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I've Been Up To...
March is starting out with the craziest weather. It is so cold outside. I can’t wait for spring. Last weekend was my niece’s birthday. She had the best party. It was a pony party. She had it a stable, with a clown, magician and rabbit. There was a lot of good food and everyone had fun. I’m glad that I drove to New York. Since the last time I blogged, I attended my first IWWG (www.iwwg.com). I wrote a short story before the meeting. I didn’t bring it to read because I didn’t know the guidelines. We did a writing exercise, which I did share. One of the members brought a collection of book covers. Each person selected a cover. We had 10 minutes to write whatever came to mind based on the title and pictures on the cover.
Title on Cover: In Search of Paradise
I Wrote:
I don’t know how he convinced me to do this. Corey always makes the crappiest places sound like the best. The whole ride up he talked about all the fun we were going to have. He said the Lisa told him that Connie told her that I would love it.
I don’t know why he would listen to any second hand advice from Connie. Everyone knows I hate Connie. Well, I don’t hate Connie. I hate Connie’s taste. When we were in college she orchestrated a road trip. To this day, Lisa and Pam aren’t speaking behind the foolishness she had going on.
Anyway, I should have known. I can’t believe that I took off work for this. The hotel is nice enough. But, we have nothing to do. How many times can you walk through the gardens? How many ways can Elga explain that her great grandmother found this patch of land? She was a brave woman that fought off any man that tried to claim her stake. I wish that we could go to the mall. I’d even go for a movie. The TV in our room doesn’t have basic cable. We can’t get HBO. I missed the Soprano’s. I guess Lisa is going to have to catch me up when I get back. The tour is ok. There is nothing really to see.
It isn’t a romantic garden. It isn’t the type that you would like to stroll through, or leisurely sit a spell. There are flowers here that I never heard of. They are in colors that seem weird for flowers: grey, orange, almost sunset is what Elga called it. Elga said that her great grandmother named each flower personally.
I ran out of time.
Last but not least, I revised my resume. I am always in the market for a bigger and better opportunity. Here is a copy of it, in case you know of, or happen to come upon, an opportunity:
Seasoned professional with 7 years of experience in Executive Support
Strong background in administration, project and budget management
Proven success in coordinating meetings and managing projects
Executive Assistant: Verizon, Baltimore, MD 4/2003–Present
§Personnel Administration: Support the Regional Operational Support Executive Director, two Directors and their Executive Teams of 35 employees. Manage personnel files and initiate and track requests, such as lateral moves, employee separations, spending accounts, vacation and sick leave.
§Budget Management: Process vouchers and corporate card and supplier bills.
§Project Management: Promote Sell One More Lead, a program that encourages employees to refer customers, via producing a monthly report on its success, distributing marketing materials and coordinating representation at Technical Symposiums. Create publicity displays and collect and track donations for the Pajama Program, a program that provides pajamas for homeless children during the holidays, in Verizon locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region.
§Event Planning: Orchestrate all logistics associated with management meetings for employees from four states. Establish vendor contracts, determine appropriate layout and create presentation materials via Excel and PowerPoint. Planned the Regional Operations Support Leadership Conference for 45 attendees. Won a Recognition Award for Coordination of ROS Leadership Conference.
§Technology: Work with technical team to resolve software and hardware customer issues with the Promise System, a database designed to process vendor bills, in the Potomac Region. Document problems and perform audits of the system to ensure accuracy. Serve as sole point-of-contact to gain access to databases. Troubleshoot and solve any accessibility issues for hundreds of users. Coordinate installation, maintenance and movement of computer equipment and phone lines.
Administrative Assistant: Verizon, Washington, DC 11/1999–4/2003
§Personnel Administration: Trained 10 employees on company programs, bill paying systems and ordering product and services systems. Managed the distribution and processing of recognition awards for department. Orchestrated all logistics associated with the office move of 35 employees. Developed weekly scheduling system for two work locations. Determined vacation, professional development training and volunteer availability.
§Budget Management: Corrected vouchers that were inappropriately coded during a six-month period in 2002. As a result, over $60,000 was reallocated to the proper department. Coached colleagues on how to correctly code future vouchers. Processed vouchers and corporate card bills for management.
§Marketing: Selected content and lay out and edited and managed production of company publication. Negotiated with corporate graphics to print the publication at no charge, saving Verizon approximately $700 per month in its expense budget.
§Technology: Provided all data for DC/Western MD’s GPS, Global Positioning System database and served as point-of-contact for GPS data and swapping of vehicles from one district to another. Reorganized acquisition and divestment of company vehicle system to distribute information via spreadsheets.
