Aug. 20, 2016 Update Adding this report on the acceleration of archery as a sport for young girls, from the resource rich data gleaned from the fabulous Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Also loved how STEM and physics entered into the 2016 Rio Olympics special interest stories, even the sponsored ones like the science of swimming via Twitter hashtag … [Read more...]
Archery: Using Media To Get Kids Outside, Into STEM, and More
Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Marketing Shaping Youth Tagged With: #WhatIf, A Mighty Girl, Archery, archery for math science, Archery surges as sport, Black Girls Code, Brave Girls Want, Catching Fire, connecting kids to nature, eco literacy, Frozen and Catching Fire teen heroines, Frozen climate change, get kids outside, girls empowerment, girls-confidence, girls-self-worth, Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen inspires girls, Keep Merida Brave, kids-media, making math relevant, math, Media-Influence-Kids, millennials, Nature deficit disorcer, Popularity of archery, power of media for positive change, Project Raceway, Shell Eco Marathon, sheroes, ShopGirls, STEM programs for girls, The What If Conference, women in STEM, “What if”
The Girl Effect: A World Changing Media Message
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 same cut through the clutter poignancy that Dove’s Onslaught video used jarring visuals as a media montage. Can we still use simple WORDS and music to emote in a visual culture … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: all things girl week, Amy-Jussel, change agents, empower girls, gender equity, Girl Effect, girl effect video, girls, give a girl a goat, global development, global womens fund, just do it, making a difference, media-literacy, Nike, nike sweatshops, NoVo, population, power of media for positive change, teach a man to fish, The Girl Effect, umbc
The Power of a Pen, The Story of A Sign
“Sometimes all it takes is a stroke of a pen. A beautiful film by Alonso Alvarez Barreda.” This was the caption for the amazing video I received via Facebook from my NextNow collaboratory friend and founder Bill Daul...And in my overloaded chaos I might have missed it if he hadn’t added, “worth 5 minutes of your time, I promise. Trust … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 2008 Cannes Online Competition, Age-of-Conversation, Alonso Alvarez Barreda, Amy-Jussel, arts and sciences, Bill Daul, changebloggers, Historia de un Letrero, humanity, NextNow Collaboratory, one voice matters, Online Film Shorts, positive media influence, Power of a Pen, power of media for positive change, social change, social-media, Story of a Sign, words count