We are very excited that KIND is now available at over 7,000 Starbucks stores!  KIND fits perfectly with Starbucks’ new focus on "Real Foods, Simply Delicious!" The New York Times just ran a story about KIND and our efforts to break into Starbucks. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/business/smallbusiness/01snackbar.html?ref=business July 1, 2009 A Small Player Breaks Into [...]

This campaign from VW is hilarious and very effective. (thanks to Eytan Heller for bringing to my attention) Start by visiting Helga’s myspace page. Then visit these:

KIND got a nice endorsement by Good Morning America.  Check this link out. Heidi Skolnik rocks!  KIND is mentioned mid-way through the review.  Some of their comments: Tanya Rivero, Good Morning America Health: "I love these KIND bars.  I am a big fan of these.  These are delicious, and they are very nutritious." Heidi Skolnik, [...]

Kim, Erica and Natalie at KIND Snacks put together a really neat internal presentation at KIND’s Growing Together Retreat earlier this spring and I wanted to share it: http://blog.peaceworks.net/wp-content/uploads/KIND/ It takes a little bit for it to upload but I think it’s worth it.  Make sure volume is on.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Thx to Natalie, Erica and Kim for pointing me to this one and including it in the Essence of KIND presentation – very much in sync with KIND and the KINDED campaign.

Andrew Sullivan’s blog documents the atrocities perpetrated by the ruling regime in its efforts to suppress protests after it stole the election.  He shares the following: This list was being passed around among the resistance in Iran today: 1. Remove Khamenei from supreme leader because he doesn’t qualify as a fair supreme leader 2. Remove [...]

Here is an interview about OneVoice, PeaceWorks, and "my life" (the title and theme of the show, Hayati) that aired on the Arabic TV Network Al Hurra. It is painfully funny to watch how chubby I was…

One of entrepreneurs’ and CEOs’ greater challenges is learning the art of contraction. CEOs and entrepreneurs may feel they can do a task better than their team members because they have more experience. But then they will never will build the professional potential of their staff, and their organizations will not reach their full potential, [...]

Click play on the link here to see an example of excellent data visualization, and to get a sense of the depth of this recession.

From Phil in KIND’s communication dept: All, Fans of the popular, long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives” may have noticed a special cameo on Monday, June 1st! When Brady and Melanie found themselves trapped in the Kiriakis family mausoleum, things suddenly turned around for Melanie when she found a KIND Almond & Apricot Bar [...]