We Did it Again, Only Better!

Jay Love — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:42:00 GMT

Pardon me while I boast just a minute about a truly special achievement by the team in Indy at eTapestry. Just earlier this week, four of our customer support employees were on hand for a large banquet in Indianapolis to watch the very best places to work in Indiana crowned.

As you can see below, it was quite the night, and we sent our very best to celebrate...

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

In earlier years, eTapestry was named the 19th best and the 17th best, so our goal was to crack the top twelve. Being in the top twelve is desired since those organizations are the ones most recognized and benefiting from a flood of resumes, as well as insurance salesmen coming to us...

You know you have to be careful when you set any goal because it just may have a better chance of coming to fruition. In this situation that is exactly what happened. eTapestry was named the 12th Best Place to Work in Indiana!

Below are actual non-touched up photos from the big night. Jason, Isaac, Kim and Geoff were on hand to accept the award and to hear about the practices which allow organizations to rise to the top.

I often reflect back on how eTapestry and now eTapestry/Blackbaud has grown into an organization that could be fortunate to rank so high. So many factors come into play. Through the years all of us kept watching and listening to what we saw and heard about great places to work. Key attributes or descriptions about the top organizations kept coming up. Among the words we heard and tried to emulate were:

Fun, rewarding, engaging, caring, friendships, fairness, respect, growth,
Quality, stability and excellence

We continually strive to achieve and then build upon those attributes via the core values our organization put into place the first year of our existence. In fact, those core values are on the back of every employee’s business card and are the first thing you see on the wall when you walk in our front door. They are:

eTapestry's Guiding Principles
Operate with the highest levels of honesty, quality and integrity
Treat all with fairness and respect
Be prudent in commitments and always keep them
Foster a fun and challenging environment
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility in all activities
Exhibit philanthropy to our community and marketplace

When you have a great team of employees who are motivated and commissioned to act with the values listed above in mind, it is quite a superb combination. Perhaps the Top Ten is within our reach for 2010!

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We Did it Again, Only Better!