Author: Kevin D. Hendricks

  • Bono Article Reprinted

    He hangs with the president and the pope and fronts the biggest rock band in the world. He’s passionate about politics and economics, and he’s as old as your parents. And he has one name: Bono. … This Monkey Outta Nowhere article about U2’s front man and his crusade against HIV/AIDS that originally appeared in 2003 was reprinted in the 2005 issue of Orientation magazine.

  • Fourth Place at EPA

    The Evangelical Press Association annual convention was held this week in Chicago, and during the EPA Awards our very own Kevin D. Hendricks scored fourth place in the Freelance Article category. His piece on Charlie Peacock’s book, A New Way To Be Human, appeared on the Billy Graham youth site passageway.org.

  • SWAT Monkey

    A Mesa, Ariz. police veteran has proposed training a capuchin monkey for high-risk police operations. The SWAT team monkey could unlock doors and search buildings on command, keeping SWAT personnel out of harm’s way. A federal grant would pay for a pilot program to train the monkey, though the idea is still in the proposal stage and hasn’t been cleared by the Mesa police department’s executive ranks.

  • Seth Godin Blogs Personality Blogging Seth Godin

    A blog entry Head Monkey Kevin D. Hendricks wrote for the marketing firm Personality™ received a nod from marketing guru Seth Godin (author of Purple Cow). The entry, Seth Godin: Marketing Master in Action, analyzed Godin’s marketing efforts as he prepares to release his next book, All Marketers Are Liars. You can learn a thing or two from how a marketing guru markets. Godin himself mentioned the entry and was “delighted to see that others are picking up the steps I’m trying to follow.”

  • The Door Interview

    The Wittenburg Door covered Church Marketing Sucks in a Q&A with Brad Abare and our very own Kevin D. Hendricks. See our Head Monkey in action.

  • Monkey with an iPod

    2005_03_20pioneersmall.jpgOur Head Monkey appeared in the Pioneer Press this morning in the story “iPod Nation” (registration required). The story covers people and their interesting uses for the iPod and our founder and president Kevin D. Hendricks uses his iPod to record interviews, which landed him a few quotes, a profile and a picture. Check out his personal blog for the behind-the-scenes scoop.

  • More Blog Changes

    I love blogs. So it shouldn’t come as any surprise that after scaling back the Monkey Outta Nowhere blog last month, now I’m trying to rejuvenate it. Basically I’m revamping the homepage to intermingle Monkey Outta Nowhere news with portfolio items in order to keep folks better updated. …

  • Keeping Busy

    After a waist-tightening January, Monkey Outta Nowhere scored two monthly contracts for the rest of 2005. We’ll be continuing our work with the L.A.-based Personality and Center for Church Communication (formerly b-moore, Inc.), and also helping the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel with a number of major web projects in 2005. It’s always encouraging […]

  • Name That Monkey

    The Wildlife Conservation Society is auctioning off the chance to name a new species of monkey. The new monkey was discoverd in Madidi National Park in Bolivia in 2000. The auction will begin Feb. 24 at charityfolks.com.

  • Hey Alumni

    Monkey Outta Nowhere made an appearance in the January 2005 issue of Focus, the alumni magazine of Bethel University. We were mentioned in an update about Bethel alum and Head Monkey Kevin D. Hendricks on page 44. Check us out.