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Officially on the 2nd half of the tour- with only 4 stops remaining! Two major learnings from this stop: This was held at the Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit's #1 museum. We had our own private room for the session, but our check in table was visible to the public who was exploring the museum. If you've been to a tour stop, you know our check in table is covered in stickers for attendees. Surprisingly, we had a TON of people - random people walking around the museum - come up to the table and take stickers - kids and adults (check the comments below, I'll even add a sneaky photo that I took to prove it)! By the end of the event, there were only 2 out of maybe 150 stickers left on the table (30% attendees and 70% taken by the public). Had I known the power of a WELL DESIGNED (because I do take pride in our amazing designer and tour merch) stickers, I would've had a bonus one created specifically for people not in ERGs - or even one that defines ERGs in a creative way. 💡 The takeaway - make sure your free swag (especially ones that everyone can have) actually peaks interest of people with both the design and message. Speaking of peaking interest, I had to explain to dozens of people the "obvious" question of What Is An ERG? A question that's plagued me - rather ironically - because the standard definition is full of buzzwords that mean nothing to the average person. Redefining ERGs had already been something on my radar, so this was the ultimate chance to test out how close I am. Some of my favorite people to explain this to were the kids - "what's an erg?" 🤣 "erg" pronounced as one word. 💬 "It's how you make friends at work!" is what I often landed on - and hopefully planted some seeds of love for the future employees. That answer often intrigued the adults, giving me the opportunity to elaborate more and even get a few new Linkedin followers! All in all, I feel like more of this work needs to be done. TOO MANY PEOPLE have NO IDEA what ERGs are. Adding this into my MANY To-Do's for the ERG space 🤔 more to come! Excited to a very modest Denver stop this week! -The ERG Homegirl Huge shoutout to Carla Tinsley-Smith for making this happen!

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Detroit. Move Here. Move the World. Had a great conversation this morning with an engineer looking at moving to Michigan, from California. Since I did the same last spring, I shared some of my tips for getting plugged into the community locally, and exploring the state. He shared this link with me and said he loves this video (and laughed he's played it about 30 times since making his decision) and asked me to help him locate all the places in the video so he can be sure to visit there. Moving, even for a great opportunity, is a big decision. It's exciting and exhilarating, as well as challenging and frustrating, and at times, anxiety ridden. My advice is make 5 connections, BEFORE YOU GET HERE - one at your new company, and 2 from LinkedIn and 2 from either a Meetup group, or an association or group you want to join. And schedule coffee, drinks, dinner, lunch, or whatever for that FIRST weekend you're in town. Ask them to pick their favorite place to eat and meet them there. Have them share their favorites in the community, in the region and the state. And take notes so you can look them all up. Doing this right away, when your feet just touch the ground in the Great Lakes State, will give you so much energy and inspiration to get out and make this adventure a really exciting and positive one, and give you a group of colleagues, and friends to build on. If you wait, you're going to get caught up in unpacking, and learning your new job, and finding your way around. And before you know it, 6 months will have gone by. My top Detroit picks for folks moving to the Detroit Region for the first time: Eastern Market Partnership on a Saturday morning for breakfast (crazy cool and wonderful energy), the Monarch Club rooftop bar (really fun views of the city at night), take in a Detroit City Football Club game in Hamtramck, walking tour of the city with City Institute, Parc restaurant in @Campus Martius Park, Buddy's Pizza for a little Detroit pizza, and Slows Bar BQ in Corktown. Remember, this is just your first weekend in town, so from here you make a list of the favorites for all the folks you meet. And it's going to be a great start to making this not just a place you live, but a place to call home. #youcaninmichigan #intheD #313 #Detroitsmyhome #theGreatLakesState #visitdetroit #makingfriends #newjobinDetroit #buildingahomeinMichigan

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