B3’s Got Talent!

For this year’s staff “retreat”, all members of the B3 team were asked to present a special talent as part of the first ever B3 Talent Showcase. The presentation could be no longer than 60 seconds and could be as short as 1 second.  As described by Rebeca, “You can dance, or sing or show us a piece of artwork you’ve made.  You can stand on your head.  Or bake something delicious and bring it in.  So long as you can be done in 60 seconds, whatever you want to do, goes.  (Well, OK, except illegal behavior and such.  *grin*)”

The talent showcase had a little bit of everything: dance, music-playing, monologues, jewelry, sculptures, paintings, drawings, delicious treats and even nail art and the fastest lecture of graveyards of Illinois anyone has ever heard.  We laughed, we chowed down, we oo-ed and ah-ed and in the end we just sat back and appreciated the wonderfully weird and talented group we get to work with each day.

And now, for your viewing pleasure – the documentation of this first ever event.  Enjoy!

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Talent Showcase Video

In order of appearance:

Lisa Rosenberg
Order Processor
Presents a monologue from Austin Powers

Jenna Deidel
Social Branding Coordinator + Marketing Assistent
Tap Dancing

Matt Hucke
Database Programmer, Web Developer, + General B3 Tech Guru
Presents the speediest lecture about Graveyards of Illinois ever (note: Kat’s voice in the background saying “next” was to help him stay within his time limit – not to move him along rudely haha.)

Maximillian Otto Lapine
Quality Control Specialist
Presents a monologue from Pillowman

…and last (but oh-so-certainly not least)

Rebeca Mojica
Owner + Founder of B3
Playing the piano!

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Nadja Aller
General Operations Manager

Nadja presented us with some incredibly delicious Upside-down Apple Muffins….and yes, we’ll be posting the recipe on our blog as soon as I get it from her!

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Artie Keefe
Quality Controller + Order Processor

Artie presented us with customized nameplates for our workspace!  (Later he also made homemade chai tea which was amazing!)

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Emily Fiks
Quality Controller + Order Processor

Emily is known for her intricately painted nails and brought in a handful (get it? handful?!) of nails she had designed.  We especially loved the B3 nail

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Jennifer Hohe
Inventory Coordinator + Weaver

Jen brought in a number of pieces of her hand cast metal jewelry and sculpture.  Incidentally, we loved it so much that she was the winner of the showcase!

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Aimee Leang
Customer Service Specialist

Amy presents this one of a kind piece made using a combination of chainmaille and wire wrapping.  Being the harmonious and spiritual gal that she is, she also let us in on the meaning behind the piece which celebrates the lessons life teaches us.