Swift Kick Helps “Meh” Become an Official Word
Well ok, we weren’t the main driving force, but for the past 5 years the term “meh” has been a cornerstone of our Dance Floor Theory Leadership Training and with 200+ college trainings under our belt, I feel like we’ve done our part to help push the “meh” agenda. In DFT we show student leaders […]
On The Avoidance of Naked Lawsuits
On CNN.com today, there’s a front page article announcing that the “Naked Cowboy” has been given the green light to pursue a lawsuit against Mars candy, the makers of M & Ms, for trademark infringement. Funny enough, a CNN analyst thinks he has a case and could win a tidy sum. At Swift Kick, we […]
More Assumptions and Beliefs for Red Rover
The goal with this is to state our ideas plainly. Or failing that, put out some rough drafts of thoughts to get to plain later. All of these ideas get baked into the software and strategy. With a list, our advisors and stakeholders can be clear on what they agree with and what they don’t. We can then focus the discussion and learn.
It’s Little but Nice to See
Just over four years ago we officially started Swift Kick by filling out all the legal paperwork. We received a certified notice, bank accounts, and EIN number. Then we went to Facebook to add Swift Kick as a company, but Facebook rejected us and said we needed to submit a request to become an official […]
Don’t Market. Build Well. And Then Community Content.
Found this over at Logic + Emotion – for us and every other entrepreneur out there, it’s essential.
College Speaker of The Year – 2008
Each year student activities departments from around the country vote for their favorite speaker of the year. Last week, in Atlanta, we were honored as the 2008 College Speaker of the Year. To add to the honor, it’s our second year in a row winning the award. Last year we spoke at 60 schools, went […]
The Traveling Logistics of a Speaker – 53 Hours Later
We semi joke that speakers don’t get paid to speak, but rather to show up on time as that is the hardest part of the job. To show you what I mean, here’s what the last 53 hours of my life looked like: Feb 26th 5:00 pm – drive 1 hour to Lake Forest 6:30 […]
Bosie State Newspaper Article About Swift Kick Training
It’s nice for us to connect with school newspaper reporters during our on-site trainings. It allows the message of the training to go out beyond just those who attended. Colby Stream of the Boise State Arbiter wrote a follow-up** to our Myspace/Facebook training at their school. Colby did a great job in capturing many of […]
2008 Themes for Swift Kick
1) WORK IN THE OPEN IMAGE FILE NO LONGER AVAILABLE Like the jewelry maker, we want to work in the open for every to see how we do what we do. Share our work whether raw or polished. Share our work with others and have others share with us. It takes a village to grow […]
SK Blog Stats for 2/1/08
One of our major goals of 2008 is to “work out in the open” like a jewelry maker in his/her shop creating the next piece in the open for everyone to see. Education and learning should be an open process so we can all learn from each other. This blog is a piece of jewelry […]