Unloyal opposition
Ugh. The policies this administration is pushing... I'm so glad I do what I do, or else I'd be so depressed and hopeless, I don't know how much success I'd get trying to get out of bed in the morning. But thankfully, I'm considering myself a very small part of an important movement.
I've had a lot of great hits promoting IPI and some of our research fellows. Peter, especially. I mean, when you can write a comprehensive analysis opposing.... everything coming out of the White House, there's a lot of opportunity in the marketplace of ideas. Just tonight, one of the talk hosts I've gotten to know confirmed an appearance, then wrote me an aside on the topic of health care comparative effectiveness. She said, "I'm really really worried Erin if we can stop all this mess." I wrote her back, assuring her she makes a difference every time she gets behind the mic and helps to promote the ideals of liberty.
Peter sent me some very kind words the other night, thankfully with my boss copied on the email. He said I've far surpassed promoting him in the media than the DC PR firm his other organization hired out, at great expense, to boot. Woo-hoo!
In fact, perhaps things are going so well at work, I was asked to go on a trip to Washington at the very end of this month, no, not to do an event, and no, not to exhibit. But to network and partcipate alongside my boss at an industry tradeshow frequented by a lot of our friends and supporters. I've never quite been asked to do that before. Usually if I'm networking, it's at a policy-insiders think tank kind of thing, where we're all friends and we're all doing the same kinds of things. But this is more corporate, more relationship building versus training. And I also get to go for a few days and see if I can't get some other opportunities while I'm in DC. I know I should drop off invitations at the Capitol for judiciary and commerce staffers to raise attendance for our World IP Day event in April. I also wonder if I can get an editorial board meeting with one of our fellows, or something...
I've had a lot of great hits promoting IPI and some of our research fellows. Peter, especially. I mean, when you can write a comprehensive analysis opposing.... everything coming out of the White House, there's a lot of opportunity in the marketplace of ideas. Just tonight, one of the talk hosts I've gotten to know confirmed an appearance, then wrote me an aside on the topic of health care comparative effectiveness. She said, "I'm really really worried Erin if we can stop all this mess." I wrote her back, assuring her she makes a difference every time she gets behind the mic and helps to promote the ideals of liberty.
Peter sent me some very kind words the other night, thankfully with my boss copied on the email. He said I've far surpassed promoting him in the media than the DC PR firm his other organization hired out, at great expense, to boot. Woo-hoo!
In fact, perhaps things are going so well at work, I was asked to go on a trip to Washington at the very end of this month, no, not to do an event, and no, not to exhibit. But to network and partcipate alongside my boss at an industry tradeshow frequented by a lot of our friends and supporters. I've never quite been asked to do that before. Usually if I'm networking, it's at a policy-insiders think tank kind of thing, where we're all friends and we're all doing the same kinds of things. But this is more corporate, more relationship building versus training. And I also get to go for a few days and see if I can't get some other opportunities while I'm in DC. I know I should drop off invitations at the Capitol for judiciary and commerce staffers to raise attendance for our World IP Day event in April. I also wonder if I can get an editorial board meeting with one of our fellows, or something...