On Thursday January 20th, the Charlestown office of One to One plus significant others, friends, and those from other offices mingled, had delicious treats and beverages, and got down to cool music at the beautiful City Table Restaurant at the Lenox Hotel in Boston. Those with five-plus and 10-plus years were honored with accolades and special awards for their loyalty, presented by Leaders Ian and Jeremi Karnell. It was an absolute blast, as evidenced by the fun pics!

Photos courtesy of Heather Swartz, www.heatherswartzphoto.com.

It was great to start off the new year with a fact-filled staff meeting, a celebration of promotions and awards, memories of a successful Snocial, and a vision of the future for One to One — and the pizza wasn’t half-bad either!

For our January OMG Award, three talented, dedicated individuals were nominated: Mark Alexander, Lead Platform Developer, One to One Connect (Charlestown); Casey O’Looney, Account Supervisor, One to One Interactive (Reno); and Ryan Spence, Contextual Marketing Specialist, One to One Networks (Baltimore). Superman sailed South (smart guy!) to greet our smiling winner, Ryan, in our Baltimore office with a lovely gift card. Congratulations Ryan!

We also offered big congratulations on a job well done to those receiving promotions during year-end review time, as announced by Diana Brunelle, SVP, Human Resources:

Roumen Stoyanov- Associate Director, Application Development (Charlestown)
Charlie Bleau- Associate Director, Content Technology Solutions (Charlestown)
Derek Silvia- Manager, Analytics (Charlestown)
Sutee Pearce- Accounting Supervisor (Charlestown)
Greg Slama- Associate Director, Search Marketing (Charlestown)
Jay Keaveny- Search Specialist (Charlestown)
Amy Seeburger- Media Supervisor, Team Lead (Charlestown)
Jess Cohen- Media Planner (Charlestown)
Michaela Burke- Media Planner (Charlestown)
Mark Alexander- Lead Platform Developer (Charlestown)
Scott Hirschheimer- Search Specialist (Baltimore)
Gurvinder Sandhu- Lead Consultant (London)

Through our Chief People Officer Bill Haeck’s slideshow, One to One’s commitment to creating a cohesive, fun, and supportive company culture shone through loud and clear. From adding an extra week’s vacation to employees’ schedules to initiatives in providing world class management-level training to starting a “Think Differently” speaker series and discussing our “Six Beings of I” credo —- and even rolling out a new employee survey, from which we expect 100% participation – we want to hear your voice!

Leaders Ian and Jeremi Karnell shared highlights of our tremendous progress over the past year, goals for the new year, and offered kind words and kudos to the pitch team that worked night and day to absolutely knock.our.clients.off.their.feet last week – can’t wait to hear the exciting results!

Strap on your seatbelts, people, because 2011 is gonna be a fast, exciting, and yes – fun – ride!

One to One was excited to announce three very deserving nominees for the OMG Award in our monthly staff meeting: Amy Achilles-Stefanos-Implementation Specialist/Creative Designer based in TX; Bill Edmonds-Director of Finance, Charlestown; and Amy Seeburger-Media Supervisor, Charlestown. Amy Seeburger was the ultimate victor for December, and she will receive an awesome trip to Snowcial in January, plus a generous gift card – congratulations, Amy – yeah!!!

Leaders Ian and Jeremi Karnell also took time out to honor those with 10 years of excellent service to
One to One. In addition, there were many five-plus year alumni being celebrated too. Congratulations
to all and a huge thanks for continued contributions and loyalty to One to One – you’re the best! Aaaaaand . . . you’ll find out about your fabulous awards at our holiday party in January.

In other fun news, we held our first ever (and there are sure to be more to come!) Ugly Holiday Sweater Showdown, which was a huge success, due to awesome participation from all offices – winners for their ahem! “good” taste in holiday attire included: Rob Johnson in London, Martin Gastanaga in Reno, Chris Scarponi in Charlestown, and Scott McKay, who notched himself a place with his spectacular “dance-off” in Baltimore. Congrats, all, for having the worst sweaters imaginable – and happy holidays, everyone!