Peer Recognitions to recognize contributions to MetalTek's Core Values:
* Safety...Nothing More Important
* Customer Service Excellence
* World-Class Performance
* Live by Example
* The Metal Experts
* One MetalTek
Presentation on social media at Leicester City Council - what they use social media for, analytics, lessons learned and tips. Presented by Ian Gallagher, Digital Media Officer at Leicester City Council, at Really Useful Day: Social media for councils in Sheffield on 27 February 2015.
Throughout the years, Lightning Talks have been a popular part of the STAR conferences. If you’re not familiar with the concept, Lightning Talks consists of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period. Lightning Talks are the opportunity for speakers to deliver their single biggest bang-for-the-buck idea in a rapid-fire presentation. And now, lightning has struck the STAR keynotes. Some of the best-known experts in testing will step up to the podium and give you their best shot of lightning. Get multiple keynote presentations for the price of one—and have some fun at the same time.Lightning Strikes the Keynotes.
Dr. Sherri Savage is writing a letter of recommendation for Marty Dean. Marty has worked in Dr. Savage's office for nine years, most recently assisting with the development of a new Advisor/Advisee program. Marty helped collect feedback, develop documentation, and organize their office space. Marty is well received at local schools due to her previous work and caring demeanor. Dr. Savage recommends Marty for any position requiring clerical or customer service skills due to her experience and caring nature.
What are the true unmet needs of qualitative researchers in 2017?Ray Poynter
The document discusses the true unmet needs of qualitative researchers in 2017 according to Dr. John Whittle and Heather Williams. It identifies 5 main truths: 1) keeping up with technological accelerations is difficult, 2) technology has created tension between expectations and needs, 3) researchers sometimes have to sideline technology, 4) researchers feel overwhelmed by outputs, and 5) fully explaining digital methods to clients makes technology harder to sell. Overall, it argues that while qualitative researchers still have work to do in maximizing tools, developing better relationships with technologists and clearer definitions of needs could help address current issues.
This 3 sentence document submission provides Mia Reza Gomos Meca's English portfolio to her teacher Mr. John Gandi. Mia is submitting her portfolio as a student in the fourth year Unity class. The portfolio is intended to showcase Mia's English work for her teacher's review.
The Ministry of National Education in Turkey conducted a Grade 12 validation examination for Syrian refugee students on June 27th. This examination allows Syrian refugees to receive official documentation of their academic achievements to help with university admission and scholarship applications. Approximately 8,000 Syrian refugee students registered for and took the exam across 14 provinces hosting large numbers of refugees. UN agencies provided financial and logistical support to help students access the exam centers.
Presentation on social media at Leicester City Council - what they use social media for, analytics, lessons learned and tips. Presented by Ian Gallagher, Digital Media Officer at Leicester City Council, at Really Useful Day: Social media for councils in Sheffield on 27 February 2015.
Throughout the years, Lightning Talks have been a popular part of the STAR conferences. If you’re not familiar with the concept, Lightning Talks consists of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period. Lightning Talks are the opportunity for speakers to deliver their single biggest bang-for-the-buck idea in a rapid-fire presentation. And now, lightning has struck the STAR keynotes. Some of the best-known experts in testing will step up to the podium and give you their best shot of lightning. Get multiple keynote presentations for the price of one—and have some fun at the same time.Lightning Strikes the Keynotes.
Dr. Sherri Savage is writing a letter of recommendation for Marty Dean. Marty has worked in Dr. Savage's office for nine years, most recently assisting with the development of a new Advisor/Advisee program. Marty helped collect feedback, develop documentation, and organize their office space. Marty is well received at local schools due to her previous work and caring demeanor. Dr. Savage recommends Marty for any position requiring clerical or customer service skills due to her experience and caring nature.
What are the true unmet needs of qualitative researchers in 2017?Ray Poynter
The document discusses the true unmet needs of qualitative researchers in 2017 according to Dr. John Whittle and Heather Williams. It identifies 5 main truths: 1) keeping up with technological accelerations is difficult, 2) technology has created tension between expectations and needs, 3) researchers sometimes have to sideline technology, 4) researchers feel overwhelmed by outputs, and 5) fully explaining digital methods to clients makes technology harder to sell. Overall, it argues that while qualitative researchers still have work to do in maximizing tools, developing better relationships with technologists and clearer definitions of needs could help address current issues.
This 3 sentence document submission provides Mia Reza Gomos Meca's English portfolio to her teacher Mr. John Gandi. Mia is submitting her portfolio as a student in the fourth year Unity class. The portfolio is intended to showcase Mia's English work for her teacher's review.
