Swift Kick Wins a Record Breaking Fifth National College Speaking Award
Fourteen years ago, I attended my first APCA conference to pursue my dream of being a professional speaker. Because I was still a senior in college, I had to leave after my evening class and drove ten hours through the night from Chicago to Atlanta. Despite high hopes of crushing it, my first ed session […]
On Their Terms: A Student’s Take On Professionals On Facebook
Katie was in our Advisor Technology Round Up Ed Session this morning and had strong feelings. She said she “Wouldn’t be comfortable with professors or advisors messaging her through Facebook” and then afterwards she said that, through the session conversation, she felt like she wanted to clarify.
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 […]
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 […]
Our First NACA Flashmob [VIDEO]
For the past 6 months, Kevin and I talked about the idea of pulling off a Flashmob at NACA or APCA. Up to this point, it was just talking, but we changed that at a recent NACA West conference. It started with finding the technology. The company we found allows a person to text “swiftkick” […]
The Blogger / Feedburner Move [How To]
I did an ed session at NACA and APCA about cool marketing uses of Facebook/Myspace. A number of people wanted to know how to do photo streaming into profiles. Here’s the quick version (sorry to be brief, I’m at NACA again and it’s always a little crazy). Set up an Activities board blog on www.blogger.com […]
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 […]