Team Shenal has officially gone global (more like domestically dispersed but my resume will say global - zing!). With team members now outside of our Reston office, it's imperative that we make an effort to stay increasingly connected. Having said that, one of the things I have decided to do is start this blog. This will be a challenge for me because I would never do something like this for personal use. Never thought of myself as a big "blogger" but after some thought, I believe that it is one way to stay informed no matter where you are physically located.

Think of this as the new information portal for our team. My goals are to begin organizing all the valuable information that is disseminated internally each day in the office, share information about our industry, gain ongoing insight from each of you about any number of topics and bring a little office lifestyle to those that can't share it with us daily. This isn't meant to replace any of the things we are already doing but rather supplement them. We are all in this thing together - whether you are 5 feet from me or 500 miles away.

So, for all those of you that delete my pearls of wisdom from your email, you will now have a second chance. If anyone has ideas about what would be valuable to post, share or archive, let me know. The more involved you are the better.

JFS