The Ministry of National Education in Turkey conducted a Grade 12 validation examination for Syrian refugee students on June 27th. This examination allows Syrian refugees to receive official documentation of their academic achievements to help with university admission and scholarship applications. Approximately 8,000 Syrian refugee students registered for and took the exam across 14 provinces hosting large numbers of refugees. UN agencies provided financial and logistical support to help students access the exam centers.
Matt Lawniczak has received numerous recognitions from colleagues at Auxilium for demonstrating Auxilium core values through his work as an IT professional. He is praised for his calm and helpful demeanor in addressing IT issues, for sharing his technical knowledge, and for representing the IT department well through presentations. Matt also receives recognition for his leadership, commitment to customers, flexibility in assisting with emergencies, and driving results through efficient completion of projects.
MSBDC Stakeholder Newsletter - October 2015Dana Cawthon
The newsletter provides an overview of the activities of the Mississippi Small Business Development Center and highlights the story of House of Bounce, a new indoor entertainment business for children in Saltillo, MS. Owners Scottie and Lindsay Thompson worked with SBDC counselors to develop their business plan and open the facility in September 2015. The SBDC helped them with market research, financial projections, and navigating the process of opening a new business. House of Bounce now provides a safe, indoor space for children's parties and play. Client testimonials in the newsletter praise the assistance received from SBDC counselors across the state.
The document is the quarterly newsletter from Soft Tech Consulting, a small IT consulting firm. It summarizes that Soft Tech is earning a good reputation and gaining new clients and opportunities. It also celebrates the accomplishments of its employees this quarter and announces upcoming social events including a summer celebration bowling party.
This document contains recommendations from several individuals about Justin Luyt. They describe him as having a revolutionary view, insatiable need to grow skills, and being an incredible asset due to his technical expertise. His people skills are said to match his technical prowess. Recommenders state they would hire Justin without hesitation and that he is determined, passionate, and pays close attention to detail. He is described as knowledgeable, conscientious, and driven to help others.
Steve Wynne is a contractor who implements business requirements into a statewide computer system. A business analyst who has worked with Steve since 2012 finds him to be very professional, thorough, easy to work with, and willing to go beyond what is required. The analyst states that Steve is approachable, learns quickly, writes clearly, analyzes information well, keeps stakeholders in mind, and completes work in a timely manner with a high degree of accuracy. The analyst highly recommends Steve as a pleasure to work with.
Several individuals are nominated for the Respect Task for being positive, considerate, respectful to colleagues, and for building good relationships across the department. Others nominated for the Professional Task worked incredibly hard to meet tight deadlines, provide excellent work, and demonstrate professionalism even under pressure. BDUK Superfast and Commercial teams completed broadband contracts by a non-negotiable deadline through tireless work including late nights and weekends.
The family is having a rare dinner together due to the father's busy work schedule leading both their family business and being involved in politics. There is some tension as the son feels he doesn't get to see his father enough. However, the others support the father's efforts as he works hard for the family and community. The grandmother helped give up her career to help with the business while the father is away. The father emphasizes the importance of family support and learning the business so one day the son can take over.
In the second part, the father wants to acquire a British competitor but one son has reservations about the risk. However, the father pushes for agreement, saying it will help the business and kids. They
The document summarizes the learning process of a student team ("Team Fishreel") over 10 weeks as they worked to understand a national security problem and develop a solution for the NSA. It traces their progression from an initial focus on technical solutions like building models with NSA data, to conducting over 50 interviews to understand the problem from the perspective of analysts, and mapping the different stakeholders within the NSA that would be involved in deploying their solution. It shows how their understanding of the problem expanded from automating a specific task to providing entity insights, and how they developed an understanding of the complex deployment landscape at the NSA.
Michelle Dear has provided excellent customer service and support to many clients based on the testimonials provided. The testimonials praise Michelle for her outstanding help, commitment to clients, knowledge, and ability to quickly resolve issues. Clients express their appreciation and say Michelle is an asset to the company.
David Reyes has received numerous emails from colleagues praising him for his excellent customer service, technical skills, and responsiveness in helping resolve IT issues promptly. The emails describe situations where David took the time to ensure the requestor understood the issue and solution, and followed up to confirm the problem was fixed. His colleagues acknowledge he goes above and beyond to help both internal and external customers.
This document provides information about the Nicollet Speech Builders Toastmasters club. It includes the club's meeting location and website, a list of the 2008-2009 officers, upcoming events like the club contest and area speech contest, and encourages members to make Toastmasters a New Year's resolution by attending regular meetings to improve speaking skills through small, regular efforts that build up over time like compound interest. It also profiles club member Evelyn Genta, sharing details about her background, Toastmasters experience, and goals for the upcoming year of completing her ATM-Gold designation by May 2009.
