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  • catfraser 11:28 am on January 8, 2010 Permalink
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    Working on all the eng copy requests sitting in my inbox!! :-)

    Will endeavour to get back to everyone asap and looking forward to catching up with @teresa hopefully later today!

     

  • catfraser 2:09 pm on December 20, 2009 Permalink
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    Please send me your English copy to review! 

    Since we took the decision to open all our internal dialogue to everyone, this blog has become our global hub of all project-related communication.

    And as more people stumble across earth.org and join in, both internal and external documents have an increasing number of people contributing and collaborating – in different styles; tones; and varied levels of good, clear English.

    Whilst it is great for the project that so many are getting involved, please consider those who may be experiencing Earth.org for the first time via the blog or an email broadcast.

    If earth.org wishes to be a credible, global English (English UK rather than English US language) brand,  we need to be more consistent and acurate in our English broadcast communication whenever we can.

    Teresa has already done a fantastic job of defining a clear global writing style across all press releases, web content and newsletters; and as a native English speaker (based in the UK)  I am always working along-side her as an English copywriter to ensure the grammer is 100% correct before publishing. But this process shouldn’t stop here.

    So whether it is a new blog post you are working on, copy for an email or a quick post on a social media channel that you feel needs a quick edit or grammer check, please send all english copy to cat (at) earth.org for review.

    Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas to all at EDO!

     

    • talent 5:37 pm on December 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Does it really matter how pure your english is? I live in a country with 13 official languages and a new language that we call “fanigalo” has been created.A mish mash of all , mostly english.It is impure english, yet we understand each other. If you focus on the Queen’s english, and worry more about grammar that content, well, in my opinion, you will exclude a lot of people.Don’t be descriptive, focus on inclusive.Language isnt a big barrier to communication after all. true intent is a universal language.

      • valentinyeo 8:03 pm on December 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        yes it does matter. we want to come across as professional as possible on the official communication. thanks cat.

    • Anne 6:05 pm on December 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Great Cat, thanks for your help. From my side, I need your help for
      - our job adverts in HR: http://www.earth.org/jobs?
      - a couple of emails patterns
      - and a quick look to the sponsor/write and plant presentations would be also useful, I think. I’ll send you everything in the next days!

    • dergroessteq 2:10 am on December 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Thank you very much Cat, that is a great offer. I am going to send you the presentation of the Sponsor and Plant project. THANX!!! Eva

    • otto 9:42 am on December 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Cat! 1) Thanks for this help – and you will anyhow priorize your topics in a way that you might not find the time to review a normal blog post, 2) Suggest not to display your email ID here openly – this will result in SPAM (I changed this for you here) & 3) Merry Christmas to you tooooooo!

    • catfraser 10:28 am on December 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Fantastic thanks guys! :-)

    • rafaelmichalczuk 1:48 pm on December 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Thanks Cat, I see you will be very busy :) You will hear from me soon too.

    • Cristiano 11:49 pm on December 22, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      @Cat, thank you very much for your offer. I’ll be among your clients… :-)

      @Talent, I also understand what you mean by including other people without barriers. I agree with it and I think that Earth.org does not want to discriminate anybody. As far as I understand the good quality and inclusion can go together since everybody can write (this is why is Earth.org open), but an eye to detail would be appreciated.

  • Rob 6:52 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink
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    Dear colleagues and Earth.org friends,

    There is some important mover and shaker news to be noted from the Earth.org marketing team. I will be moving out of the marketing lead position and I am handing over to Anne for marketing management responsibilities starting 1 February 2010.

    I tell you this with great pain in my heart. Earth.org has become an important and large part of my life, but recent opportunities in my other job at NHTV University in Breda led to a situation in which I needed to make this tough decision. I surely wish that I could continue on both fronts, but due to time-constraints this is sadly not possible.

    But please note: I WILL NOT BE GONE! I mean, how could I? I will stay in the team on a volunteer basis, you’ll see me commenting on the blog, sharing travel knowledge on the website and above all supporting Anne in sales and marketing wherever I can and wherever needed.

    For the immediate future, I don’t think that we could have introduced anyone better our own Anne for taking over the marketing responsibilities. She is already deeply involved in the project, she knows all the people involved, and we know that especially from a knowledge and dedication point of view she will be a perfect match. Furthermore, her sales experience and communication skills will be a great driver for Earth.org at a time where outward communication is what we need most!

