The Employee Factor: Meet Chris Blatnick - An Employee Evangelist!

March 4 2008

An interview with our own Chris Blatnick on what it means to be an employee evangelist...

We think you will be astonished at the passion, energy and commitment that Chris has put into promoting Lotus Notes.
not those of us who know him....
While I loved helping people internally, I always felt there was more I could contribute.  Lotus Notes has a vibrant on-line community, with many bloggers sharing their knowledge and thousands of people around the world participating in various web forums.  Two years ago I started my own blog and began spreading the word by participating in some of the major Lotus conferences as an industry speaker.  I've really enjoyed the opportunities I've had to interact with people from all over the world via my blog and like to think that my efforts have helped strengthen the Lotus brand in some small way.
Not small, man, not small.

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Ed Brill Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Lotus  Add/View Comments [6]

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  1. 1  Andy Donaldson http://blog.macian.net | 3/4/2008 1:14:39 PM

    Ya, but can we trust him though? I hear he doesn't watch TV anymore ;-)

  1. 2  Judy McLeish http://www.employeefactor.com | 3/4/2008 1:51:37 PM

    Ed - Thanks so much for the post. We were thrilled to find someone like Chris to blog about - he truly defines what the "ideal" employee evangelist would look like.

    Judy McLeish

    www.employeefactor.com

  1. 3  Bruce Elgort http://ideajam.net | 3/4/2008 2:10:49 PM

    I had the honor and pleasure of speaking with Chris at Lotusphere 2008 where we gave our UI Worst Practices session. Chris is truly passionate about IBM and the Lotus brand and a gem to the Lotus Community.

  1. 4  Mika Heinonen http://www.siipi.com/mika | 3/4/2008 2:53:21 PM

    He sounds like a admirable guy. Someone who is loyal to his principles and to his company. I respect him and everyone else who goes that road.

  1. 5  Chris Blatnick http://interfacematters.com | 3/4/2008 4:21:01 PM

    I'm blushing now but thanks, Ed!

    I thought that interview was just going to quietly fly under the radar. I guess that's silly in this age of RSS and Google Alerts. :-D It was fun to talk about that stuff and I really appreciate that Judy asked me to participate.

    My kids have experienced my "evangelism" first hand. A few months back, I deleted all versions of MS Office from our computers at home and loaded up Symphony. I told them to quit their complaining and learn it...cause that's our new standard! ;-D I also told them to tell all their friends about it. We'll see...

  1. 6  Mika Heinonen http://www.siipi.com/mika | 3/4/2008 4:47:25 PM

    OMG, you're even better than I could ever imagine, you're not only sitting there like a duck but actively pushing the people into the future. Into the future which will come anyway, so why waste time and crawl when we can run to it!

    But isn't Symphony a bit too early yet? I'm recommending OpenOffice 2.3.1 to my users at the moment, and I'll wait until Notes 9 and see how the hardware OpenGL accelerated Notes and Symphony will behave.

    Ok, maybe I'm just a bit old fashioned :)