Tim Sullivan has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and community relations. He currently works as a New Business Development Manager for the American Red Cross Blood Services, where he identifies organizations to host blood drives and manages large community drives. Previously, he worked as a Digital Account Executive for Cox Media Group, selling digital marketing campaigns. He also has experience working in circulation marketing and sales for the Pittsburgh Business Times and working with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Matt Lawniczak has received numerous recognitions from colleagues at Auxilium for demonstrating Auxilium core values through his work as an IT professional. He is praised for his calm and helpful demeanor in addressing IT issues, for sharing his technical knowledge, and for representing the IT department well through presentations. Matt also receives recognition for his leadership, commitment to customers, flexibility in assisting with emergencies, and driving results through efficient completion of projects.
MSBDC Stakeholder Newsletter - October 2015Dana Cawthon
The newsletter provides an overview of the activities of the Mississippi Small Business Development Center and highlights the story of House of Bounce, a new indoor entertainment business for children in Saltillo, MS. Owners Scottie and Lindsay Thompson worked with SBDC counselors to develop their business plan and open the facility in September 2015. The SBDC helped them with market research, financial projections, and navigating the process of opening a new business. House of Bounce now provides a safe, indoor space for children's parties and play. Client testimonials in the newsletter praise the assistance received from SBDC counselors across the state.
The document is the quarterly newsletter from Soft Tech Consulting, a small IT consulting firm. It summarizes that Soft Tech is earning a good reputation and gaining new clients and opportunities. It also celebrates the accomplishments of its employees this quarter and announces upcoming social events including a summer celebration bowling party.
This document contains recommendations from several individuals about Justin Luyt. They describe him as having a revolutionary view, insatiable need to grow skills, and being an incredible asset due to his technical expertise. His people skills are said to match his technical prowess. Recommenders state they would hire Justin without hesitation and that he is determined, passionate, and pays close attention to detail. He is described as knowledgeable, conscientious, and driven to help others.
Steve Wynne is a contractor who implements business requirements into a statewide computer system. A business analyst who has worked with Steve since 2012 finds him to be very professional, thorough, easy to work with, and willing to go beyond what is required. The analyst states that Steve is approachable, learns quickly, writes clearly, analyzes information well, keeps stakeholders in mind, and completes work in a timely manner with a high degree of accuracy. The analyst highly recommends Steve as a pleasure to work with.
Several individuals are nominated for the Respect Task for being positive, considerate, respectful to colleagues, and for building good relationships across the department. Others nominated for the Professional Task worked incredibly hard to meet tight deadlines, provide excellent work, and demonstrate professionalism even under pressure. BDUK Superfast and Commercial teams completed broadband contracts by a non-negotiable deadline through tireless work including late nights and weekends.
The family is having a rare dinner together due to the father's busy work schedule leading both their family business and being involved in politics. There is some tension as the son feels he doesn't get to see his father enough. However, the others support the father's efforts as he works hard for the family and community. The grandmother helped give up her career to help with the business while the father is away. The father emphasizes the importance of family support and learning the business so one day the son can take over.
In the second part, the father wants to acquire a British competitor but one son has reservations about the risk. However, the father pushes for agreement, saying it will help the business and kids. They
The document summarizes the learning process of a student team ("Team Fishreel") over 10 weeks as they worked to understand a national security problem and develop a solution for the NSA. It traces their progression from an initial focus on technical solutions like building models with NSA data, to conducting over 50 interviews to understand the problem from the perspective of analysts, and mapping the different stakeholders within the NSA that would be involved in deploying their solution. It shows how their understanding of the problem expanded from automating a specific task to providing entity insights, and how they developed an understanding of the complex deployment landscape at the NSA.
Michelle Dear has provided excellent customer service and support to many clients based on the testimonials provided. The testimonials praise Michelle for her outstanding help, commitment to clients, knowledge, and ability to quickly resolve issues. Clients express their appreciation and say Michelle is an asset to the company.
David Reyes has received numerous emails from colleagues praising him for his excellent customer service, technical skills, and responsiveness in helping resolve IT issues promptly. The emails describe situations where David took the time to ensure the requestor understood the issue and solution, and followed up to confirm the problem was fixed. His colleagues acknowledge he goes above and beyond to help both internal and external customers.
This document provides information about the Nicollet Speech Builders Toastmasters club. It includes the club's meeting location and website, a list of the 2008-2009 officers, upcoming events like the club contest and area speech contest, and encourages members to make Toastmasters a New Year's resolution by attending regular meetings to improve speaking skills through small, regular efforts that build up over time like compound interest. It also profiles club member Evelyn Genta, sharing details about her background, Toastmasters experience, and goals for the upcoming year of completing her ATM-Gold designation by May 2009.
