Shaping Youth has been on a two week blog hiatus to leapfrog into the future via global human connections. I’ve just graduated from the Women Leaders for the World intensive boot camp for visionaries…Where 2007 global leaders from various countries, races, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, and political leanings unite through the power and promise of the … [Read more...]
I’ve been trying to stay low key about being selected as one of the U.S. representatives for the Women Leaders for the World program, but after spending the last few days with my fellow GWLN delegates, (bios here) this is an intense global experience that will no doubt impact every iota of my very being. From Rashmi explaining the agribusiness loss of indigenous foods … [Read more...]
“Social networks get things done,” says the narrator of this short video primer I found on Kim Klaver’s blog, who happens to be one of my co-contributors in The Age of Conversation. Wow, I’ll say. Today Drew and Gavin’s visionary book, The Age of Conversation comes alive! It's already featured in Social Computing Magazine here, the Ad Age … [Read more...]
Will kids "bite the Apple" or will it prove to be media poison? First Reuters news reported that Apple Inc. plans to launch a cheaper version of the iPhone in the fourth quarter that could be based on the ultra-slim iPod Nano music player, according to a JP Morgan analyst based in Taiwan. NOW, JP Morgan has retracted. Gee, I'll bet analyst Kevin Chang's getting a ruler … [Read more...]
Which weekend’s best for a slumber party? Who's carpooling to the game? What's your summer camp schedule? We all know how tedious it can be synchronizing different people's agendas to find a date that suits everybody. Doodle is a cool polling tool that's free, fast, and ‘idiot proof’ for people like me who can’t spare even a second to learn a new … [Read more...]
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