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Year-end roundup: My Great Clients!
I am a fortunate guy in more ways than one: amazing family, great friends, a beautiful part of the country to live in, being "the boss" (whatever that means), and having great partners to work with. Other people might call them "clients". Here are some snippets about just a few of them. Go check out who they are and what they do, because--who knows? maybe you need them in your life, too:
Gillingham & Associates provides outdoor recreation insurance to outfitters, guides, hunters, campground owners and others. What's cool about them is they are real people, in a smallish company (compared to the monoliths based back east) and they've been helping small businesspeople who love working in the outdoors to keep their businesses safe, profitable, and fun. Plus, they've got a pretty cool brand, which we worked on together.
The Clear Creek Watershed Foundation is a small but energetic group of people up in Idaho Springs that finds ways to keep their little part of heaven sustainable for the ecology, society, and economy--all at the same time. I dare you to try and keep environmentalists, the government, businesspeople, and miners all happy at the same time. These guys actually manage to do it. Hyperbole? I don't think so.
Groople makes things easy for people to come up with great ideas for trips, find the best deals on hotels, airfares, and whatnot, and then go on a trip together. They have a neat little online collaboration tool called GroopVine which lets people get together online so they can get together in Vegas, or Maui, or anyplace else that is a lot of fun.
The Classical Public Radio Network delivers top-shelf classical music performances and recordings to local public radio stations that want the best programming possible, regardless of whether they have a staff of two or two hundred. From Boise to Birmingham, Los Angeles to Columbus, CPRN helps to keep the music alive, as they say, for all of us to enjoy.
Ben Leichtling has written a lot of books and given a ton of seminars on how to keep bullies from pushing you around. I helped him out with some covers, and have done a little more here and there. If your boss/neighbor/spouse/mother is making you feel bad even though you don't deserve it, read his books.
I helped out my local city councilperson, Karen Berry, with a website for her re-election campaign this year. She cares a whole lot about my little town, from urban planning to fixing the sidewalk over the drainage ditch, and is a great listener to every one of her constituents. If you live in District I here in Wheat Ridge, call her up and tell her what you think. I guarantee she'll listen. And actually care (which is rare in politicos these days).
Andy Bale makes great photos. I am (still) working on a website (hopefully) shows them off in the most awesome state possible online. You can see the in-progress site over at balephoto.com. And buy some prints!
The Colorado Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention gets the word out to anyone who wants to listen about what we can do to make teen pregnancy less common, and easier for those who go through it. They are nonpartisan, and a great resource for organizations like school districts, NGOs, and governments to turn to for information on what works in the world of teen pregnancy prevention.
I also helped write a book, got a bigger monitor, brewed my 7500th cup of espresso at home since we moved house, cycled "to work" about 125 days this year, and even developed some film. All in the name of work. How cool is that?
This is just a small list of some of the people and organizations I worked with this year. Without them and others like them, I would be working at the local Office Max making copies. So thank you, clients, for a wonderful 2007. It wouldn't have been the same without you.
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