... my first day back at the Chester Vision Support office (a.k.a The Ropeworks)! It was a great day with lot s of catching up being done with Sue in regards to what i did last week at the uni, so i think we are all now up to speed. In addition i was brought in on a trip to the zoo to give some awarness training which should be really interesting and as a side bonus we may get to see the animals! This all happens later today so expect a report back on that later!
In other news i had a good weekend if not tiring what with all the train travel i did and the move to Chester is looking back on again!
until later....
Yesterday.... my first day back at the Chester Vision Support office (a.k.a The Ropeworks)! It was a great day with lot s of catching up being done with Sue in regards to what i did last week at the uni, so i think we are all now up to speed. In addition i was brought in on a trip to the zoo to give some awarness training which should be really interesting and as a side bonus we may get to see the animals! This all happens later today so expect a report back on that later!
In other news i had a good weekend if not tiring what with all the train travel i did and the move to Chester is looking back on again!
until later....
Thursday, 14 June 2007
CAST blog ∏
hello... yes im back, its me... tim! here with another blog about my daily doings!
So today i finished off a gant chart of the first few months of the projectand other such administrative tasks. More interestingly though i also watched some short video podcasts from apple regarding their assistive software and how it has helped a few people with their day to day lives! Looking forward to getting my macbook now which incidently i think will help me with my audio blogging that is to comence along side this written form for those interested! Im thinking now that i am ready for next week and the move back to the charity office in Chesteralthugh i will miss the jumbo screen here. So yes this will be my last blog from CAST for a while...
the weekend holds some camping in the rain for me by the looks of things as a side fun note to this blog
Ok that will do for now
Tim
So today i finished off a gant chart of the first few months of the projectand other such administrative tasks. More interestingly though i also watched some short video podcasts from apple regarding their assistive software and how it has helped a few people with their day to day lives! Looking forward to getting my macbook now which incidently i think will help me with my audio blogging that is to comence along side this written form for those interested! Im thinking now that i am ready for next week and the move back to the charity office in Chesteralthugh i will miss the jumbo screen here. So yes this will be my last blog from CAST for a while...
the weekend holds some camping in the rain for me by the looks of things as a side fun note to this blog
Ok that will do for now
Tim
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Hello and welcome
Hello and welcome to what will hopefully be the first of many blogs that I post.
Finding such things a bit hard to just start off, it shall start off like this! (I think its as good as any start)
The point to this blog is to doccument my work as I attempt to get more visually impaired users involved in these things. Being Visually impaired myself i am very keen to demostrate the ease and potential fun creating a blog offers.
I dont want to go on too long in my first so i shall close with saying that the next one shall be bigger and better than this one!
Tim Fox
Finding such things a bit hard to just start off, it shall start off like this! (I think its as good as any start)
The point to this blog is to doccument my work as I attempt to get more visually impaired users involved in these things. Being Visually impaired myself i am very keen to demostrate the ease and potential fun creating a blog offers.
I dont want to go on too long in my first so i shall close with saying that the next one shall be bigger and better than this one!
Tim Fox
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