Drew Francis

Camp sort of Daytona Camp

drew — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:04:30 +0000

Well. We are winding down camp. If you were wondering where I was for the last couple of months that would be the answer. This past week I was in Daytona. I don’t get a lot of tasks so my goal of this visit was to show one of of our producers the event. The great Erin Moon also known as Madam Fatima. I was also there to be of help where needed oh and I figured I would take some photos and video. Really needed my staff there to do it right but as always we had other stuff that we were doing in the home office. Anyway I was at camp or as some like to say Daytona. This event is a little different. I don think just because of size. Everyone seems to come for different reasons just like any camp but when you have more of them well you have more people for more reason. A group at the front stage left side caught my attention. I think mostly because they were turned around with their back to stage while Louie was talking. I kept think I wish they would get it. I pray they would get it. As soon as the music started they rose to their feat…some started to hold hands with each other in the air while others hugged and swayed slowly. Go figure. I pray they get it. I hope they get it. Louie kept pleading with them to not waste their life. Lets hope. Sometimes I hate and love what we do. I wish I could go home with each of them to say do you understand what just happened….Here let me help you. I guess if there is any room that I want them in is ours. Chris and Louie do a great job in preparing for the stage. I don’t say this often but those guys are the real deal. Well this was Dayton Beach 2010

Why I like early mornings

drew — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:24:10 +0000

I don’t like going somewhere I just like early mornings. I can slide into my day. I hate rushing around and when you start early you have all the time you need. I dont have to go to be early but I find that I get bored at night really easy when I don’t have something to do. Today is flex friday. I am basically just sitting around waiting for my ipad to get in. I need to not be busy. I need time to think and write or at least become a better writer. It will happen.

A break

drew — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:00:48 +0000

Its hard to get into the rhythm of things. I am a creature of habit. Once I get out of a habit its pretty hard to get back into it. Writing is the habit I’ve been out of. I don’t tweet as much. I think I may have gotten bored of it. I tried fourquare but eh. I need a new thing. So that will be my search. I will be searching for a new thing. I need a new thing. If you have any ideas let me know. And now back to Lost.

Burn out

drew — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:30:18 +0000

Let me first say I’m not burned out. I actually got a good energy boost from some new people that have joined us at the office. That got me thinking about how do we stop it. I think I’ve written on this topic before. I really dont have any answers. I was hoping that some of you creatives out there may have some. What do you do when you don’t think you have anything left. I hope the people that work with me never get that way or I’m in trouble. I do like it that they don’t try to please me. They actually don’t know what I’ll like so that makes it real easy. Here is what I do.

Lost. Lost has rescued me from burn out many a times. I think part of it is that I never liked the show. I only got into it because of peer pressure. So I guess what I do some times to get out of my burn out is to watch other people. My title is creative director So many times I tell my self hey, I only direct creatives I don’t actually have to be creative. I dont really know if that’s true but that’s how it is. I also take pictures. I do that because no one pays me to do it. You know it’s all coming back to me. I have spoken about it before. So really what do you do?

Homeless shelter fish fry and more

drew — Sun, 02 May 2010 13:48:59 +0000

Giving some time. So yesterday Jared and I went to Brother Bryan to help with a fish fry that my church was putting on. I have to admit I wasn’t looking forward to do it. I had just finished moving Hannah which gave me just enough time to eat lunch then head back. The thing that my church has done is made me uncomfortable. That has been great for my spiritual life. It was a great time. If you would like to know more about what Brother Bryan does just click the link. I said I would start May 1 and this is my answer to why that didn’t happen.

We will return to new music Fridays, office talk, creative and stuff I don’t know anything about. There are a ton of goings on and I’m trying now to put it all together. This is what Erin and I have been doing at work lately

SLNation – Episode 5 from Student Life on Vimeo.

Drew Francis blog returns

drew — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:32:15 +0000

I will return May 1. Its on.

