5 Creative Ways to Make Free Hugs Day Go Viral This Year
We are all here Take your pick Get a hug from Team Swift Kick! The whole point of doing a free hugs day is to get the people around you to ask “What’s going on?” That question helps them become more engaged within your community. Just holding a Free Hugs sign is unique enough that […]
How to Support a Team Member During a Big Life Event
It’s Wednesday morning and Melissa walks into the office. “Sabina, why are you staring at me?” -twitch– unintelligible string of words – “proofread crossword. Travel Tom, ring bearer gift” – twitch– Somehow, some way, she understood me. This is what happens when your wedding is four days away, and your team is the best ever. […]
Finding A Little Free Library – Sharing Books with Strangers
It’s not every day that a bench appears on a suburban corner, out of nowhere. Even less often, that bench is accompanied by a mysterious metal box full of books. Yet, that is exactly what I noticed while driving through the town I grew up in a few weeks ago. Right there, across the street […]
New Intern Ryan Lingle Striving for New Human Heights
It was super sad to say goodbye to interns Dee and Sami. But not all is lost! Why? Because we are super pumped to welcome our newest intern, Ryan Lingle, to the Swift Kick team. Ryan is a rising senior at Penn State Dubois. He is majoring in I.S.T. He loves pizza and baby blue. […]
Sami Reflects on Her Year as a Swift Kick Intern
Dear Swift Kick Family, It brings me a mixture of great pleasure and sadness to say that I am finally moving on from the Swift Kick team. Honestly, I cannot believe that I have been on the team for a whole year!! I just couldn’t get enough of you all. The experiences, friendships, and knowledge […]
Dee Reflects on Her Internship at Swift Kick Through Poetry
Goodbyes are always bittersweet, but I have so many great memories with Swift Kick that I won’t be sad for long. I officially joined this team in January after seeing Swift Kick for the second time at a conference. I applied as soon as I knew there was a position available. I’ve learned so much […]
3 Different Questions to Reflect on about the Past Academic Year
Apparently, 4 years ago this past Saturday, I graduated from college. In other words, I experienced the passing of another ‘college career.’ It has been a chance to reflect on how, this coming September, I get married. Therefore, after my four years in the real world, I am graduating to the next step of my […]
3 Productive Ways to Procrastinate that Will Make You a Better Leader
Yeah, you heard me – I said productive ways to procrastinate. I just gave you your new favorite oxymoron. Ya welcome. Look at pictures of baby animals Stop what you’re doing. Google search “baby turtles.” Then go be more productive. The science: Apparently, looking at baby animals improves your work performance. This seems to be […]
5 Things You’ll Learn as a Swift Kick Intern
Being a Swift Kick intern is so much more than any ol’ internship. You won’t be getting anyone coffee. (But if you did, Sabina and Melissa would love you more.) You will learn five (or more) important lessons here. Confidence in your abilities Swift Kick is a small team. That means that all the work […]
5 Things to Say Instead of “I’m sorry, but”
I’m sorry, but can you please get that paper work done? I’m sorry, but did you ever email our advisor…? I’m sorry to bother you, but do you know when you’ll have that done? Sound familiar? We have all done it. Many of us feel like we are bothering someone when we should be owning […]