Season’s Greetings to you, our friends and colleagues!
We’re grateful we’ve had the chance to work and interact with you this past year. The photos above are a collage of some of our office highlights of 2015, featuring our staff, partners such as Peter Metzinger and Celinda Lake, and clients including Population Services International (PSI), CapPlus/Khushhali Bank Limited, The Wilderness Society, and The Hamptons YogaFest.
We invited our team reflect on this past year and asked them to write some twitter-friendly responses. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did writing them. If you want to join in the fun, tweet us your own responses to a few of the following questions using the hashtag #TurnerTalks!
What was your most memorable moment at the company this year?
– @DrDigiPol’s impromptu Twitter training to a group of Indians in Connaught Sq. New Delhi. #TurnerTalks – Sid (@sidbalman)
– Brainstorming with @InterActionOrg on a legislative strategy for #foodsecurity so there’s #no1hungry. #TurnerTalks – Diana (@dohlbaum)
– I have tried to remember the most memorable moment of 2015 at @turner4D, but I forget. #amnesiac #TurnerTalks – Alan (@DrDigiPol)
– Had a great time conducting the #volunteer training at @PSIimpact–loved the high energy & humor everyone brought to the table! #TurnerTalks – Lauryn (@GutzyLo)
– Happy @turner4D is a @CapPlus__ client to grow @KblLtd marcom team! Oldest & largest #microfinance bank in #Pakistan #TurnerTalks – Suzanne (@SuzTurner)
– The dinner after the #PeterSinger event at @FoundingFarmers #DC with the team! #TurnerTalks – Mattia (@MBuetikofer)
If there was only one issue you wanted to focus on in 2016, what would it be?
– Make sure that paid paternity leave is not a luxury but an option for every family in the #US. #TurnerTalks – Violet (@Violet__T)
– Putting an end to #GunViolence by treating guns like cars: license, register, insure. #TurnerTalks – Diana (@dohlbaum)
– Equal rights (black & white, but also #LGBT) #TurnerTalks – Mattia (@MBuetikofer)
– The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. – Sid (@sidbalman)
– The 1 issue I most want to work on in 2016 is preserving memory. For “those who fail to learn from history are… umm… oops.” #RickPerry #TurnerTalks – Alan (@DrDigiPol)
– Paid #FamilyLeave is of critical importance. We’re only hurting the US by not providing employees a platform to build strong families. #TurnerTalks – Lauryn (@GutzyLo)
– Let’s drop the blinders or our white privilege and work for a just world where #blacklivesmatter. #TurnerTalks – Suzanne (@SuzTurner)
What’s your New Year’s Resolution?
– #New Year #2016 #resolution BE HERE NOW w/ #gratitude and #givingback. #TurnerTalks – Suzanne (@SuzTurner)
– Do more #photography! It’s my passion & joy. Now…who wants a photoshoot? ? #TurnerTalks – Lauryn (@GutzyLo)
– My New Year’s Resolution is to actually complete my 2015 resolution. Let’s see how that will go! #TurnerTalks – Violet (@Violet__T)
– Get back on a sensible #exercise routine for #health and #wellness ! #TurnerTalks – Diana (@dohlbaum)
– I wrote my New Year’s Resolution down so I would not forget it. But I don’t remember where I put it. #TurnerTalks – Alan (@DrDigiPol)
– Enjoy the year 2016 to the fullest with lots of traveling & enjoying life. #TurnerTalks – Mattia (@MBuetikofer)
What’s been your goofiest moment on the job this year?
– My goofiest moment on the job this year could very well be the time I spent writing these tweets. #ineedlumosity #TurnerTalks – Alan (@DrDigiPol)
– @DrDigiPol is always a goofball overload – thank goodness. #TurnerTalks – Suzanne (@SuzTurner)
If you had the chance to debate a 2016 presidential candidate, who would it be and what would you ask?
– Hey, Mike Huckabee, how does recognizing equal rights on #LGBT issues infringe on religious liberty? #TurnerTalks – Violet (@Violet__T)
– @BernieSanders – if u want my vote tell us now how you’ll stop the shootings – get out of gun lobby’s clutches. #TurnerTalks – Suzanne (@SuzTurner)
– There are 3 presidential candidates I would love to debate: #RickPerry, #TedCruz & #RickPerry. #GOPoops #TurnerTalks – Alan (@DrDigiPol)
– @HillaryClinton: to be US prez assure #America @ClintonGlobal corporate ties won’t add to income inequality. #TurnerTalks – Suzanne (@SuzTurner)
– Bernie Sanders. And I would ask him how long it would take him to make all the changes he is promising. #TurnerTalks – Mattia (@MBuetikofer)
If you could pick the office mascot, what would it be?
– Honey Badger. #TurnerTalks – Sid (@sidbalman)
– A fluffy tequila bottle! #TurnerTalks – Mattia (@MBuetikofer)
– Mattia. No, srsly. #TurnerTalks – Suzanne (@SuzTurner)
– Our office mascot should be the Forget Me Not Pencil. #TurnerTalks – Alan (@DrDigiPol)
Alan’s “Forget Me Not” Pencil Mascot
Have a safe a joyous holiday, everyone!