It’s Christmas eve, a time to rejoice…“The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones.” Hail Mary and Hallelujah, the outreach of new media knows no bounds. Actually, this is smarter than um, heck on the youth outreach front and lord knows our planet could use more kindness and … [Read more...]
Program for the Future Conference: Double-click to enlarge Eileen Clegg's visual insights into the years beginning with Doug Engelbart's birth in 1925 and emerging through his 'mother of all demos' in 1968 as we time travel to track the evolution and convergence of collective intelligence via human and techno systems... Where have we been, where are we going, what will this … [Read more...]
All Things Girl Week continues on Shaping Youth with some incredible resources and inspirations coming your way! From 2,300 girls trained to be social change agents in 6 metro areas in 26 days via Carrie Ellett’s crew at Girls For A Change to a firstperson overseas experience at the YWCA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia shared by International Fellows Program college recipient … [Read more...]
When I was asked to present a workshop with all the powerhouse thought leaders and academic bigwigs this past spring at the 6th annual CCFC summit: Consuming Kids: The Sexualization of Children and Other Commercial Calamities, I had one of those insecure twitches of humbled reticence. How would my lack of PhD pedigree stand up in a room full of whip-smart scholars and … [Read more...]
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