Big Media Smack Down! You ready? Just for fun, I tried this ever-so-clever animation game from the Stop Big Media consortium with my TV-loving tween to open a discussion on the high stakes gambit of unchecked media consolidation. (yeah, I know, I have a weird household) Being an animal lover, the violence of the 'Whack a Mole' arcade game always made me cringe, but … [Read more...]
I find it ironic that the WIPO, (World Intellectual Property Organization) wants to educate tweens aged 9-14 about copyright (see 72-page workbook pdf file here) when childrens’ rights are usurped regularly in the digital sphere via user-generated content without shared authorship, credit, or kudos. Shouldn’t kids have the same creative rights/attributions as … [Read more...]
Dec. 7, 2016 Update: We had our collegiate buddy binge-fest with the Gilmore Girls 'Year in the Life" Netflix Revival this Thanksgiving, so for those mother-daughter pairs who can't get enough of the fast-talking dynamic duo, I'm reprising our hands-on experiential "B&B Inn" themed getaway of wrapping up the gift of time together... We shared it well, so it's coming back … [Read more...]
Question: Why is it that all nonprofits surge to the year-end final quarter like the finish line in a horse race trying to glean ‘end of year tax deductions’ and ‘year end recaps of good deeds’…(other than the obvious bank book juggling) Is this really effective? Personally, I’m a bit tapped and spent by years’ end…and the … [Read more...]
Ann Handley, one of my fellow co-authors of the Age of Conversation book for Variety, the Children's Charity, has a great lead-in line for the ongoing coverage of this "elf yourself" online holiday blitz. She says, "Know how I know when an online campaign is truly viral?---When my non-geek, non-marketer friends pass it along to me.” Yep. That’s my indicator … [Read more...]
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