AWARDS & SERVICE
Recognition Award for “Going Above and Beyond” 2006
Recognition Award for Coordination of ROS Leadership Conference 2005
Verizon Team Player Award 2004
Outstanding Volunteer Service Award from Galway Elementary School 2002
EDUCATION & SKILLS
B.A. English/Mass Communications, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 5/1994
MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe PageMaker I & II and Adobe Photoshop I
Expertise in creating newsletters and technical writing
Catch you next time,
Kenya
Title on Cover: In Search of Paradise
I Wrote:
I don’t know how he convinced me to do this. Corey always makes the crappiest places sound like the best. The whole ride up he talked about all the fun we were going to have. He said the Lisa told him that Connie told her that I would love it.
I don’t know why he would listen to any second hand advice from Connie. Everyone knows I hate Connie. Well, I don’t hate Connie. I hate Connie’s taste. When we were in college she orchestrated a road trip. To this day, Lisa and Pam aren’t speaking behind the foolishness she had going on.
Anyway, I should have known. I can’t believe that I took off work for this. The hotel is nice enough. But, we have nothing to do. How many times can you walk through the gardens? How many ways can Elga explain that her great grandmother found this patch of land? She was a brave woman that fought off any man that tried to claim her stake. I wish that we could go to the mall. I’d even go for a movie. The TV in our room doesn’t have basic cable. We can’t get HBO. I missed the Soprano’s. I guess Lisa is going to have to catch me up when I get back. The tour is ok. There is nothing really to see.
It isn’t a romantic garden. It isn’t the type that you would like to stroll through, or leisurely sit a spell. There are flowers here that I never heard of. They are in colors that seem weird for flowers: grey, orange, almost sunset is what Elga called it. Elga said that her great grandmother named each flower personally.
I ran out of time.
Last but not least, I revised my resume. I am always in the market for a bigger and better opportunity. Here is a copy of it, in case you know of, or happen to come upon, an opportunity:
Seasoned professional with 7 years of experience in Executive Support
Strong background in administration, project and budget management
Proven success in coordinating meetings and managing projects
Executive Assistant: Verizon, Baltimore, MD 4/2003–Present
§Personnel Administration: Support the Regional Operational Support Executive Director, two Directors and their Executive Teams of 35 employees. Manage personnel files and initiate and track requests, such as lateral moves, employee separations, spending accounts, vacation and sick leave.
§Budget Management: Process vouchers and corporate card and supplier bills.
§Project Management: Promote Sell One More Lead, a program that encourages employees to refer customers, via producing a monthly report on its success, distributing marketing materials and coordinating representation at Technical Symposiums. Create publicity displays and collect and track donations for the Pajama Program, a program that provides pajamas for homeless children during the holidays, in Verizon locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region.
§Event Planning: Orchestrate all logistics associated with management meetings for employees from four states. Establish vendor contracts, determine appropriate layout and create presentation materials via Excel and PowerPoint. Planned the Regional Operations Support Leadership Conference for 45 attendees. Won a Recognition Award for Coordination of ROS Leadership Conference.
§Technology: Work with technical team to resolve software and hardware customer issues with the Promise System, a database designed to process vendor bills, in the Potomac Region. Document problems and perform audits of the system to ensure accuracy. Serve as sole point-of-contact to gain access to databases. Troubleshoot and solve any accessibility issues for hundreds of users. Coordinate installation, maintenance and movement of computer equipment and phone lines.
Administrative Assistant: Verizon, Washington, DC 11/1999–4/2003
§Personnel Administration: Trained 10 employees on company programs, bill paying systems and ordering product and services systems. Managed the distribution and processing of recognition awards for department. Orchestrated all logistics associated with the office move of 35 employees. Developed weekly scheduling system for two work locations. Determined vacation, professional development training and volunteer availability.
§Budget Management: Corrected vouchers that were inappropriately coded during a six-month period in 2002. As a result, over $60,000 was reallocated to the proper department. Coached colleagues on how to correctly code future vouchers. Processed vouchers and corporate card bills for management.
§Marketing: Selected content and lay out and edited and managed production of company publication. Negotiated with corporate graphics to print the publication at no charge, saving Verizon approximately $700 per month in its expense budget.
§Technology: Provided all data for DC/Western MD’s GPS, Global Positioning System database and served as point-of-contact for GPS data and swapping of vehicles from one district to another. Reorganized acquisition and divestment of company vehicle system to distribute information via spreadsheets.
AWARDS & SERVICE
Recognition Award for “Going Above and Beyond” 2006
Recognition Award for Coordination of ROS Leadership Conference 2005
Verizon Team Player Award 2004
Outstanding Volunteer Service Award from Galway Elementary School 2002
EDUCATION & SKILLS
B.A. English/Mass Communications, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 5/1994
MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe PageMaker I & II and Adobe Photoshop I
Expertise in creating newsletters and technical writing
Catch you next time,
Kenya
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