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SKO Day 2: Still Doing Okay, Surprisingly
Feb. 13th, 2025 01:35 pmWe've just finished up the day-long program for Day 2 of SKO. (Ed: this was 5pm Wednesday; the journal entry got delayed.) Surprisingly I'm doing well. I say surprisingly because SKOs often degenerate into long slogs through boring presentations. We did had two of those today... but then we had two presentations that incorporated well thought-out team activities that got us engaged and collaborating. We finished the afternoon on a relatively high note.
SKO isn't over, though. Tonight is the awards ceremony... where I'm expecting to win recognition again, like the last two years. Though the last two years I wasn't expecting it. This year I know I've earned recognition and I'm going to be really salty if I don't get it.
And even after the awards ceremony we're not done. Well, technically SKO is done... but as a technical sales person I then have TKO, technical kickoff, for another two days. Ugh. While I'd feel great if it were all over except for the party at this point, the fact is tonight's ceremony is only the halftime show. I expect I'm going to be worn out before 5pm Friday rolls around.
One thing that's working in my favor for making this series of meetings more manageable is the hotel. The no-smoking, no-casino Vdara hotel. It is so refreshing to be able to walk from the hotel elevator to the meeting rooms in 2 minutes, rather than the literal 10-15 minute slog last year at the Bellagio. And not having to trudge through a smoking den for those 10-15 minutes each way is a huge improvement, too.
SKO isn't over, though. Tonight is the awards ceremony... where I'm expecting to win recognition again, like the last two years. Though the last two years I wasn't expecting it. This year I know I've earned recognition and I'm going to be really salty if I don't get it.
And even after the awards ceremony we're not done. Well, technically SKO is done... but as a technical sales person I then have TKO, technical kickoff, for another two days. Ugh. While I'd feel great if it were all over except for the party at this point, the fact is tonight's ceremony is only the halftime show. I expect I'm going to be worn out before 5pm Friday rolls around.
One thing that's working in my favor for making this series of meetings more manageable is the hotel. The no-smoking, no-casino Vdara hotel. It is so refreshing to be able to walk from the hotel elevator to the meeting rooms in 2 minutes, rather than the literal 10-15 minute slog last year at the Bellagio. And not having to trudge through a smoking den for those 10-15 minutes each way is a huge improvement, too.
