Wow!  It’s been an amazing two weeks of activity.  When we first began this journey of the Workscape Gives Back Tour, we weren’t quite sure what to expect. I knew Workscape employees have a history of community service over the last 9 ½ years, but the enthusiasm to reach out and help people was truly astounding.  We met with amazing food bank organizations during our trip with a great focus on people and families.  It was inspiring to all of us at Workscape who were directly and indirectly involved. Thank you to all from outside the Workscape family who donated your time, food and money to such a worthy cause. 

After a big send-off at the Workscape offices just outside of Boston, we finally did make our way to Chicago and the HRTech tradeshow.  Our Workscape team was well prepared for the conference and I must say we had hundreds of great conversations with customers, partners, press and analysts, all eager to view and discuss our many new products and services.

Our Saturn VUE giveaway was one of the highlights of the week – and if you click on the video window at the top of this page, you can watch the drawing and share in the excitement of our winner Neena Bhaskar from Washington, DC. It was great fun to see someone so appreciative, surprised and genuinely happy. Plus, the giveaway certainly generated buzz, awareness and enthusiasm for attendees.  

I wanted to formally thank our friends and long-standing customer General Motors for helping us secure the road-tour car, as well as the logistics behind the prize. While I didn’t drive the car like Jonathan Corke did, I know it’s truly a great vehicle and we were pleased to have it at each food bank... and to get us safely and smoothly from Boston to Chicago.  

So, what’s next?  Well – after a little more reflection, rest and some debriefing – we will be ramping up for our 10 year anniversary in February 2009 followed by our client conference in April. We will continue our Workscape Gives Back program through these two events and keep you posted on how to participate going forward.

A few final thoughts... projects like this can be galvanizing events for people.  I’ve spoken to hundreds of our employees over the last several weeks and I know first hand that we are all proud of the Workscape Gives Back tour. For every dollar donated, the food banks can leverage 5-14X the buying power – depending on the region of the country. Best of all, there’s still time to give. Simply click on the Virtual Foodbank link to the right of this column and you too can help to make a difference.

Thank you all.  

Anthony Marzulli
Chief Marketing Officer