Great to be back from our annual employee retreat in Galveston. It was a thrilling — albeit cold! — two and a half days at the historic
Hotel Galvez on Seawall Blvd. This was my third retreat with Pierpont, and personally, it may be my favorite.
The old Ike-battered island looked fairly healthy on our approach down Broadway Blvd., and the Galvez shined like a classic limousine in concours condition.
My co-pilot for the drive from H-town was Brian Block, our social media whiz and kindred spirit. We were also roommates for the event, and thrilled to be staying in a bonafide haunted hotel. But all we heard that night was the occasional groan of passing semi trucks on Seawall Blvd. It was otherwise very quiet.
Conversely, the retreat was raucous good fun! The presentations were lively and animated. Our
Marketing and Creative Services presentation was very well received. We introduced two new tools for the sales team — a PowerPoint Portfolio
http://tinyurl.com/ydkwb3q and a Graphic Design Handbook with estimated investment costs and project descriptions. Also introduced were the new Creative Brief, Work Order and Production Schedule which will ensure all design projects are bid, scheduled and executed as accurately as possible.
The final point of our M&CS presentation was “Public Relations & Graphics… I think this is the beginning of a beautiful (and profitable!) friendship.” And a still from the finale of “Casablanca” capped it off.