Archive for October, 2005
I appear to have an unusual desire to keep up with the presenter movements at 2CC, and being a public holiday today there were a couple.
New Day Australia was as per usual, with John Kerr doing his normal show.
Breakfast had one of this blog’s search terms hosting it, Mike Frame filling in for Mike Jeffreys. (He later went out to Dickson with the 2CC Kingswood, I was going to go out there and meet him, but I didn’t…I might go out to Erindale tommorow, I’ve never been to Erindale so it might be worthwhile taking photos.)
I missed all of the John Laws show, but from what I’ve been told, John Stanley did that show.
Afternoons with John Stanley was filled by John Mangos (confused yet?)
The drive show had occasional fillin Leigh Zaghet filling in for Mike Welsh…unfortunately this show was marred by the appearance of the ACTION misinformation officer Barb Barrett…based on the questions and the answers, I would say this was the result of a press release in which ACTION finally acknowledged that it’s petrol prices, and not service improvements which have increased their patronage. (Well, the Xpresso services may have helped, but those horrid green contraptions which rattle and shake to the extent that you feel dizzy didn’t. The only good thing about the green buses is the air conditioning, everything else is a cheap shambles. I’ll be sure to avoid the green buses during my journey to Erindale.)
None the less, I took the opportunity to say hello to Leigh, the last time we spoke was when he was filling in on The Trading Post, so it was good to be able to talk to him again.
I heard a bit of the sports show, it had the regular presenters…I didn’t hear any more though.
Nearly forgot, 2CC had local news this morning with Kris McKenzie, and took 2UE news this afternoon.
Anyway, as I mentioned I will endeavour to meet up with Mike Frame again in Erindale tommorow (Tuesday) and I will take the camera with me to take some photos. This could very well be one of the few chances I have to take a couple photos of one of the good orange ACTION buses.
One thing I should point out is that I am not guessing Leigh’s spelling, the USENET/Google Groups archives prove it. I stumbled across his name when I was doing research earlier this year and remembered which newsgroup it was in, just a matter of a quick search.
Samuel
Important Update
Mike Jeffreys will be in Erindale from about 2-3pm, whilst Mike Frame will be there from 2-5pm, I’m planning on being there from about 2-3ish, and I will also be taking Mike Jeffreys a copy of my story called The Fridge as we discussed it briefly this morning.
End Update
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:59pm
Sunday:
4 x Standard Mug (1 Point Each) = 4 Points
Total = 4 Points
Samuel
October 3rd, 2005 at 02:24pm
I noticed a curious article in the City Ads today (I’m well aware of it’s real name being City News…but it is an advertorial-a-thon). It was regarding so called “exit interviews” where an employee who leaves a business can be interviewed by a third party to find out what problems may exist in the business they have left.
Naturally, as with all the paid articles in City Ads it contained a final paragraph with company contact details, but the reason I find this interesting is that a former City Ads employee once told me about the reasons City Ads have a high staff turnover, including an advertisers over staff mentatilty in management.
This prompts an interesting question, with such a high turnover, do City Ads use “exit Interviews”, and if so, did they get a reduction in fees for running this advertorial?
For those who are interested, it is on page 12 in the top right of the page and mirrored below for future reference.
Samuel
The Importance Of Exit Interviews
Why is it that so many strong organisations continue to lose excellent employees? Organisations are facing unbudgeted expenses of hundreds of thousands of dollars by ignoring the costs involved in employee turnover.
But how can organisations discover the real problems causing high employee turnover? Simple as it sounds, the answer is to conduct an exit interview and record, analyse and action the information that’s revealed.
Exit interviews are structured discussions, preferably conducted by a third party, designed to uncover what is happening in organisation of which management is often unaware.
The information unearthed in an exit interview – if conducted correctly – can be used to improve employee retention/reduce employee turnover, with both immediate and long-term positive effects for the company.
Drake Canberra is holding a “Keeping the Best” business lunch from 12pm-2pm on Friday, October 14th at the Crowne Plaza, Binara Street. The briefing is tailored especially for business and government, line and HR managers with employment and employee retention responsibility. Delegates will learn why people stay, why they go and how you can keep your good people through the implementation of practical retention tactics including exit interviews and regular employee surveys.
