I can really find a whole lot of excuses to not blog. I can tell myself that nothing is happening in my life that's blog worthy. I can use the excuse of my eyes and not being able to see the way I'd like to. The list could go on and on.
The kicker is that I like to write, but when I think about it my neurons go every which way about doing it later.
Then I watched this video by Casey Neistat, a youngish New York City filmmaker, who shoots video mainly for YouTube. His worldwide following is immense. He has a daily vlog, a blog done with video that depicts his life with a great deal of transparency and artistry. He's a real content creator who tugs at the interest of those who watch him.
In the vlog below, he talks about how he almost skipped that day's offering. He had all kinds of excuses. His life was pretty boring that day and he thought he might skip it.
Then he changed his mind. He needed to create video to keep his juices fresh. So, he motored on with this offering. He said, he needed to fire-up and create. Go to the two-minute point in this vlog. That's what I must do too. So, here goes.
I watched for more than three hours last night as Lansing-area citizens recounted how they felt the Board of Water & Light left them down in last week's brutal ice storm. Most of the complaints centered around really botched communications.
At last night's Lansing City Council meeting, BW&L communications director Steve Serkaian was asked by MSU Journalism Prof. Bonnie Bucqueroux about the communications plan that his boss had promised to distribute the next day. It never materialized. In this video, Prof. Bucqueroux asked about the plan in a very respectful way.
Check Serkaian's response. How would you grade it? On a pass-fail basis, what would you give him? Is it time for a new communication leader at the board along with a total revamping of policy and practice?
