PAWSPrints: The Times They Are A Changin’
Life isn’t quite the same as it used to be – so many things are changing: the way we communicate with each other, the way we record the present, the way we eat and live and share information.
PAWS tries hard to keep you informed about what’s going on inside the organization, about our visiting opportunities, the community events, new certifications and fundraisers. We use the enewsletter and eblasts and emails (notice all the “e’s”) and the good old newsletter (you’re holding one right now) to provide you with news from each staff member, congratulations to new teams, and sad things like the obituary page.
The question is – is this newsletter helpful to you? Do you read it, enjoy it, throw it in the trash (in which case you haven’t even read this far)? Maybe this form of communication is still relevant and helpful: and if it is, we will keep on providing news to you in this format.
OR maybe you would rather see a shorter format of a printed version. The content is different from the enews so we want to keep it going somehow.
OR maybe an online version of this newsletter should be created and emailed to you so you can still get the info contained in these pages but it will arrive on your computer or phone instead of by snail mail.
So we’re thinking of changing things up a little – we’re going to keep the quarterly newsletter with much the same information you have always received, but it will arrive via internet. At this point in our thinking, we’re probably going to continue to send an enews as well, but again, that is more event and team praise oriented. How does that sound to you? Does it matter as long as you get the right info?
Think about it a bit, please, then email me directly – lrobinson@pawsforpeople.org – and give me some feedback. We can keep this going, change the format, change the frequency, put in many photos of my puppy (just kidding). We have to have some way to get info to you but maybe it’s time for a change – maybe it isn’t. Maybe you have some neat ideas on what would be good/better/best for you. We’ll let you know what the consensus is as soon as I hear back for you.
In the meantime, have a warm and wonderful New Year and thank your therapy companion for all the hours she/he puts in to make the world a better place.
Lynne Robinson, Executive Director