Monday 4 March 2013

Guest Writer- Donna Kirkpatrick














Photo (right)- Kerry Murphy,  Legal-Island Hoola-Hoop champion 2013.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In 2009, Aaron Hibbs, USA, managed to hula hoop continuously for 72 hours. Well Mr Hibbs you had better watch out because right here in Legal-Island we may have a contender for the title, in the form of Kerry Murphy, Conference Manager NI.  Hours (well maybe minutes) of dedicated training meant that Kerry "out-hoolled" all other staff members to win the next round in the series of Boys v Girls - one for the girls Kerry we salute you!

Enough chat of hoola-hooping, here is what is going on this week.

Tuesday
We have introduced a new booking software into the company and on Tuesday, Vanessa and Debbie will be giving us an overview of the program. 


The boys v girls challenge this week is entitled "LeapFrog" but the logistics have been a closely guarded secret and will be revealed by Miss Fun (aka Debbie) on Tuesday.

Who knows by next week, we could have a contender for the leapfrog category in RIO 2016 - if it isn't a category, maybe it should be. 


Wednesday 
Heather will be leading the team for the Education law Update in Dublin -she will be ably assisted by Vanessa, Jayne and Peter.  

On Wednesday Scott  will be meeting Shauna Hughes from Caterpillar.


Pamela is meeting Allan Nelson from Forth Communications in Bangor who is coming over from Edinburgh to see if he can help us with a new email service system/members portal.


We are looking forward to John Byrne of Signability coming into the office on Wednesday and he will be be writing our mission statement "We believe in making the lives of HR Professionals easier" in the foyer for all to see when they enter the building. 

Thursday
Allison, Peter and Jayne will be signing off on the "Legal-Island's Yearbook 2014".

Heather will also be hosting the Mock EAT event in Dublin - no rest for the conference manager this week. 

Barry will be meeting with David Robinson and in the evening he will be attending a dinner at Stormont. 

Thursday morning Scott flies to Barcelona for a short break and will return on Tuesday 11th March. On Saturday Scott will be at the Barcelona v  Deportivo La Coruna game and will be hoping Barca play better than they did against Madrid.


Other highlights of a trip to Barcelona will doubtless include the Montjuic magic fountains:

Restautante Sinatra:

And Sagrada Familia:


Friday
This is International Women's day and Jayne and Kerry will be attending the IOD Women's Leadership Conference at the Ramada hotel Shawsbridge.

Barry will be attending a Crowd Sourcing event at the Innovation Centre.

Looks like there will be no time for hula-hoop practice as a busy week lies ahead. 







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