Valentine’s Day is a pretty big deal at Eliza.
And why not?
It’s about celebrating life, enjoying yourself, friends and family and the meaningful connections that intertwine us all.
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So how to celebrate?
How about some impromptu cards, temporary tattoos and chocolate? (All things in moderation, of course.)
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Moderation? Oh yeah, did we mention the world’s largest gummy bear?  No?
Okay.  Well we did that [...]

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We talk a lot at Eliza about accountability and ownership. It is even one of the criteria that we rate employees against when evaluating their performance. This concept really hit home for me this week when an incident happened with my daughter, who is in the fifth grade.
All the elementary classes at her school were [...]

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Every year Eliza throws a holiday shindig.
Food, fun, friends and of course…
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(Note: you must have Flash to watch the dance video above - get it here)
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Dancing!
Our CEO and President Luke and Alex can cut a rug.  We found this footage in the old Eliza archives and decided to share with [...]

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John Kroeker didn’t know it at the time, but a hitchhiking nun in 1978 changed the course of his life.
This doctoral student in neurobiology and behavior at Cornell made an impulsive decision to drive the nun upstate to her ashram instead of going back to campus, and the conversation they had about meditation during that [...]

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WOW! I know that word doesn’t quite explain the feeling of having your company and president mentioned (several times) in HR Magazine, but it is about all I can come up with.
SHRM, which is the Society of Human Resources Management, is a great organization (I actually belong to the Austin chapter) that has been around [...]

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There are times when you can help “make a difference” through technology and innovation, and there are times when you just need to roll up your sleeves.
When it comes to the latter, Eliza employees have been donating their time and energy to a variety of charitable causes – from outfitting orphanages to serving dinner at [...]

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Ho hum, just another day in the Eliza offices.
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Wendy is a fan of “the Rock”…
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whose cardboard cut out was shortly given accessories.
Wouldn’t you love to walk into an office and be met by this:
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much less work in one!

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It turns out that even the hardest working, most brilliant technical folks, need to take a little break from time to time.
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The trick is not to get caught with anything too silly.
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As Gene quickly found out!

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Alex lost a bet to Lucas and had to dress up as his alma mater’s mascot (MIT’s beaver).
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Alex as Mascot from Eliza Blog on Vimeo.
(This is a Flash video, so if you can’t see it just make sure you have the latest Flash version by downloading it here.)
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Part of being and staying well, especially in [...]

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Sometimes it snows a lot here.
When they cancel school some folks work from home…
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… others bring their kids into work…
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… then it’s a full on play day…
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… so watch out!

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After toying around with this blog for a bit we’re launching it for real.
Letting folks know it exists and we’ll roll with it - asking for feedback and contributions.
But how to kick it off?  
What’s that? ” Food,”  you said?
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How’d you know?
So we did kick it off with a surprise omelette breakfast - complete with [...]

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Seems like someone is having a birthday about every day in an office.
Some offices are smart and just do monthly parties - but that does kind of take the fun out of it.
And it doesn’t really resolve the great debate: regular cake vs. ice cream (or frozen yogurt) cake.
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For Lucas’ (CEO and big puba) recent [...]

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It’s a pretty dreary winter morning.  You walk into the office and are met by laughs, jokes and the smell of pancakes wafting right out of the break room.  
Someone has set up an impromptu pancake breakfast for the office, complete with a condiment bar.
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Why?  
Why not?
When was the last time you delighted the office. [...]

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