eROI Days Email Agency

On April 8th, we got the news that the legendary Hung Far Low Sign had been cleared to be brought back to its home in Chinatown.  The challenge was to find the funds to do it.  What ensued was an epic email strand of brainstorming throughout our team.  The top of all of our lists (well, besides the “Naked Limbo Contest”) was our Marketing Coordinator’s idea to have a huge block party.  I think he put it best with “yes, the answer to everything is a dance party.”

Here we are four months later in the final stages of a huge collaboration to introduce the first Old Town China Town Block Party.  I’m so psyched that all the creative, delicious and just cool business in this area have all banned together to have fun for a great cause.

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“Let’s make technology that makes us more human, not less human.”

Yesterday, I joined the Board of Greenlight Greater Portland, an economic development group represented by Portland’s private-sector business community.  Greenlight’s goal is to recruit and retain growing companies in the Greater Portland region.  I was inspired by Greenlight’s mission and the approachability and competence of the Board – titans of industry in this town – I was inspired to write a thank you email to them last night. It went something like this:

From: Ryan Buchanan
To: Tim Priest ; Mark Ganz ; Malia Wasson ; Eric Parsons ; Pat Reiten ; Peggy Fowler ; Steve Stadum ; Roger Hinshaw ; Bill Stoller ; Bob Jesenik ; Wes Lawrence ; Jim Mark ; Dennis Rawlinson ; Keith Leavitt ; Lindsay Desrochers ; Wally Van Valkenburg ; Don Krahmer ; Alan Johnson ; Randy L. Miller ; Scott Campbell ; John Bradley ; Jay Platt 
Sent: Tue Sep 09 23:51:47 2008
Subject: RE: September 9 Greenlight Board Meeting: thank you