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Intern Discussion Blog

Welcome:

Hello Everyone. This is a work in progress area for the sharing of ideas between interns and mentors. Call it kind of a pseudo-blog, we wanted to create a forum for interns and mentors to communicate with each other about all things CleanAir.

Goals:

1. To provide a forum to discuss anything and everything related to your summer internship and the company as a whole.

2. To link interns and mentors across all offices for the purpose of sharing ideas and building relationships.

3. To provide a means of feedback about your experience at CleanAir.

Guidance:

I am requiring that all invitees (both interns and mentors) post at a minimum of twice a week (this can be questions or responses) but hope that everyone will post even more than that. Nothing is off limits here. I would like to see journal-type entries from the interns discussing some of the projects they are working on, and supplementary information (or links to it) provided by anyone else reading the post. Please ask questions of me and each other to increase your understanding of what everyone is doing around here. In addition, please feel free to discuss anything on your mind as it relates to your time here at CleanAir. This can range from somewhat mundane ("Where do I find the Expense Report Workbook?") to the more complex ("Why does CleanAir have separate, often competing, groups in the company structure?"). Odds are if you are thinking about something, so is someone else, and we need to be better about communicating strengths and experiences to run a more efficient operation. If you are just plain stumped, try to find an article or topic that seems interesting and you can share with the group.

Posting Requirements:

Each post needs to have all fields filled in. If you would like to post anonymously, you can log in using the a soon-to-be-created anonymous login (ID: anon@cleanair.com - PASSWORD: clean800). I would encourage you to attach your name to everything you post, but if you have a sensitive issue to discuss or you feel better not being attached to a comment, the anonymity is there. Obviously, I think we are all adults here, and there is no need for moderation of this group. In that sense, everything is editable. You have the power to change everything including this page (which I encourage you to do) and each other's posts (which is obviously a poor idea). If you think you have a better way to post and track on operate this blog, by all means change the directions sections and post the update. In the spirit of the new dynamic procedural format being implemented at CleanAir, everything is at your own discretion for improvement. I ask only that you save a base copy before you make a major change in case it does not work out the way you had hoped. This is by no means perfect, but it is relatively secure, and VERY easy to use. There will inevitably be several different conversations happening at once. This sounds confusing, but I want everyone to be involved with all conversations instead of trying to judge by general headers which posts they want to read. If you have a good way to keep this organized, let me know (cwiza@cleanair.com).

Directions:

1. Find the next free "Post ID" and begin by copying the appropriate "Post Category" header from the top into Column B. If you do not believe any of the headers fit, create your own and color code it like the others.

2. Fill in the "User Name" with your login ID (alias) or "anonymous" if using the anonymous account.

3. Give your post a title. If this is a response to a previous post, please use the same title as the previous post and add to the end as desired. For example, if responding to a post entitled 'Expense Reports", your post should either have the same title or begin with that title and add your own twist ("Expense Reports - Greenleaf"). Feel free to color code if that makes threading easier.

4. Enter the data and time as it appears in cell G1. We will be operating on Central Daylight Time for uniformity. You cannot simply copy and paste the cell (it is a formula), but you can copy G1, and go to the paste icon in the menu at the top of the page. Click on the little arrow to the right, one of the choices is "Paste Values Only".

5. Enter your written post.

6. Enter a hyperlink if applicable. Try to use the =HYPERLINK() formula in the spreadsheet to avoid seeing long web addresses.

7. Fill in the "Targeted At" Column to draw attention to a specific group.

8. Manipulate and make changes to this Doc as you see fit.

9. Check back often and chime in as much as possible.

10. Look at the list of invitees on the "Stats" page and let me know who else should be on this list.

11. Please correct, edit your personal info and follow your posting stats.