Attention all Coaches!

The one thing I’ve not been able to fix yet with this scheduler is the fact that, when you set your availability, it sets that availability in perpetuity.  So if you put yourself with time slots on Thursday night, you will be available those time slots on Thursday night until the extinction of the universe.

Luckily, there’s an easy work around: just adjust your schedule every week.  Furthermore, please continue to communicate to your competitors that they should only be signing up a week in advance.  Never the following week.

Hope that clarifies rather than muddles.

Erhmagerd… State is imminent

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, that’s right! State is this weekend. That being said, I have made a number of slots available for Skype coaching. It is supremely important that the events going to State are worked on. There are two potential days left for this to happen, and I would love to see a full schedule not just for myself, but the other coaches as well. I understand that Skype coaching can seem awkward, but consider this—-> That little extra time coaching (even via the interwebz) could be that little extra help that sends you toward success in the tournament! And we certainly all like success right?

While at tournaments gone by you all have largely competed as individuals, that changes now. The end goal isn’t just that next leg or qual anymore. You are competing for your team(AND FOR GLORY!) So please, coach your butts off. I want to help you get there, not just for this weekend, but the rest of the season as well.

I look forward to a full schedule.

hulk

(hint: You aren’t Loki)

Sincerely,

Orange Santa

Man Box

“Just because you market a women’s product to a man

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doesn’t mean it’s a man’s product…Crack Conquerer copy

It just means you’ve got something in your Man Box.”

What have you got in your Man Box?

 

Quick Note about Signing up

Amanda’s availability is up for coaching on the website!

Please keep in mind that a coach’s availability is split between Pfieffer Hall and Skype.  What you select on the sign up form will determine what availability you see.

The pictures below should clarify.  Click them for a larger view.

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Introduction to WordPress

Everything about your website you wanted to know but were afraid to ask…but no seriously, this is the intro video.

The purpose of this website is to function as an ongoing, constant, and everlasting communication portal so that we can capture “our story.”  I built it so that every NCC team now and in the future can adopt it as their own, to tell their story and make their mark.

This video is the first in a series walking you through the basic elements of this very straightforward system.  In the end, I hope you realize that updating this website is just as easy as updating your Facebook or Twitter account.

Competitors: A Note about Signing up for Coaching

Update to this post: Competitors WILL be able to see the calender once they are signed in as “Contributor” or “Author.”  I will get this set up soon.

Competitors,  if you sign up for coaching please KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND COACH.  You won’t have the ability to actually see the calender after you block the time.

Coaches: UPDATE! see your calendar and set availability

UPDATE:  I’ve made a new video now with voice over.

 

As the title and caption imply, this video will show the steps to see your calendar and change your availability.  Please make sure you are working with YOUR username. Also, the website here looks a bit different just because I’ve made changes since.  The difference is merely cosmetic.

the weekend before state

Hi everyone, this is Jake posting under John’s login because I can’t remember the ultra tough password I set for myself.

NCC IE is in action on a number of fronts this weekend as we prepare for the final countdown leading into state.

Two teams are in middle Illinois as I’m recruiting at the IHSA State tournament and part of the Varsity squad is at the MAFL in Bloomington seeking legs and sharpening for next week.

Furthermore, we have our other squad in McHenry also strengthening for their state debut.

Good luck everyone and look to this website for results.

-Jake

 

Posting in Categories

I’ve added a new feature that allows you to categorize posts so that this website can constantly be capturing the knowledge that we learn and forget through subsequent generations of speechies.  I’ll teach you all how to do it the next chance I can.