When I first started taking private violin lessons way back when, my teacher, Mr. Nelson, had me read a book before I began: The Inner Game of Tennis. “WTF? I am here for violin lessons, not tennis tips” I thought to myself. However, I read the book and honestly, the ideas in the book have [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘strategy’
August 27, 2009
education, music + process
1 1/2 years ago in Dave’s curiosity class, my term curiosity project was to learn all that I could about education systems over the course of ten weeks. Since then, and especially now that I have joined the education field, I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about education models. I won’t go into [...]
July 26, 2009
Waiting For Deb Idea Book
Part A: At the beginning of winter term this past year, Max and I really bonded over sitting outside Deb‘s office, waiting for a few minutes to chat…along with every other J. school Ad. kid in Allen. Part B: We discovered we both always brought our idea books to pass time during the wait. AHA [...]
June 7, 2009
why grad. school isn’t in my future
I really began thinking/learning about our education system about a year in a half ago in my curiosity for strategists class. We were instructed to pick anything…a person, religion, idea, sports team, occupation, etc., learn about it for a term, and present our findings. I chose to investigate education systems + mainly focused on the [...]
April 29, 2009
strategic communication: southwest airlines and rap
One of the ultimate advertising challenges is to figure out a communications strategy that gets people to actually listen. Especially as many airlines are struggling, courtesy of our economic debacle, what an smart and virtually free tactic to differentiate the Southwest Airlines brand. Bonus points, the steward already has a captive audience!! Brilliant. I am [...]
April 17, 2009
are we business savvy and socially naïve?
I came across an article from CNN entitled: Are you ready for the future? For me, the main takeaway of this article is the notion that everyone needs to incorporate big picture thinking into decision and policy making. “The future of the human race is too important to leave to politicians and corporations,” says Reed. [...]
April 7, 2009
7 Eleven
It’s janky, late-night, rough around the edges and always there for you. It’s about munchies, boredom, hot dog selection and slurpies. It’s big gulps, scratch-its, beer pong balls and drunk kids. It has bums, frat guys, hot chicks, tech nerds, light night studiers, gamers, old creeps, any just about everyone has been in one at [...]
April 1, 2008
If I Could Be an Expert
In my curiosity for strategists class, we are to choose a topic at random that we want to become experts in. Upon selecting this topic, we will research the heck out of it and then present to one another. There are so many things I am interested and passionate about, so I figured it would [...]
