Tag: CVI
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Thank God It’s Monday! No, Seriously…
I have a confession: I love Mondays. Yeah, you heard it – Mondays rule. Mondays suck for some people. They used to suck for me. I first learned “TGIF” when I was in elementary school. First heard my parents play drive-time afternoon radio on the way home from school about how awesome it was that…
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Short Doesn’t Mean ‘Memorable’…
I had a realization today, as I addressed about a dozen members of our “Bistro 106” staff and it was this: Company culture best gets communicated through the stories we tell. We have this sign posted in a few places around the community – namely on the inside of doors from the kitchen to the…
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The birth of a Manifesto! Viva la CVI!
An email to my team today: Two big things… 1. This is a blog by a marketing pro that I can’t recommend enough. He posts daily and most of them are only a few sentences but help to take one’s thinking in a new direction. Today’s is about media and how it’s not always a good…
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If You Build It: Leasing Through Better Meals?
One of the most interesting things about CVI-Orlando (Collegiate Village Inn) is that we have a dining hall and meal plans. NO ONE in off-campus student housing markets have these things – and for good reason. The cost to build a commercial kitchen and dining hall are staggering and the space they consume could be…