Kenya Day 4

drew — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:29:26 +0000

Kenya Day 3

drew — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:20:02 +0000

Kenya Day 2

drew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:03:20 +0000

Kenya Day 1

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:19:07 +0000

Kenya Bound

drew — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:50:23 +0000

I know that I haven’t around and there are reasons for that. laziness. Well I’m about to take a trip. I will be blogging from that trip. We are heading back to Kenya. I’ve only returned to a couple countries in my life. I love it when I do. The second time around you start to get this bond. anyway. I’ll see you in a couple days. I will see this guy. I dont know who the photo bomb is.

You can have my voice

drew — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:44:10 +0000

I dont have much to say other than, Compassion you can have my voice. So people if you want to sponsor a child you’ll see a link on the lower left of this blog. If you want do donate do it HERE. Do Something.

Haiti – Compassion International from Student Life on Vimeo.

I do have some new music but who really cares.

peace

Drew

Fugees still

drew — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:13:43 +0000

I have days like this when I search my Itunes for something the reminds me of simpler times. The Fugees the score is one of those times. I remember playing these songs over and over again. The generation that I was born into are now up on deck. We are the ones having with families and we are fully into our career. We are helping to drive mainstream television and still have some markting power. Think of the most popular shows on now. Well popular shows on network tv that is, they all seem to revolve around this generation. Lost, 30 rock and I would even say the strongest story lines on the office. When you start to move down the channel listings you see our influence slipping. Maybe that’s a good thing maybe not. We are now starting to mange people younger than us. Weird when you start being the older person in the room is that what being 30 something is. When I play Fugees is that now considered old school. Well we’ll see I guess. I still love hearing “ready or not” That’s my jam.

Peace

Drew

How many trees had to die?

drew — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:48:22 +0000

Let me first say I know nothing about mailing or the habits of people when it comes to mail. I have no expertise in how it should be done and can only tell you what I’ve read and what I can imagine. I got an email from a colleague that sent me a tweet of someone who is part of the shock and awe campaign that is going on right now. They asked is it necessary to receive a tree a week? That’s a hard question. If it didnt work would we do it or if we had other methods would it work better. Just the fact that we were able to track you down through twitter should give some indication that there may be a better way, one that allows us to know you. Why don’t we add that field to our data. Yes, I’m suggesting we add a twitter field along with our email field. This person follows around eighty people that may follow another 90 people wich may follow 300 people and so and and so on.

On the cover of fastcompany this week is Ashton Kutcher also known as @aplusk Great article on new media advertising. Everyone is talking about it but not all are doing it . I think it may be fear of losing the gray haired dude who calls it some type of mojo. But how may trees have to die?I’ve actually been thinking a lot about this. But how do y0u concentrate on the product along with the means of letting people know about it? If I ask that question does that mean we are doing too much? I’ll let my boss figure that one out. What am I supposed to do?

Peace

Drew

Early Adopter

drew — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:47:43 +0000

I dont really know if I can call my self an early adopter. I usually wait for one generation before I adopt anything. This has come to mind because I’ve just became the owner of a Kindle. The Kindle is an e-reader device. It allows you to buy books, magazines and newspapers that are delivered right to your portable device. I have always enjoyed reading but it was in spurts. I would read heavy for a month or so and then not read anything for weeks. I am hoping to change that. I bought the iphone months after its release. That happened because I saw too many youth ministers walking around with them at a youth specialties event. I remember the day when I said I’ve had enough. Anyway it was great buy and so is my Kindle.

Is being an early adopter a good thing? I dont know. I got my twitter account soon after it was made public but didn’t do too much with it. We talk at work about trying to be at the front end of pop culture. Talk would be the word. We were a nimble ship and slowly we have become and destroyer still agile in the water but a little harder to turn. So what’s harder leading or following the leader. It may be safer to follow the leader but does it end it up costing you more? It may, if you miss an opportunity. I don’t want to miss an opportunity but I also what us to be around in the next 10 years. We’ll see how that goes. I have high hopes. I wish I adopted more things earlier. Maybe that will be my new years resolution. Adoption. Do you have something that I need to adopt.