{"id":324,"date":"2008-04-21T15:26:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T19:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/?p=324"},"modified":"2008-04-21T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T19:33:00","slug":"slow-day-at-work-lets-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.officepolitics.com\/advice\/slow-day-at-work-lets-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow day at work? Let’s dance!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Franke James, MFA<\/em><\/p>\n

Work can get pretty boring, so how do you liven it up? Dance of course! <\/p>\n

A crazy dance concept to entertain TV viewers worked sensationally for two traffic reporters in two different states: Jill Nicolini<\/strong> from the CW11 Morning News<\/strong>, in New York, and Bob Herzog<\/strong>, from WKRC-TV<\/strong> in Cincinnati, Ohio. Each one has gotten more than their 15-minutes of fame thanks to YouTube. The basic concept is that they entertain viewers by dancing on Friday’s — so long as there are no tragic car pileups or traffic slow-downs!<\/p>\n

When I first heard of it I thought, “What fun! What a great use of downtime — and a terrific way to brighten everyone’s day. Really creative.”<\/p>\n


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Jill’s been doing it since 2006 and she is popular, but Bob has really caught fire with Dance Party Friday<\/strong>. He’s been catapulted to fame by media including the Globe and Mail<\/a>, humorist blogger Glumbert<\/a>, and the biggie — CNN’s Anderson Cooper’s 360<\/a>. Has he caught on because seeing a pretty woman dance isn’t unusual or unexpected, but a white guy in a suit trying to dance — and spout hip hop lyrics — is funnier and kind of pathetic? <\/p>\n


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Bob and Jill have set the bar pretty high, but why not brainstorm creative use of downtime at your office? You may not get on CNN, but there’s a good chance you’ll end up having fun and return to work with a little more energy and bounce.<\/p>\n

The Office-Politics Opinion Column | www.officepolitics.com;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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