Is Facebook Killing Email?
There’s been talk for awhile now about college students not checking e-mail, instead preferring new technology like text messaging and Facebook. Schools, in an understandably institutional response often now “require”** students to check their email, making the process exciting to the students by calling it “official”. I really do have sympathy for the institutions, especially […]
Officially Partnering with APCA
Exciting news. Eric Lambert of APCA has agreed to be the title sponsor of the Swift Kick platform in the college market for the first year. It was a very friendly negotiation and I do hope it is the start of a long relationship. I think Eric’s heart is in the right place. From his […]
Our Positioning for 2007
Positioning is one of my favorite parts of a start up. Like chess, it’s moving pieces so the position is advantageous. With Swift Kick, positioning matters for different reasons than my previous efforts, it’s not so much about competition. We are trying to improve education with our own money. There’s a ton of risk in […]
The Developing Business Model
We didn’t start this company to become speakers. The vision of the company is much bigger: “A world in which individuals find their own potential while helping others explore theirs.” (We’ll smooth that sentence one day, but the idea still gets across : ) We see education as facilitation of potential. We aim to make […]
Post Phone Pics into Facebook [How To]
The Goal: Get pictures of involvement, events, and activities out into the campus social scene to increase the perception and eventually the reality of turnout. Make it look fun. The Tactic: Get students to upload pictures from activities / events into their facebook pages so that people in their network can view them. How to: […]
NACA Number One
Tom and I are sitting at our first NACA conference. After a year at APCA, there are some differences for us. The tough intro, for our mentality, was in the Associates Orientation meeting where we were told repeatedly “If you have a great idea for promotion, it is forbidden”. The emphasis was always on “great” […]
Too Many Risks?
We talk, in our curriculum, about taking risks. Specifically we talk about moving past fear – and looking at situations from the question of “How can I have fun?” Embrace risk. 100 payday loans reviews We’ve decided on a couple of large risks at Swift Kick. I’m concerned at the moment that we might have […]
To Show Ourselves or Not?
It’s great fun to grow through ideas. There are a number of decisions we are looking at. They seem important now . . . as we design the blog pages / html pages / touch points: 1) Does the swift kick logo mess up the “community” ? Should SK be an active/ present facilitator, or […]
Ken Robinson: School Kills Creativity [VIDEO]
Sir Ken Robinson is an influential advocate for the importance of creativity in education. He makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for overhauling our education system. [Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA]
Skepticism about intentions from advisors
I just got off the phone with Richel P from Penn State. We worked with her on the PA Leadership conference back on Aug 16th. She was also at the Orlando APCA conference. She is talking about bringing us out for an Advisor only program in December. I was asking her for feedback on the […]