Comments on: The Good Project Graveyard [Part 1] http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2008/11/21/the-good-project-graveyard-part-1/ Brad J Ward's Thoughts on Higher Education Recruitment Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:23:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bradjward http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2008/11/21/the-good-project-graveyard-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Bradjward Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:56:23 +0000 http://squaredpeg.com/?p=296#comment-1257 I agree that there is a time and a place for a committee. Each of you are Directors, and you direct, and that sometimes includes a meeting of the minds. Something like a web redesign is certainly not a one-man operation; it affects a larger crowd. However, a small 3-minute video for an internal audience (current students and staff)..... not so much, in my opinion. Just get out there and get it done. More on that later. I agree that there is a time and a place for a committee. Each of you are Directors, and you direct, and that sometimes includes a meeting of the minds. Something like a web redesign is certainly not a one-man operation; it affects a larger crowd.

However, a small 3-minute video for an internal audience (current students and staff)….. not so much, in my opinion. Just get out there and get it done. More on that later.

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]]> By: Paul Redfern http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2008/11/21/the-good-project-graveyard-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Paul Redfern Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:57:40 +0000 http://squaredpeg.com/?p=296#comment-1254 Committee work is just a part of life. At least my life. I have been trying to keep our web task force at a strategic level lately and out of the operational stuff. There is a fine balance between getting "buy-in" and just doing it yourself. Committee work is just a part of life. At least my life. I have been trying to keep our web task force at a strategic level lately and out of the operational stuff. There is a fine balance between getting “buy-in” and just doing it yourself.

]]> By: Andrew Careaga http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2008/11/21/the-good-project-graveyard-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1253 Andrew Careaga Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:16:40 +0000 http://squaredpeg.com/?p=296#comment-1253 It could have been worse (although not much in academia is worse than a Friday afternoon committee meeting). Missing a committee meeting can sometimes mean the committee decides on a disastrous path that you must somehow try to fix. I call it "cleaning up after the elephants." It's a common practice in public relations. ;) Committees are both a bane and a permanent fixture in academic administrative life. Might as well get used to it, and try to figure out when and how to involve yourself. Good luck! It could have been worse (although not much in academia is worse than a Friday afternoon committee meeting). Missing a committee meeting can sometimes mean the committee decides on a disastrous path that you must somehow try to fix. I call it “cleaning up after the elephants.” It’s a common practice in public relations. ;)

Committees are both a bane and a permanent fixture in academic administrative life. Might as well get used to it, and try to figure out when and how to involve yourself.

Good luck!

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