Comments for Start-Thinking http://start-thinking.com marketing, public relations, special events & experiences and other communications Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on So Long, Farewell by Molly Walsh http://start-thinking.com/so-long-farewell/comment-page-1#comment-1459 Molly Walsh Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:52:06 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=3311#comment-1459 My time as a Start-Thinking intern went by so quickly. I learned so much while there and the network contacts I made were and are so beneficial to me. I can honestly say my time at Start-Thinking was the best investment I have made in my professional career. My time as a Start-Thinking intern went by so quickly. I learned so much while there and the network contacts I made were and are so beneficial to me. I can honestly say my time at Start-Thinking was the best investment I have made in my professional career.

]]> Comment on Intern Learn by RyN E Cole http://start-thinking.com/intern-learn/comment-page-1#comment-1455 RyN E Cole Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:54:45 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=3330#comment-1455 Great post. More important- great way to incorporate real life into your intern program. The future of communications thanks you. The ability to mold interns is so important and your have no idea how lucky they were to work with you guys at Start-Thinking. Enjoy your semesters! Great post. More important- great way to incorporate real life into your intern program. The future of communications thanks you. The ability to mold interns is so important and your have no idea how lucky they were to work with you guys at Start-Thinking. Enjoy your semesters!

]]> Comment on Intern Learn by Dana Hughens http://start-thinking.com/intern-learn/comment-page-1#comment-1452 Dana Hughens Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:11:37 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=3330#comment-1452 Thanks for the shout-out, and you also inspire us! LOVE Intern Learn! It is really no surprised that the word learn is also part of the name or our intern program. After all, isn't that what an internship is supposed to be about? Even our other intern focus areas T (team) and C (career) are about learning. Kris, you are an amazing mentor, teacher and coach. What a tremendous opportunity you are giving your interns by allowing them to be part of the Start-Thinking team! I'm sure it will give them the START they need to get ahead in their careers, and will leave them THINKING about ways to get to work with you again! Thanks for the shout-out, and you also inspire us! LOVE Intern Learn! It is really no surprised that the word learn is also part of the name or our intern program. After all, isn’t that what an internship is supposed to be about? Even our other intern focus areas T (team) and C (career) are about learning.

Kris, you are an amazing mentor, teacher and coach. What a tremendous opportunity you are giving your interns by allowing them to be part of the Start-Thinking team! I’m sure it will give them the START they need to get ahead in their careers, and will leave them THINKING about ways to get to work with you again!

]]> Comment on Getting Back To Your Passion by Frank Woodman Jr http://start-thinking.com/getting-back-to-your-passion/comment-page-1#comment-1445 Frank Woodman Jr Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:18:52 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=3256#comment-1445 Yes I think you're right about passion being the main engine that drives most small business owners and bloggers. And when people are talking about burnout it's usually best described as a loss of passion. For when we lose that passion that drives us to be inspired and enlivened by a burning desire to share our business or idea with others we doom that business, idea, or activity to failure. For it is passion that fuels and feeds the fires of success. So remember to keep passion in mind and don't let it die out. Yes I think you’re right about passion being the main engine that drives most small business owners and bloggers. And when people are talking about burnout it’s usually best described as a loss of passion. For when we lose that passion that drives us to be inspired and enlivened by a burning desire to share our business or idea with others we doom that business, idea, or activity to failure. For it is passion that fuels and feeds the fires of success.

So remember to keep passion in mind and don’t let it die out.

]]> Comment on Eating Seasonably by Jared http://start-thinking.com/eating-seasonably/comment-page-1#comment-1423 Jared Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:39:10 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=3033#comment-1423 Fruit FTW. Liz and I love to make smoothies out of fresh fruit from Dillon's. Fruit FTW. Liz and I love to make smoothies out of fresh fruit from Dillon’s.

