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03/31/2022

Today marks 23 years of Blast! As a Blast team we want to take a minute and thank you, our Blast community, for 23 amazing years getting to help organizations EVOLVE and Make their Mark. We want to humbly say thank you and look forward to continuing to together.

08/10/2021

[clears throat] …a little poem:

Hooray! The data is in! Teammates contributed their voice.
Working and growing together, Blast Analytics is their choice.
It's with deep honor and a great deal of cheer,
That we announce our certification as a Great Place to Work for a THIRD year! 🎉

07/04/2021

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Independence Day!

03/31/2021

"I don't know about you but I'm feeling 22” ...thanks, T. Swift. We definitely do! 🎂

Blast celebrates its 22nd birthday today! It wouldn’t have been possible without our team. We wish they were here and in lieu, we shared a little bit of the team’s favorite in-office celebrations - SNACKS! 🍪

What’s extra special is that every Caroo box purchased, one meal has been donated via a partnership with Feeding America

What’s your favorite “office” snack?

03/18/2021

Last week was a whirlwind of so much goodness - company updates and vision, connection, and accentuated laugh lines! 😂 A successful Rally Week that ended with a hosted virtual team-building event. As much as we miss our team's faces in-person, we're thankful for today's technology and being able to interact via video!

Enjoy some screenshots from our leadership presentations and team-building activity!

03/11/2021

Time for the quarterly Company Rally but again, unable to fly all teammates onsite so we continue to miss the key element of those serendipitous teammate interactions. What to do? Get CREATIVE!

We’re hosting our 2nd virtual Rally Week which includes leadership presentations, themed activities, participation awards, and this go-round, we’ll be ending the week tomorrow with an interactive team building activity hosted by a guest moderator! The purpose of our Rally Week is to show spirit working up to the leadership presentations, inspire, and engage teammates while having some ! Absolutely love the banter between teammates with each themed day!

(Blast’s purpose) is one of the biggest highlights of Rally Week. This past Monday’s theme was giving back, volunteering, supporting their local community (or insert other creativity here). See a few examples of how teammates spread across the states (and internationally) gave back with what they had, where they were.

03/05/2021

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02/25/2021

For this year’s theme - “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity”, we want to honor the past by celebrating the present and introduce you to a few featured teammates!

Meet William Woodruff! One of our newest additions, William joins us this month as an Analytics Strategist and is very excited to have the opportunity to work in a collaborative team environment. He’s particularly passionate about our philosophy.

BLAST: What cultural/family traditions are important to you?

WILLIAM: The entire family (including aunts, uncles, in-laws, cousins, godfamily, etc.) makes it a priority to spend quality time and celebrate holidays, birthdays, weddings, baby dedications, t-ball games, 1st lost tooth….literally anything! We make sure the positive gatherings outweigh the negative. Oh and attending homecoming at my alma mater, Morehouse College, is near the top of that list!

BLAST: What does Black History Month mean to you?

WILLIAM: I’ve read recently about a school in Utah that gave parents the option to opt out of Black History Month curriculum. Later, I read about a gubernatorial candidate in Michigan that would replace Black History Month with American History Month. As someone in the analytics profession, I understand the necessity of having all data points prior to making a decision or coming to a conclusion. So it must be said that there is no possible way to teach American history without Black history. While I do enjoy the recognition and feel proud about the celebration of American figures such as James Brown or Katherine Johnson or Reginald F. Lewis or Mary McLeod Bethune, we should all challenge ourselves to recognize and learn about other difficult historical events such as Jim Crow laws, redlining, and blockbusting in order to get the full account of American history and why things are the way they are currently. I take Black History Month not only as a celebration, but also a challenge to see the day everyone’s the full story is told and Black History Month is no longer necessary.

02/18/2021

For this year’s theme - “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity”, we want to honor the past by celebrating the present and introduce you to a few featured teammates!

Meet Chris Hewlett! An Army veteran and one of our lighthearted Analytics Consultants. Chris joined Blast in 2017 and has been ever since - collaborating on building extensions, mentoring teammates about Tealium, and relentlessly tackling any code challenge… while making the process enjoyable for others!

BLAST: What cultural/family traditions are important to you?

CHRIS: We, like most families, like to gather together during special occasions like holidays, birthdays, special events. Social gatherings amongst the family is a great tradition I would like to carry on with my own family. Keeping everyone close and together was always a focal point to the elders. Somewhat of a new tradition that we have begun to inherit is yearly trips. Every year we like to take a trip to somewhere we have never been. Experiencing another culture and a different way of life. This is something I would like to pass down to my children as well. My son has already travelled to more countries than me and I love that!

BLAST: What does Black History Month mean to you?

CHRIS: Black History Month signifies strength and resilience to me. Every year we get to celebrate a culture that was given nothing, yet has made an astounding impact on American culture, even the world. When you look at where we started, to having our first Black President, to all of the musicians, artists, athletes, I could not be more proud to be African American. Things have not been easy for us, but it's what makes us stronger. Having a month to celebrate means the world to me because our history is what shapes us and our children.

11/26/2020

Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing everyone a day filled with full hearts and full plates. 🍽️🦃

11/11/2020

Thank you to all the brave men and women who have served and continue to serve our country.