Yesterday, I hosted a short seminar on how our office can become media efficient. After sending around a short survey, I discovered that many of my coworkers did not use RSS feeds, Google Alerts, or other technologies to organize their media intake. The survey also questioned smart phone usage and whether people were utilizing RSS apps, news apps, etc. Using the survey results, I put together a presentation showing people how stacks of publications could be perused in a matter of minutes with just a few mouse clicks. After some snacks, a little beer and wine, we dove into a Media Scavenger Hunt where I asked people to team up and gave 10 minutes to find a series of topics in the scattered publications on the table. The competition was a blast and the result was people received an easy introduction into the inefficiencies of our growing information market.
My goal is that as our office gets more media efficient, we can all become more educated, more current and in turn, bring in more work by always staying on top of our game. Plus, we all need happy hour every now and then.
