community: ANNOUNCING: James Frazer as April's "Editor-In-Chief" of Stage It Forward...
- 04/02/07 08:26 AM
A core value, of Stage It Forward is that by creating one united voice... all home stagers will benefit.Since the groups start-up in November 2006 I have been "Editor" of the group... which means I select and give a small yellow star to those posts WITHIN OUR group that are featured each day.Recently, I had lunch with fellow stager and group memeber, James Frazier. We were talking about the group, and managing all the great posts so many have written and how it could be "done better"... and still keep the group's dynamic fresh and fair.We came up with the idea of creating ROTATING EDITORS... so that … (12 comments)
community: And the FOOL in the Rain Award Goes to...
- 04/02/07 12:59 AM
Yesterday, April Fool's day, was a special day here in the Rain. It was a day that brought out the "Fool" in many. So if you like to smile, I thought I would pull together one of those of oh-so-famous and much enjoyed REVIEW posts... but, for this review compilation I got it easy, I just had to go through one days worth of material. Anyway, as they say, here are the nominees for the 2007 A.R.F (Active Rain Fool) Award in no particular order... (YES! This WAS a contest YOU FOOLS!!!... but only in my head) In order to get to the bottom of this … (61 comments)
community: Held Within A Comment...
- 03/21/07 11:52 PM
I woke up this morning thinking about my recent (NBC) post and the many thoughtful, supporting and encouraging comments that were made by so many... that I just had to do something to show just how much I appreciate all of your kind and generous words. So this is my "collective Comment of Thanks" to all your comments. What is so odd about Active Rain, is that while you can find amazing and well written blogs that teach so much, share so much, and help so much... it is in simple short Comments where "volumes" are often spoken. It is the Comment that gives Active Rain life. For in the Comment something magical happens … (61 comments)
community: NBC picked up my blog... How do I EVEN BEGIN to thank Active Rain?!!!!
- 03/19/07 04:35 PM
Today has been a day I will ALWAYS remember... and I have to thank ACTIVE RAIN for so very much of it. Yesterday morning I discovered that NBC-5 TV in Dallas had picked up one of my recent posts from my "Pretty Blog" (which is my AR blog slightly re-constituted) and posted it on the station's website. I was flabbergasted. I was floored. I was thrilled. And I really wanted to thank Active Rain... However, my "thank you" was going to have to wait as I really wanted to also post my 3 Year Anniversary Post. When I finally DID get to post my … (119 comments)
community: Recycling a Full Circle Moment
- 03/16/07 03:31 AM
Last November I took a business trip to China. I went there because the professional designer "me" was needed, however to my surprise the personal "me" was profoundly impacted. While I was in China, I visited both Hong Kong and a city called Shenzhen (45 minutes from Hong Kong via water taxi) on the mainland. During this trip it became quite apparent that Hong Kong was all about consuming, and Shenzhen was all about manufacturing. Shimmering and sparkling, yet cluttered in EVERY nook and cranny of the streets of Hong Kong, were shops, stores and boutiques selling every conceivable thing we stuff into our lives. In contrast … (62 comments)
community: STAGE IT FORWARD... by giving IT back
- 03/10/07 10:59 PM
The importance and willingness to give back is basic to what the group of stagers in Stage it Forward are all about. Its so basic, that in the group's short description here on Active Rain, the words "share" or "sharing" is used in 3 separate places. For me however, Stage It Forward is more than just helping other stagers grow their businesses... for me, Stage It Forward meant using my time, talent and treasure to benefit my community. So at Real Estaging, our current Stage It Forward effort centers around the creation of a spectacular community wide fund raising event for Brickton Art Center... a WONDERFUL not-for profit organization (grounded in outreach) in Park Ridge Illinois. This year we helped … (10 comments)
community: Standing Out in the Rain... a Lesson to take to Localism.
- 01/04/07 05:10 AM
Yesterday it was announced that of the 27,229 blog entries* posted on Active Rain since its début on June 25, 2006 my "very personal" post entitled "The Gift of Tears" was voted the Most Memorable post for the year. First, I have to say WOW and huge thank you to all who voted! And while I am flattered and grateful, it got me to thinking... Why? Why THAT post? Did that post REALLY have anything to do with Real Estate? As a professional in the Real Estate industry I know that working with people is at the core of what I … (40 comments)
These are the creative writings of Craig Schiller, a home staging professional, passionate real estate marketing professional and founder of the Real Estaging, one of the nation's leading home staging companies.
A core value, of Stage It Forward is that by creating one united voice... all home stagers will benefit.Since the groups start-up in November 2006 I have been "Editor" of the group... which means I select and give a small yellow star to those posts WITHIN OUR group that are featured each day.Recently, I had lunch with fellow stager and group memeber, James Frazier. We were talking about the group, and managing all the great posts so many have written and how it could be "done better"... and still keep the group's dynamic fresh and fair.We came up with the idea of creating ROTATING EDITORS... so that … (12 comments)
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