    Practically: for the coming two months, I am still here and in order to make sure that Anne knows everything she needs to know in order to take over in February, we will start to involve her in all marketing related matters immediately.

    Warm regards from Breda,
    Rob

     

    • valentin 7:38 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Thanks for everything you’ve done for EDO and gald to see you’re sticking around as a volunteer!!!
      Have fun with your endeavours at NHTV! Keep rockin mate!

    • Anne 7:40 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Rob, thanks for your nice words, it was cool working with you in India and remotely, good luck with everything and anyway see you next week in NL!

    • Thomas 10:34 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hey Rob, it was nice working with you and I think will be in future, too! :-) Wishing you only the best and and being glad, that you “just change status”…

    • Mathias 10:47 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Rob, thanks for all the time you were working with us. It was always (and STILL WILL BE) a pleasure working together with you!! All the best for your job at NHTV!!

    • david 10:41 am on December 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Since you wont leave, I wont say goodbye :-) All the best Rob

    • otto 10:54 am on December 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Can a handover be more smooth :lol: ?
      Agree with David, Rob is not gone, so there is no good bye for you, sorry ;-)
      And a big heeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllooooooooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee!

    • Cristiano 12:12 pm on December 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Thank you Rob for you presence and compliments Anne for the new position. It is a big responsibility to go on with the task carried on by Rob but I am sure that your skills, enthusiasm and Creativity will be your and our strength.

    • teresa 2:05 pm on December 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Rob, also NO good bye from my side!! Though I’d like to say thank you for EVERYTHING!! I remember so well when you (and Otto) got me into this project in 2007, as well as our time spent together in Bangalore… therefore I am very happy that you remain part of Earth.org!! I am sure you do a great job at NHTV university and I wish you all the best for your next step in life!
      So now my new boss will be Anne :-D that’s gonna be a lot of fun and new inspiration and I am looking forward to work closely with my French frie(nd) :-D

    • mareikeonearthorg 4:45 pm on December 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Well then… have a good start at NHTV!!! :D

    • rafaelmichalczuk 11:27 am on December 11, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hey Rob, most important that you will be with us! Hope that you will also enjoy your work as Earth.org Ambassador of Breda! :)

  • teresa 10:57 am on December 7, 2009 Permalink
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    test: upload picture (via dashboard) 

    A part of our team met in Hinterstoder/Austria in August 2009. Well, these ultra-sexy suits and helmets are NOT meant to be the Earth.org uniform …we were just about to start a pretty exciting canyoning tour!

     

  • teresa 12:04 pm on October 22, 2009 Permalink
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    … may I introduce Tristan to you!? 

    If you are wondering now… yesss, you are right, Tristan has been in our team already for a while :-D Now he wants to introduce himself so that you get to know him better!

    Tristan, we are happy to have you on board!

    Hey guys.

    I finally found some time to write a bit about me and my involvement in the Earth.org project. I am busy with the redesign everybody is awaiting (hopefully :) Since already two month now i am working on this task, and enjoy the company of many great people also working on this. Unluckily i had some things going on, so i pushed the redesign a bit into the background. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel, i am going to invest definatly more time into Earth in the near future.

    TristanAs for my background, i gratuated in March this year, and became a qualified Communication Designer in Dortmund, Germany.

    Ok thats all folks, i am still excited to be part of the team and look forward to meet more people, and create more awsome things for this community as well.

    Cu at earth,

    Tristan


     

  • teresa 9:22 am on October 2, 2009 Permalink
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    More and more people and new team members are asking me: who are you, Earth.org team? what is Slobodan doing here? What are Cat’s tasks? Where is Mathias from? They can only see our small pics here and wonder what kind of people we are ;-)
    Let me think… maybe we start a remake of our “Earth.org homestories” here on P2… or just a short interview… any ideas? I’d like to post that once a week.

     

    • otto 11:08 am on October 2, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Yes, would be nice to link the user name here on this blog to either a permalink of this blog, or to the internal pages. The first is much easier.
      And it would be nice to see the location of everyone. Still, let us think simple. We can also rename our usernames here e.g. from otto -> otto from Bali :-)

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