]]> Comment on Escaping email slavery: How to be email free by the end of 2010 (or: How to greatly reduce email) by Abbie S. Fink http://start-thinking.com/escaping-email-slavery/comment-page-1#comment-1420 Abbie S. Fink Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:53:46 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=2279#comment-1420 Excellent post Kris. I just started implementing rules for my email. Daily updates, email newsletters/blogs, etc. now go straight to their designated folder for checking a couple times a day. And I am more diligent about unsubscribing to things that have no value to me any more. About once a quarter, I review the sent folder and delete or move to the archives. Problem with this is I have emails dating back to 2003. I use email as an online filing system, so I won't ever be able to completely get rid of certain things. Excellent post Kris. I just started implementing rules for my email. Daily updates, email newsletters/blogs, etc. now go straight to their designated folder for checking a couple times a day. And I am more diligent about unsubscribing to things that have no value to me any more.

About once a quarter, I review the sent folder and delete or move to the archives. Problem with this is I have emails dating back to 2003.

I use email as an online filing system, so I won’t ever be able to completely get rid of certain things.

]]> Comment on Escaping email slavery: How to be email free by the end of 2010 (or: How to greatly reduce email) by Lisa Gerber http://start-thinking.com/escaping-email-slavery/comment-page-1#comment-1419 Lisa Gerber Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:34:48 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=2279#comment-1419 I love this!! I want to do it!!!! (said in best whiney voice). setting up rules for the incoming messages. I like this idea. can you give me an example of how you sort it and set up the rules? I love this!! I want to do it!!!! (said in best whiney voice). setting up rules for the incoming messages. I like this idea. can you give me an example of how you sort it and set up the rules?

]]> Comment on Escaping email slavery: How to be email free by the end of 2010 (or: How to greatly reduce email) by Kris Schindler http://start-thinking.com/escaping-email-slavery/comment-page-1#comment-1411 Kris Schindler Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:08:48 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=2279#comment-1411 Seems there are others advocating for breaking free from email: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/06/breaking_the_email_addiction.html Seems there are others advocating for breaking free from email:
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/06/breaking_the_email_addiction.html

]]> Comment on Wiggle Wednesday by John Thompson http://start-thinking.com/wiggle-wednesday/comment-page-1#comment-1198 John Thompson Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:14:53 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=2276#comment-1198 My dad used to disappear sometimes around bed time. I later found out it was for a bowl of rocky road. What I like about the food logs, though is that it's not a diet. Its a reminder for you to take matters into your own hands. Its also telling me that I'm kind of stuck on the 3-squares idea which I don't think is best for the bod. My dad used to disappear sometimes around bed time. I later found out it was for a bowl of rocky road.

What I like about the food logs, though is that it’s not a diet. Its a reminder for you to take matters into your own hands. Its also telling me that I’m kind of stuck on the 3-squares idea which I don’t think is best for the bod.

]]> Comment on Escaping email slavery: How to be email free by the end of 2010 (or: How to greatly reduce email) by John Thompson http://start-thinking.com/escaping-email-slavery/comment-page-1#comment-1197 John Thompson Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:12:06 +0000 http://start-thinking.com/?p=2279#comment-1197 Because of its ubiquity and not having the requirement of participants being on-line on demand, email will continue to be the workhorse of communications for quite some time. Google Wave, Basecamp, and a host of other services are great tools that, in practice, still really need email to help them. These products serve a different purpose, however, of providing a shared collection of information related to a project or subject. Wave's whiteboarding tool is an outstanding example of one part of collaboration. Now if I could Wave from my iPad while in a video conference and audio conference all with one tool without spending... Because of its ubiquity and not having the requirement of participants being on-line on demand, email will continue to be the workhorse of communications for quite some time. Google Wave, Basecamp, and a host of other services are great tools that, in practice, still really need email to help them. These products serve a different purpose, however, of providing a shared collection of information related to a project or subject. Wave’s whiteboarding tool is an outstanding example of one part of collaboration. Now if I could Wave from my iPad while in a video conference and audio conference all with one tool without spending…

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