On December 11th, CIC celebrated its 3rd birthday with an IWOM gathering that included all team members as well as our friends and family members. It’s hard to believe that we have been doing IWOM research and consulting now since 2004.

Lucy, our marketing manager, planned the evening with great input from the team. In all my years 10 years of attending “corporate” parties in China (and 2 years in Japan), I must say that this was the most exciting, well thought out, and best executed event I have ever attended.

The evening included:
* employees signing our new tshirts,
* a viewing of my rock band’s performance in Japan c. 1993 (I think this will establish that Kaiser has no competition from me as the only true musician among the digirati in China)
* a performance of “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding” by me (my Wang Fei covers were too rusty)
* our tech team self produced, rockin’ video of recent tools developed
* my surprisingly brief (I can be long winded) intro to CIC’s history, including pics of our “SOHO” and “BOHO” (big office home office)
* a touching overview of the company’s growth in slides with lots of pics by Lucy
* an overview of Violet’s time in CIC; she actually has been with me since 2003, even before there was an official CIC
* amazing performances by Clash (he is Ray Charles reincarnated), Robin (Pavarotti reincarnated?), Kevin (I never knew he could be so funny) and Frank (tech team has a new voice)

I am sure there is something I am forgetting as there was so much compelling content. Violet has a nice wrap up in Chinese here.

All in all, it was a magnificent evening that made me truly proud to be apart of CIC. It is a great beginning as we move towards an exciting 2008.