FMYI | For My Innovation

A year ago, the Portland Blazers made it to the playoffs (and I was at the game), but didn’t get beyond the first round. (Sadly, this year the same occurred.)
A year ago, I walked into FMYI and made new friends; these friends have become family.  We truly are the FMYI Family.
A year ago, I jumped onto a jet plane.  Boy, it moves so fast.

Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast.

It has been an amazing flight and a whirlwind journey so far, but I can say that Most of the time - My head [has been] on straight…

Last week marked my first anniversary with FMYI. From the moment I got on this plane, it was “onward and upward” as Justin says.

What an amazing journey it has been so far, so much has happened…several new members joined the FMYI Family, we moved into a new office at The Leftbank Project, Version 6 was launched, rave reviews from our friends in the media, continued to improve upon our sustainability practices, launched A NEW DAY - our first ever brand video and a multitude of new clients are using FMYI to make a difference.

All this and undoubtedly much more occurred - thanks to the efforts and dedication of a great team.

Words of the year

Every year major news sources list the new “popular” words - I came up with my own list a few days ago.  In a meeting last week, I did not say “FMYI,“ (I know, that is pretty impressive, for those who know me), but I used these powerful words…words of the future:

• Innovate
• Empower
• Human energy
• Sustainable
• Collaborate

Family

FMYI is not just a company. FMYI is not just a group of people who post messages, chat online and frequently have video chats. FMYI is a family of individuals committed to a common cause…making life easier for people around the planet.

“Planet” is an interesting word to consider with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day just a few weeks ago and our commitment to Every Day being Earth Day as well as the triple bottom line.

FMYI is about making life easier for people around the planet to improve the world’s profits by using new technologies to communicate and collaborate. FMYI empowers teams to make a difference.

We can’t make a difference alone. We can only truly make a difference if we work towards a solution every day as a team and as a family.

Thank you to everyone on the team for making my first year full of energy and excitement. I’ve always believed that you should do what you love in life (I’m a big fan of the short film from 2000 - “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”, directed by my friend Scott Stewart, based on Raymond Carver’s short story). That is what I am doing. Every day, I’ve been excited to be on this airplane. Experiencing this journey. Thank you to everyone for welcoming me into the FMYI Family.

This first year has been unbelievable. While so many great things have happened…I’m excited to spend the next years building on my experience and doing my part to take FMYI to new heights.

365 days in…and I’m just getting started…

Keep empowering [with FMYI],
(that’s how I roll)
-Graeme