Friday, January 12, 2007

The Un-charted Territory

I couldn't figure out how to post a PDF file as an image, so I'm simply pasting a list here of the areas of the business that I must attend to. The 'areas' are in bold and some of the tasks they encompass are listed below them. This list is by no means exhaustive. And they are not in any order. This is simply the brain dump:

Coop Shares Program
state application
brochures
in-house and web communications
word of mouth channels
budgets for different amounts raised
accounting - equity accounts, member rolls, dividends, benefit

Pattern Collaborative
pattern formats
basic patterns
existing designs
packaging
online sales
marketing
order fulfillment
commission tracking

Event Planning
idea list - travel & showcase
calendar online
networking
scheduling
setting up/breaking down
hosting guests - meals, lodging, directions

Shop Supervision
shop maintenance
tracking systems - special orders, class/event registration, sample program
accounting/bookkeeping - cash flow tracking/planning, inventory, bank recs, backups
product information management
merchandising - displays/stock presentation/signage

Marketing
emails
print ads - mags, local papers, local organizations
web site maintenance
news blog/forum updates
radio?? WBUR
guest teaching
external events - SPA, Wake up the Earth, etc.

Education
Class/Workshop idea list
Class/Workshop development
guest instructors - hiring, hosting
scheduling
marketing - emails, in-house signs, flyers
registration package - prep work, materials list
registration tracking

Inventory
Planning
purchasing
cash flow
stocking
sampling - making and tagging
price list
tracking

Staffing
job requirements
training
operations manual
hiring
scheduling
supervision
inspiration
payroll

Program Development/Management
Sock Hop
Yarn Co-op
Knit Alongs
Stripe Lights
Samples
new program ideas
program creation-funding, communicating, executing, tracking

Writing
marketing emails
forum posts
Reluctant Retailer
product/service brochures
patterns
books/booklets- color, community design, pattern collections
business plan/admin

Customer Interface
social circles
sales floor
teaching
event hosting
forum
newsletters


There. It's exhausting just cutting and pasting this list. Execution???? (Well, my mind wanders to another meaning of that word.) Oh, I and forgot to include IT. That's right, I'm also the information technology department. I'm sure there's more. But on to seeing what I actually get done. I'll post about yesterday and today later tonight. Off to work now...

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