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Ypulse Offers Stimulus Package for Youth Marketing Mashup: 30% Off!

May 13, 2009 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

May 13, 2009 Even big league marketers seem to be falling on tough times, as I just noticed Anastasia Goodstein has posted a “30% off” deal for the final weeks of registration for the 2009 Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup June 1-2 in San Francisco. It reminds me of my days at the ad agency working on high end cruise line accounts that didn’t want to devalue the brand with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 2009 Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup, anti-censorship, Balancing safety and fun, BK, booty is booty, Burger King, CCFC, childrens advocacy, girls-self-worth, Izzy-Neis, Joe Kelly, Joi Podgorny, June 1-2 2009, Kids Online, measuring girls butts, mind pollution, objectification, Privo, Russ Klein, sexist ads, Spongebob, squarebutts, Stimulus Package, Susan Linn, tweens, Unconference, youth-marketing, YPulse

Teen Webby Winners Talk About Old vs. New Media

May 12, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

May 12, 2009 Hat tip to Ypulse for linking these Webby winning student journalists who reinforce that this blog fits into my own "don't do as I do" persona of 'long form blogging' in a microblog era. I'm adding a 'must read' by Jerry Bowles on Social Media Today titled, "The Internet is Killing America's Free Press & Why It Matters" and I also agree with On Living By … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Bonnie DeVarco, Boston, digital web, Doug Engelbart, eHow, Facebook, FriendFeed, journalism, Kill your blog, Media X, Microblogging, NCEN, new media, newspaper industry, newspapers, NextNow Collaboratory, old media, On Living By Learning, online student journalists, over-sharing, Paul Boutin, Sandra-Foyt, Science related wikipedian activity map, Stanford, teens, The Girl Revolution, Twitter, webby winners, Wired, youth

The Kindness of Strangers: Social Media’s Power to Help & Heal

May 11, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

May 11, 2009 Hungarian writer Robert Zend once said, “There are too many people, and too few human beings.” I’d normally agree, but I guess media is shifting my frame of reference a tad, as this is the second time in recent months I’ve been overwhelmed by social media’s unique ability to engage, inspire and come to the aid of a total stranger with empathy sans … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Bereavement, bone cancer, canine, coping skills, dogs, grief, Kids, kindness of strangers, NextNow Collaboratory, oncologist, online friendship, osteosarcoma, Pet dying, pets, social-media, veterinarians, virtual communities

Where The Wild Things Are! Media, Mamas & More

May 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 9, 2009 My original title for this post was “Wild Babies & Squirrelly Mamas” but just imagining the trash that would find its way to my spam filter deterred! This new headline gives me the opportunity for a ‘three-fer’ instead... 1.) A fall preview of the movie trailer adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story “Where the Wild Things Are” directed by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: animal moms, animals, baby birds, baby shower, compassion, ducklings, fledglings, Maurice Sendak, opposum, orphaned animals, PHS, raccoons, RespectRx, SPCA, Spike Jonze, spring babies, squirrels, teen moms, where the wild things are, WildAid, WildCare, wildlife, Wildlife Care Center, wildlife rehab

Consider This: Virtual Worlds In Institutional Settings

May 7, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 7, 2009 See this smiling face? Meet my goddaughter, Lara, who recently turned 12. We gifted her an Elf Island 'virtual world' membership for 'premium content' as part of her B-Day celebration. Why? 1.) It was one of the few things I KNEW she didn't have (living afar and gift-guessing is dicey) 2.) She's a VERY social only child who loves to chat and make new friends 3.) … [Read more...]