1-8-18 Update: Important new data on public health problems emerging with kids in this damaging era of immigration anxiety. I see this every week when I tutor at Americorps/Reading Partners and … [Read more...]
Ready For Positive Media? Help HopeMob.org Get Kickstarted!
February 16, 2012 by 3 Comments
Update: Feb 17, 2012 Boom! And that's how it's done. Congrats HopeMob.Congrats world. Feb 16, 2012 Tired of skanky media with lousy messages and negative role models? Prefer to find fabulously … [Read more...]
Harry Potter Alliance: Using Pop Culture Pervasiveness Positively
July 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
July 17, 2011 No, I haven’t seen the Harry Potter grand finale yet.Yes, it’s been covered from every angle, dominating Twitter streams, Facebook status lines and yielding the largest weekend box … [Read more...]
Mentoring: Masai, Midwives, Mobile Med & Media That Matters!
August 5, 2010 by 4 Comments
Aug 5, 2010 Meet Sabore Ole Oyie. My teen's about to, as is her BFF and BF. Yep, this afternoon I’m bringing a few teens for a "reality show" not to be missed at the Global Leaders for Justice … [Read more...]
Global Leaders For Justice: Using Media For Breakthroughs
August 4, 2010 by 13 Comments
August 4, 2010 My teen dialog yesterday: “Did you have fun waterskiing with your dad?” “Yah, we did, how was your Global Leaders for Justice thingie? What’d you DO all day, mom?” “Um…well…let's … [Read more...]
Earth Day: 40 Eco Links Worth Recycling to Friends
April 22, 2010 by 12 Comments
April 20, 2020 Update: (How often does that happen 20-2020?) 4-21-2020: Amidst the "Contagion" concerns of COVID-19, take a moment to imagine what POSITIVE CONTAGION taking action on climate … [Read more...]
The Perfect Gift for a Man: Reinventing Manhood (Book)
December 9, 2009 by 12 Comments
Dec. 9, 2009 And now for the GOOD news! Yesterday for I wrote about ‘boys being turned into monsters’ with toxic marketing proliferation about what it means to be masculine, rolling out narrowcast … [Read more...]
Nicole Kidman Honors CNN Hero Betty Makoni’s Girl Child Network!
December 2, 2009 by 7 Comments
Dec. 1, 2009 Opposites attract...as seen by Nicole Kidman's awarding of CNN Top Ten Hero Betty Makoni of the Girl Child Network on Thanksgiving night. Wow. It’s World Aids Day and what better time to … [Read more...]
Neda: Iconic, Insta-Media Shifts Us To Visual Story Threads
June 22, 2009 by 9 Comments
June 22, 2009 Youth culture is highly visual and iconic, no doubt about it. According to Graham Brown's article, Youth in Iran, about 60% of the population in Iran is under 25, so it's no surprise … [Read more...]
Worldshapers: Women Wired to Make A Difference
May 24, 2009 by 5 Comments
May 24, 2009 Passionistas span the globe in all shapes, sizes and countries, and it makes me wonder sometimes if some of us are just ‘hard-wired’ with the 'want to make a difference' gene from the get … [Read more...]
Mobile for Good: N2Y4 Top Tier Contenders Announced
April 13, 2009 by 5 Comments
April 13, 2009 Awhile back I wrote about mobilizing youth via mobile, and this past weekend’s Global Engagement Summit seems to have brought out all kinds of positive media uses and leadership teams … [Read more...]
The Girl Effect: A World Changing Media Message
November 26, 2008 by 30 Comments
Shaping Youth’s All Things Girl Series concludes with a two-parter on The Girl Effect, beginning with this powerful media using kinetic type in motion and piano to amplify and implore action with the … [Read more...]
Girls For A Change: Amy Jussel and Carrie Ellett On World-Changing
November 15, 2008 by 14 Comments
Some of you may remember I was one of the fortunate U.S. delegates last year for GWLN's “Women Leaders for the World 2007” along with global citizen and Hardy Girls Healthy Women advisory board member … [Read more...]
The Age of Conversation 2: A Tribe of 237 Leading Change
October 31, 2008 by 20 Comments
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...]
Adina’s Deck World Premiere, Health 2.0, Me to We, instant ridesharing
October 27, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Been a busy week with the digital advances transpiring at the Health 2.0 national conference in S.F., (full debrief on kids Gaming4Health panel upcoming) plus this weekend’s Adina’s … [Read more...]
