Handshake Waves

Thank you to everyone that managed the Handshake platform. I learned so much from everything that was shared here. I was fairest new to the corporation when Handshake arrived. It allowed me to grow my network and skills simultaneously. -Belinda Edwards

Handshake you've been part of R504, R124 forever! Thanks for all the wide use (inside and outside MITRE). You've done your time well! We'll miss you! Thank you! -Marianne Q. Thiffault

I remember when Handshake was new! Guess that means I've become a "tenured" MITRE employee. Thanks Handshake for addressing the collaboration needs of the day. -Marianne Smith

Rude that you're leaving, but sorry to see handshake go. It worked quite well for the EBIA CoP! -Kevin Buck

There was room for both us on the MII! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGU7NMxboNE Your heart will go on. -Jim Ramsey

So long, and thanks for all the reminders not to reply-all. -Chris

Ah handshake, you were great while you lasted. We've just outgrown you. It can happen to even the best relationships. -Kim Lockhart

You've had a great life, Handshake! Way back in 2007, there was so much talk about social networking. Some companies were putting social networking sites outside their firewalls to engage their customers, and some (like IBM) had internal sites. Handshake was the first...

What a trip! Handshake introduced me to both MITRE and to many of the developers and PLs who are still here, ultimately leading me to join as a full-time employee. The Old Internet of 2009 was a very different place, and Handshake was a great complement to the...

Thanks for all you did to make Cost FACTS a success!!!! -Ruth Dorr

Thanks for all you did to make Cost FACTS a success!!!! -Eugen Cullen

Handshake was an extraordinary way to keep an extraordinary community of well over 1,000 “Being a Trusted Advisor” alumni connected long past their actual workshop days. It served us beautifully in terms of the ability to share resources and conversations about what...

Handshake was such an easy and fun way for participants of the Being a Trusted Advisor program to stay connected to each other and to the content shared in the program. Those who took advantage of the platform were able to share their insights with other class members...

Was good while it lasted 🙂 -Harvey Reed

Thank you, Handshake, for being the proving ground where so many of the best practices we use today for managing communities at MITRE (virtual, hybrid, in-person) were created and refined. We will miss you, but your legacy will live on! -Michele Smith

Thank you Handshake for providing a place where I could meet and collaborate with other handcrafters at MITRE. The Handcrafts@MITRE group was a place to connect with knitters and crocheters and feel better about my own growing stash of yarn. Handshake, you will be...

It's been quite a journey, my friend! I remember when you were just a glint in Tom Read's eyes. I remember your first steps, your first users, the excitement we felt when we started seeing first posts - and the dread we of realizing that the posts just kept coming and...