The presenter, Stephanie Dinnell is Drake International’s Employee Retention Specialist who is speaking around Australia on this topic. She is an engaging presenter and is renowned for her informative and interactive sessions.
To find out more or book your place, call Catherine O’Malley on 1300 362 262 or email drakeevents@au.drakeintl.com
October 2nd, 2005 at 09:54pm
This week the award goes to The Eagles, and the feature song is Hotel California.
On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely place (background)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year
Any time of year (background)
You can find it here
You can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany twisted
She’s got the Mercedes bends
She’s got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain
Please bring me my wine
He said
We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely Place
Such a lovely Place (background)
Such a lovely face
They’re livin’ it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
What a nice surprise (background)
Bring your alibies
Mirrors on the ceiling
Pink champagne on ice
And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device
And in the master’s chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can’t kill the beast
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
Relax said the nightman
We are programed to recieve
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave
Samuel
October 2nd, 2005 at 09:21pm
Schnappi has returned to 10th on the ARIA singles chart this week. This is the 13th week that Schnappi has been in the charts.
Samuel
October 2nd, 2005 at 09:12pm
I forgot to do this last night, so you can have it this afternoon instead.
Saturday:
5 x Standard Mug (1 Point Each) = 5 Points
Total = 5 Points
Samuel
October 2nd, 2005 at 04:55pm
Yet again the number of page views and visitors on Samuel’s Blog has risen. The page views went up astronomically from 732 in August to 2807 in September, this can partially be attributed to the record number of loony commenters. The visitors also went up, but not as severely, from 306 in August to 556 in September.
Other items of note from the September stats:
- Visitor numbers were fairly consistent each day throughout the month, although spikes in the page views can be seen on the days where lots of comments were left
- The most popular article was the Pictures Of 2UE’s new studios, possibly due to John B1_B5 mentioning it to Mike Frame on-air, or possibly because it contained a bunch of irrelevant comments.
- The most popular category was the TV/Radio/Media category.
- Google remained the most popular search engine, and some interesting localised version popped up.
- John B1_B5 once again topped the search terms, closely followed by a few version of “Kelly Underwood 3AW” and Mike Frame made it into the list for the first time.
- Internet Explorer was the most used browser this month, I did notice some spikes in IE usage during periods of heavy loony comments…Firefox, Netscape, Safari, Mozilla & Opera rounded out the list.
- Windows obviously continues to dominate the Operating System list, with Macintosh & Linux also in the list.
- Close to 95% of the readership is located in Australia.
As we have reached the end of the first full month of paid hosting, I am able to bring you some referer stats as well, the top referers were:
- http://the-riotact.com 62
- http://canofcornforyou2.blogspot.com 5
- http://technorati.com/tag/radio 5
All the details of the stats (excluding referers) by Webstat.com can be found at https://samuelgordonstewart.com/wp-content/blogstats/2005/september/
Samuel
October 1st, 2005 at 04:05pm
Nattie, the lovely little recently-bathed doggie, managed to get on the midday news.
Nattie’s bark is one of the few noises that is capable of penetrating any wall in the house, and she just happened to be barking as I was finishing up the midday bulletin for Australian Independent Radio News (and before you ask, no, it is not part of my contract to link to them constantly). Upon listening to it again I also noticed Nattie’s squeaky ball can be heard under my voice at one stage just after her barking.
All of these were background noises, and you would have to be listening carefully to notice them, but they are there.
This effectively makes Nattie a “National Dog”, having previously been heard in the background on a couple of my calls to 2CC, and possibly seen internationally, with her picture appearing on this and a couple other websites.
I think “Nattie the National Dog” or “National Nattie” sound good.
Samuel
October 1st, 2005 at 03:08pm
Friday:
4 x Standard Mug (1 Point Each) = 4 Points
1 X 75%ish Travel Mug (1.5 Points Each) = 1.5 Points
Total = 5.5 Points
Samuel
October 1st, 2005 at 12:22am
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