Tim Sullivan has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and community relations. He currently works as a New Business Development Manager for the American Red Cross Blood Services, where he identifies organizations to host blood drives and manages large community drives. Previously, he worked as a Digital Account Executive for Cox Media Group, selling digital marketing campaigns. He also has experience working in circulation marketing and sales for the Pittsburgh Business Times and working with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
1. 2/26/2016
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from ANDREW
LINDBERG
Lisa performs in the hot seat!:
Monthly reviews can lead to some difficult conversations. During thepresentation Lisa had to deliver some
difficult news and there was some difficult discussion that ensued from the news. Lisa performed well under
pressureand helped us all work out solutions and action items to move forward and past thesituation. Lisa
keeping her cool showed thebehaviors of MetalTek International and showed how we should react to
problems and ideas in a group. Respectfully telling thetruth and listening respectfully to problems and ideas
was shown and I recognize Lisa for keeping her composure.
11/18/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from PAT
KELLER
1 Smith + 1 Hood = One MetalTek:
During my week at Southern doing some accounting work, Lisa and Bonnie were both a great help to me.
Lisa did a fantastic job of outlining theprocesses that I was looking at. Bonnie got me backup and copies of
things I requested almost before I requested them! They really lived the One MetalTek value this week.
11/9/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from JOHN
DUNCAN
Lisa Keeps It Cool:
Lisa took time on a weekend to contact the employees that were available to check on the server room AC,
finding theright peopleto fix theproblem in a quickly manner before it was an emergency. Following up
until the problem is fixed. Great job and great use of MetalTek behavior 11, Take ownership of issues and
opportunities.
11/9/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from JOE
EDWARDS
Setting a GoldStandard for Financial Support:
Brad Pierce and Lisa Smith are a tremendous asset to thefinancial management of theMEP Division. Almost
since inception, MEP has been challenged with out-of-period expenses, cost overrun, and other issues that
added burden on often lean months;in fact, some times after the year-end close.
Brad has taken it upon himself to be accurate in our financial reporting and does a great job of auditing
projects for expected costs each month. Teamed with Lisa, they have provided a level of visibility and
accuracy that have helped manage thebusiness to three successive profitable quarters - with virtually no
financial surprises. In tough times, businesses have enough to deal with without surprises - Brad and Lisa
have helped assure MEP has the ability to see its way into the future.
10/9/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from DIANA
BENNETT
Teamwork IS One MetalTek:
It takes teamwork daily, but during SC's physicalinventory it takes A LOT of teamwork. Our Finance
Controller Lisa is always patient in her explaining and training of things either new to us or if we just need a
reminder. This is an outstanding example of a GREAT manager. Missy and Bonnie were always on top of
what needed to be completed and with their knowledge of the whole process and willingness to help when
and wherever needed makes for a GREAT team. We also have a temporary person, Amy, who was right
beside us and assisted in any way possible. Thanks to all of you!
9/24/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from JEFFREY
ANDERSON
Team Work At It's Best:
On 9/23/15 the PC in the Chemistry lab would not boot up. We continued to get an error message. I
immediately contacted Lisa Smith @ SC and John Duncan @ CF, they in turn contacted David Lang @ WC
to resolve the problem. They continued to work on theproblem for over 6hours before getting the PC back on
line. Without the lab PC we would not have been able to run production in thefoundry.
Thank you for your focus on this issue.
7/15/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from MIKE
ANDERSON
Going Above and Beyond!:
I had a question specific to the State of TN and thought Lisa would be a good resource to start with. She did
not know the specific answer, but rather than simply say "I don't know", she took it upon herself to do further
research and provided me with the necessary resources to find my answer. She took that opportunity to go
above and beyond and certainly exceeded my expectations.
7/8/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from JERRY
JACOBSON
Lisa steps in for IT Support:
MetalTek sites with no IT staff can be challenging when issues occur. We are very thankful for Lisa Smith at
Southern Centrifugal who has been willing to engage in a number of recent IT situations requiring hands-on
assistance. Whether it be troubleshooting laptops infected with a virus, or swappingcables in the server room,
Lisa has always been a pleasure to work with and her "can-do" attitudeis very much appreciated!
5/7/2015
LISA SMITH
received a Peer
Recognition
from SHELLY
GRENCI
Seamless Transition:
A new phonesystemwas recently implemented at Southern Centrifugal. Lisa Smith was in charge of the
implementation process and Diana Bennett supported theproject. Both Lisa and Diana maintained
communications with SC employees throughout the process to ensure a smooth transition. In addition, their
notifications prior to implementation and continued follow-up after the implementation made the transition
seamless and undetectable to our customers. Thank you for your efforts and for your continued support as
administrators of thesystem!