Ella and Steve are involved with a wonderful ministry that brings hope and healing to families with a child stricken with cancer. Blue Skies, is a a ministry that takes families who are facing life-threatening childhood illnesses for a week-long beach retreat in Florida.
Taking calls from Southwestern alumni is one of my favorite responsibilities as the Southwestern Company Alumni Specialist. (weird title – I know) Almost five years into my role working with Southwestern alumni I have heard a ton of great bookfield stories, can list Southwestern sales managers back into the 1960′s, know almost all of Southwestern’s [...]
Earlier this week, we conducted our first webinar for Southwestern Company alumni. We received great response from our alumni. I enjoyed hearing from alumni excited to hear Dan Moore’s pearls of wisdom on Southwestern success principles. Three minutes before the webinar started, I was taken back to my first day on the bookfield. Despite having trained [...]
Fifteen years ago this month I made the decision to sell books with Southwestern. I vividly remember sitting in a classroom in Otto Olson at the University of Nebraska at Kearney absorbing all Curtis Rogers had to say about the opportunity. As Curtis wrote the list of advantages on the board: experience, money, travel… the [...]
Though she has been officially off of the Southwestern bookfield for nearly 5 years, Haley Price is still selling books. Only now, she’s written and illustrated the books that she’s selling. She is the author and illustrator of Today is the Best Day of My Life. This book contains bite-sized life principles, presented in a [...]
I am very proud to work at Southwestern and stand behind the principles we strive to develop in young people. This fall, I had the pleasure of working ”check out” for a couple of weeks. Every year I really enjoy getting the chance to see the students as they finalize their Southwestern summer. Every bookperson can recall how crazy big [...]
