Dec. 6, 2009 Samuel Johnson once said, “Our aspirations are our possibilities.” I love the limitless empowerment in the short phrase, so when I heard there was going to be a new online DIY craft show … [Read more...]
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Is There a Possibility the FCC Hasn’t Seen The Irony Here?
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: blurring the lines, branded entertainment, brands, CCFC, children, Cinderella, Clorox, Courtney Watkins, digital crafts show, digital-ads, Disney, DIY, eco, embedded ads, equality, ethics, Etsy, FCC, Feministing, FTC, Gender Portrayal, Gender Roles, girl guide, girls-self-worth, Jim Henson, Kids-Advertising, kids-advertising-regulations, maker faire, Makezine, Media-Influence-Kids, Muppets, O'Reilly media, online crafts, Pink Think, Possibility, Product Placement, Sara-Grimes, Sara-M.-Grimes, spring cleaning, The Possibility Shop, toxic cues to kids, webisode
Consuming Kids: Selling Value As A Virtue

July 28, 2009 In another ‘silver lining’ of our economy’s challenging moments, seems “consuming kids” are self-reining and prioritizing the value of purchases, with fashion taking a nosedive and … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: bargain hunting, brands, brandwashing, budget, CCFC, clothing swaps, consignment, Consuming kids, downturn, Eco-Childs-Play, eco-friendly, economy, fashion, fashionista, freebie, freecycling, frugal, green teen, Kids, marketing charts, Mike Berenstain, on sale, outgrowns, Piper Jaffray, Plato's Closet, Play it Again Sports, precycling, Project Green Dorm, recycling, second hand stores, sports gear, swap-n-shop, teen fashion, Teens Turning Green, the gimmes, value, value-driven, Values, Warren Buffett cartoon, Winmark, Yelp, Youth-sports
The Age of Conversation 2: A Tribe of 237 Leading Change

AOC2--Double the flavor, double the fun! (quick, name that ad!) The ever prolific Seth Godin of Purple Cow fame (yes, I’m proud to be one...moooo!) has a new book out called … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 237 authors, Age of Conversation 2, Age-of-Conversation, Alex Steed, AOC2, Authors, Beth-Kanter, branding, brands, Britt-Bravo, change agents, changebloggers, children, Chris Brogan, collaborative effort, digerati, Drew McClellan, ebook, Free the Children, Gavin Heaton, Guy Kawasaki, ideas, ideation, Kids, Me to We, Millennials Changing America, Mindblob, new media, participatory learning, probono, Purple Cow, Robert Scoble, SEO book, Seth Godin, social change, social enterprise, social media tools, social networks, the Childrens Charity, Tribes, Twitterfluence, Variety, Why Don't People Get It, Wikio, Wikio top blogs