FIRST Lego League follow-up: Josh Shapiro
After we completed our FIRST Lego League competition in January, I sent thank-you letters to the experts we had interviewed for our research project. One of the folks we visited was our state rep, Josh Shapiro:
This morning when I arrived in my office at work I found I had received a handwritten note back from Josh, thanking me for the letter and encouraging us to contact him if we need anything else.
It was, of course, the only word I've received back from any of our experts since the letters went out.
The way Josh runs his office might be par for the course among politicians. My sense, though, is that he's an excellent retail politician, and he's going to go places. You heard it here first.
Also, it's a nice reminder of the enduring power of the handwritten note. If anything, I think notes like his have become even more valuable as a gesture. It's easy to type things - that's what I did with the thank-you letters. Writing by hand signals effort. I was certainly much more impressed than if I had received a form letter in reply.
This morning when I arrived in my office at work I found I had received a handwritten note back from Josh, thanking me for the letter and encouraging us to contact him if we need anything else.
It was, of course, the only word I've received back from any of our experts since the letters went out.
The way Josh runs his office might be par for the course among politicians. My sense, though, is that he's an excellent retail politician, and he's going to go places. You heard it here first.
Also, it's a nice reminder of the enduring power of the handwritten note. If anything, I think notes like his have become even more valuable as a gesture. It's easy to type things - that's what I did with the thank-you letters. Writing by hand signals effort. I was certainly much more impressed than if I had received a form letter in reply.
