Comments on: Reading Rainbow Canceled For All The Wrong Reasons http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/ Nick Armstrong is Colorado's storytelling small business marketing expert and funny public speaker. He specializes in creating funny speeches, revamping failing social media campaigns, community building, and creative problem solving for small businesses. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nick Armstrong http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Nick Armstrong Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:43:18 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-36 Janet, They're at home, playing Mario Kart in mom and dad's basement, playing barrista at Starbucks, back at school, or working on building out their own company. I would say that even old dogs can learn the new ways of social media - evidenced by the soccer mom Facebook flood of late. It's not too late for PBS - I'd agree with you. A good Axe man would do the trick, but so would a very good, very patient teacher. :-) Thanks for the comment!! -Nick Janet,

They’re at home, playing Mario Kart in mom and dad’s basement, playing barrista at Starbucks, back at school, or working on building out their own company.

I would say that even old dogs can learn the new ways of social media – evidenced by the soccer mom Facebook flood of late. It’s not too late for PBS – I’d agree with you. A good Axe man would do the trick, but so would a very good, very patient teacher. :-) Thanks for the comment!!

-Nick

]]> By: Nick Armstrong http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Nick Armstrong Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:43:00 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-434 Janet, They're at home, playing Mario Kart in mom and dad's basement, playing barrista at Starbucks, back at school, or working on building out their own company. I would say that even old dogs can learn the new ways of social media - evidenced by the soccer mom Facebook flood of late. It's not too late for PBS - I'd agree with you. A good Axe man would do the trick, but so would a very good, very patient teacher. :-) Thanks for the comment!! -Nick Janet,

They’re at home, playing Mario Kart in mom and dad’s basement, playing barrista at Starbucks, back at school, or working on building out their own company.

I would say that even old dogs can learn the new ways of social media – evidenced by the soccer mom Facebook flood of late. It’s not too late for PBS – I’d agree with you. A good Axe man would do the trick, but so would a very good, very patient teacher. :-) Thanks for the comment!!

-Nick

]]> By: Janet Sanders http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Janet Sanders Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:13:33 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-35 I have wanted to donate to our somewhat "local" pbs station for years and finally did it this year. My business donated 3 LumiLift Facials for a total donation value of $660. The first customer to bring in her donation informed me that the whole auction staff was fired and they lost over $100,000 just in production (airtime) for the auction. She said nobody knew what they were doing, all the volunteers are retirees and they just came in and manned the phones and left and literally there was no Captain of "the ship". No Shatner to ask and demand for more power Scotty! you get it..... I guess they thought that their system was so well oiled - things would just work themselves out. I would not be surprised that this type of "casual" management practices is standard at PBS. They probably need a good AXE person to go clean house and get it working again. This is going to sound bad but - "too many 50+ year olds with old school management practices that are out dated and no longer effective"....my guess. Where are the young geeks with a cause hiding? hmmmm. hee hee Jan I have wanted to donate to our somewhat “local” pbs station for years and finally did it this year. My business donated 3 LumiLift Facials for a total donation value of $660. The first customer to bring in her donation informed me that the whole auction staff was fired and they lost over $100,000 just in production (airtime) for the auction. She said nobody knew what they were doing, all the volunteers are retirees and they just came in and manned the phones and left and literally there was no Captain of “the ship”. No Shatner to ask and demand for more power Scotty! you get it….. I guess they thought that their system was so well oiled – things would just work themselves out.

I would not be surprised that this type of “casual” management practices is standard at PBS. They probably need a good AXE person to go clean house and get it working again.

This is going to sound bad but – “too many 50+ year olds with old school management practices that are out dated and no longer effective”….my guess.

