WOW! Has it been a crazy last few months. I am able to take a little breather this week before I have sisters and friends at my house for the next 3 weeks. I figured I should update all of my friends and family about some of the things that have been happening in my life since Christmas.
Since Christmas I have been to Los Angeles twice, started distance running again, implemented a full checkin/out solution for a benefit, participated in the Color Run, hung out with Flat Stanley, hosted friends from the midwest, and participated in Catholic Schools Week. See the pics below!
To give some of you a little incite of what I have been doing at work for the last 4 months, I have been implementing a software solution called GreaterGiving. It is a event management software that you can use from start to finish for events of your organisation from year to year. Back in November I was given the "okay" to start researching electronic solutions for De Marillac's huge Annual Scholarship Benefit (ASB) in March. I decided on GreaterGiving because it was exactly the solution we needed to register guests' credit cards and process everything automatically.
There were a lot of ups and downs during the whole process because of the tight timeline we were on to implement the software. I needed to import over 300 guests, teach others how to process another 500, create gift package appropriate for our event, create a checkin process, create a checkout process, and make sure everything works smoothly so that donors give over a half million dollars. I personally
loved doing all this because
I was in charge. My coworkers were taking my advice, going off of my suggestions, and implementing everything I asked. The night of came along and everything went flawless. I could not have been happier with the end results. I simply love process, technology, people, and bridging the gap between the people who work hard doing good things and technology to make their lives easier. I suppose there's a career in there somewhere.
That brings me where my focus has been and will be for the next few months, next year. I'm really enjoying working with event software, so I might look into development for those companies. Other opportunities include working on a development team for the mobile industry, specifically Android. I'm also pondering being a hobo and working on the warf here making money from tourists, I hear they make a lot of money. Kidding! Once I know more about this subject, I will let everyone know!
Picture Time!
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| A hiking adventure in California! |
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| My awesome running shoes that everyone makes fun of |
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| We visited Sausalito just north of SF and look what we found, just an average day in California |
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| A beautiful view in Sausalito |
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| Watching the Superbowl rooting for the 49ers! |
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| Mr. Nennig during Catholic Schools Week |
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| Probably the best burger I have ever had on Haight St. |
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| My career path that led me to DMA |
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| St. Boniface, the church linked to my school |
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| Probably the funniest sign I have seen in SF. Fortunately, it didn't get me to come in! |
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| Coastal View |
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| More Coast |
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| Malibu beach on a beautiful January day! |
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| My feet on the edge of the world! |
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| At Anaheim conference center |
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| The Genie in legos!!!!!!! |
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| A picture full of raw imagination |
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| If you imagine it, they will provide the building blocks |
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| Best friends |
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| If only I was able to get on the other side of that fence.... |
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| Does anyone see whats totally wrong with this picture? |
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| Lookin classy San Francisco |
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| Color Run! |
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| Pretty much the coolest picture ever |
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| Lumbard St. |
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| Everything ready for ASB 2013 |
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| This is a book of poems that the 8th graders from my school made. We sold them at ASB. They are pretty amazing! |
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| An except from Rise Above |
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| continued.. |
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| The lovely hotel I stayed in for ASB 2013 |
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| Complimentary Starbucks :) |
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| This was complimentary for each member of the event team..... pretty cool. |
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| Registration all set up for ASB 2013 |
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| My roommates getting ready for the craziness |
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| After taking down registration, we had to set up all the computers again for checkout in a 20 minute window |
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| The De Marillac Choir performing for all 700 guests |
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| A few pieces of art work by the students for sale |
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| A view from the glass elevator heading to my room . |
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