Archive for December 2009
Our blog in 2009: the spice of life
Posted by Powwownowteam in Opinions on 23rd December 2009
We started this blog to do two things:
- To get things off our chest, and
- To show the world that Powwownow was more than just a great conference calling company.
But now, looking back at our first year’s blogging, I’m amazed at the quantity, the variety, and even sometimes the quality of the material we have put out.
Cake Club Round Four
Posted by Louise.Rowlands in Events on 22nd December 2009
This week cake club became embroiled in scandal…
So it’s week four and the competition is going from strength to strength; the standard is at an all time high.
Enter the next two combatants Andy CEO and Casey Marketing Manager. Both were reluctant competitors; Andy “didn’t have time” and Casey “can only cook Zuccini loaf” , whatever that is!
Anyway, the big day arrived -Monday 7th December- and as I entered the Cake Club tasting arena I was confronted by two similar cakes… Too similar as it turned out…
A Christmas dance from the directors…
Posted by Maria.Serna in Opinions on 21st December 2009
Click here for the Elfyourself christmas dance (Available only until the 15 of January, so please enjoy as much as you can this Christmas season!)
Five tips to maintaining office efficiency during the festive period
Posted by Powwownowbizfish in Opinions on 18th December 2009
[image courtesy of embryonicboy]
Search online for any amount of time and you’ll find a whole heap of advice on how to make the busy Christmas period bearable. What’s written, however, focuses very much on juggling your own hectic personal life. Little is said about keeping sane while at work. After all, Christmas is often a very stressful time of year and work is often the cause of stress. So here are a few tips on how to get through Christmas 2009.
The weather outside is frightful…
…and the fire is indeed delightful. But, unfortunately, for most of us, we have got some place to go when it snows. Unfortunately, it doesn’t usually wait for the weekend.
A bit about Maria…
Posted by Maria.Serna in News on 15th December 2009
Hey! I’m Maria, the new Colombian girl from Shakira’s country, but no, I’m not going to tell you if my hips lie or don’t lie, I’m going to tell you a bit about me and what I will be doing here, hopefully for many years to come!
I’ve been living in London for the past 2 and a half years, worked in wine bars and catering while studying a Marketing Masters of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (You may not know what that is, but I swear it was important and it was difficult), and this past year I worked at Gillian McKeith’s office as a Marketing Executive (Yes, the “Poo Lady” and No, she didn’t examine me!)
Cake Club Round Three
Posted by Louise.Rowlands in Events on 14th December 2009
This week Cake Club got all European.
Jana from Slovakia took on Aurelie from France….
The cakes were probably the highest standard we’ve had so far, and both girls produced chocolate based cakes which looked stunning:
Jana’s cake was a Madeira cake sponge with cherries in the sponge, a chocolate covering and cherries in the centre. It was lovely and soft and the cherries contrasted very nicely with the chocolate.
Cake Club Round Two
Posted by Louise.Rowlands in Events on 14th December 2009
Big week this week – our first all male contest!
So Neil from Sales was up against Mark from web development, neither is particularly famous for their cakes but they did themselves proud.
Neil was first up with a Banana cake made to his mother-in-law’s special recipe all the way from the Seychelles. It was delicious, covered in banana chips, and was Neil’s first ever cake… it took him four attempts, so a fantastic achievement.
Movember….the last breath of hair
Posted by Juha.Jantunen in Opinions on 11th December 2009
Despite the fact that my fiancé doesn’t really appreciate facial hair when it’s only on the upper-lip, I managed to convince her to let me participate in the Powwownow Team Movember moustache-growing-spree. I thought it would be easy considering it was for a great cause, but when the words “couch”and “sleeping” were mentioned in the same sentence I had my doubts.
I do have to admit that occasionally I was a bit embarrassed about leaving the house, particularly during the last week of Movember. Just popping out for daily shopping, not to mention going to the gym, had to be thought about twice.
App’ing your way to business productivity
Posted by Powwownowbizfish in Opinions on 11th December 2009
If you’re like me and the millions of other iPhone owners out there, chances are you’ll spend a lot of your time perusing the App Store to find the best new apps to assist you in seemingly every part of your day.
A good app is often one that helps you do something more productively than you did before you had your iPhone. But with more than 100,000 apps currently available to download from the App Store, the amount of time it takes to find those apps means you’re probably being counter-productive just by taking the time to look!
So I thought I’d save you a bit of your precious time to tell you about a few that have made my day-to-day life at the office a little easier. Read the rest of this entry »
More reasons to fly to meetings
Posted by Andrew Pearce in Opinions on 4th December 2009
Girls throughout the UK are looking forward to travelling on CHIPAIR, following the launch of the cabin crew’s new uniform