Where are the young geeks with a cause hiding? hmmmm. hee hee

Jan

]]> By: Janet Sanders http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Janet Sanders Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-433 I have wanted to donate to our somewhat "local" pbs station for years and finally did it this year. My business donated 3 LumiLift Facials for a total donation value of $660. The first customer to bring in her donation informed me that the whole auction staff was fired and they lost over $100,000 just in production (airtime) for the auction. She said nobody knew what they were doing, all the volunteers are retirees and they just came in and manned the phones and left and literally there was no Captain of "the ship". No Shatner to ask and demand for more power Scotty! you get it..... I guess they thought that their system was so well oiled - things would just work themselves out. I would not be surprised that this type of "casual" management practices is standard at PBS. They probably need a good AXE person to go clean house and get it working again. This is going to sound bad but - "too many 50+ year olds with old school management practices that are out dated and no longer effective"....my guess. Where are the young geeks with a cause hiding? hmmmm. hee hee Jan I have wanted to donate to our somewhat “local” pbs station for years and finally did it this year. My business donated 3 LumiLift Facials for a total donation value of $660. The first customer to bring in her donation informed me that the whole auction staff was fired and they lost over $100,000 just in production (airtime) for the auction. She said nobody knew what they were doing, all the volunteers are retirees and they just came in and manned the phones and left and literally there was no Captain of “the ship”. No Shatner to ask and demand for more power Scotty! you get it….. I guess they thought that their system was so well oiled – things would just work themselves out.

I would not be surprised that this type of “casual” management practices is standard at PBS. They probably need a good AXE person to go clean house and get it working again.

This is going to sound bad but – “too many 50+ year olds with old school management practices that are out dated and no longer effective”….my guess.

Where are the young geeks with a cause hiding? hmmmm. hee hee

Jan

]]> By: Nick Armstrong http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Nick Armstrong Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:49:08 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-34 Heidi - I couldn't agree more. I'm glad that someone feels the same way I do about it. I think PBS has a lot of room for improvement - they've become stagnant. And this is a huge demonstration of that. -Nick Heidi – I couldn’t agree more. I’m glad that someone feels the same way I do about it.

I think PBS has a lot of room for improvement – they’ve become stagnant. And this is a huge demonstration of that.

-Nick

]]> By: Nick Armstrong http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Nick Armstrong Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:49:00 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-432 Heidi - I couldn't agree more. I'm glad that someone feels the same way I do about it. I think PBS has a lot of room for improvement - they've become stagnant. And this is a huge demonstration of that. -Nick Heidi – I couldn’t agree more. I’m glad that someone feels the same way I do about it.

I think PBS has a lot of room for improvement – they’ve become stagnant. And this is a huge demonstration of that.

-Nick

]]> By: Heidi http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Heidi Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:49:13 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-33 I couldn't agree more with this post. I absolutely loved Reading Rainbow! And “vice president for children’s programming” sounds EXACTLY like a title for a communist regime... um, perhaps I was wrong about what PBS stands for... perhaps its Public Brainwashing System? Bad move PBS, bad move. I couldn’t agree more with this post. I absolutely loved Reading Rainbow!
And “vice president for children’s programming” sounds EXACTLY like a title for a communist regime… um, perhaps I was wrong about what PBS stands for… perhaps its Public Brainwashing System? Bad move PBS, bad move.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Heidi Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-431 I couldn't agree more with this post. I absolutely loved Reading Rainbow! And “vice president for children’s programming” sounds EXACTLY like a title for a communist regime... um, perhaps I was wrong about what PBS stands for... perhaps its Public Brainwashing System? Bad move PBS, bad move. I couldn’t agree more with this post. I absolutely loved Reading Rainbow!
And “vice president for children’s programming” sounds EXACTLY like a title for a communist regime… um, perhaps I was wrong about what PBS stands for… perhaps its Public Brainwashing System? Bad move PBS, bad move.

]]> By: rmmdc http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-430 rmmdc Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:09:00 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-430 Reading Rainbow Canceled For All The Wrong Reasons, why @LeVarBurton should create a web show: <a href="http://su.pr/52wCSB" rel="nofollow">http://su.pr/52wCSB</a> (via @ImNickArmstrong) <i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/rmmdc/statuses/3652033646" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i> Reading Rainbow Canceled For All The Wrong Reasons, why @LeVarBurton should create a web show: http://su.pr/52wCSB (via @ImNickArmstrong)
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]]> By: ImNickArmstrong http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/2009/08/reading-rainbow-canceled-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-428 ImNickArmstrong Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.iamnickarmstrong.com/?p=995#comment-428 Reading Rainbow Canceled For All The Wrong Reasons, why @LeVarBurton should give PBS the finger and create a web show: <a href="http://su.pr/52wCSB" rel="nofollow">http://su.pr/52wCSB</a> <i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/ImNickArmstrong/statuses/3651847705" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i> Reading Rainbow Canceled For All The Wrong Reasons, why @LeVarBurton should give PBS the finger and create a web show: http://su.pr/52wCSB
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