Since I didn’t do such a good job of keeping my status up to date on this site, I though it might be a good idea to highlight some of the important activities I was involved in during 2008:

• In January I competed a couple project management classes.
• In April I started a new blog — Breaking Murphy Law.
• In July I was elected to the Health and Science Communications Association’s Board of Directors and have been asked to oversee their ventures in the emergent social media landscape.
• In August I participated in InfoComm International’s annual Fall Leadership Forum where the councils planned their 2009 activities.
• In October I supported my employer’s recruiting efforts at the NSHMBA Conference & Career Expo. This involved learning to supervise the set up our custom 20′ x 20′ expo booth and making sure everything went smoothly for our HR staff and functional area interviewers. This training will allow me additional opportunities to participate in this sort of activity in 2009.
• In November I became a permanently professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order.
• For the first time since I started at Merck, we weren’t required to present at an FDA Advisory Committees Meeting (ACM) during the entire calendar year. This means I actually had a chance to refine, formalize and document the ACM best practices and procedures that my team has developed over the last few years.
• I completed the required continuing education requirements and renewed my InfoComm International CTS certification for another three years.

Overall it was a very busy and interesting year, I hope it has been for you as well.