Stage Manager to Retreat Planner (Part 1)

When you hear the word retreat, what comes to mind? For me, retreat means: bonding, connecting, team building, goal setting, reflection, fun for all, and taking steps forward. Looking at that list of words and planning my first retreat sounded scary. Do I know my team enough to make sure the retreat is fun, helps […]

Why You Need to Host a Blender Event (Before Your Next Big Event)

Blender Events

How many times have you run around passing out fliers to only have 5 people at your event? Have you spent hours crafting Facebook events, emails and Tweets to only get 2 likes and one person who shows up from social media? How many times have you thought, “There has to be a better way!”? […]

How to Plan an Under the Sea Retreat

To start each quarter, we gather the team, including interns, for a Swift Kick retreat. Sabina and I are the masterminds- it used to be Tom, but he “trusts” us to plan it now. (Yikes.) Take a look our step-by-step creative process to make this theme come to life: Step One – Plan for a […]

3 Ingredients for a Successful Event

The rest of the Swift Kick team doesn’t know it, but I have spent my day working from home on coloring and crafting and gathering supplies. Shhh, don’t tell! I can’t tell you exactly why I am doing these Kindergarten activities without giving too  much away. But I can tell you that it’s for tomorrow’s […]

CoolTool: WhenIsGood – Super Simple Meeting Scheduling

NAME: WhenIsGood URL: http://www.whenisgood.net WHAT IT DOES: An easy way to find out when everyone is free for your next meeting or event. MY TAKE: No one likes to create another account or download software. Sometimes simple is best. WhenIsGood is about as simple as it gets when trying to coordinate multiple people to host […]

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 […]

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