June 4, 2010 How many graduating class invitations do you have piled up from folks you haven’t heard from in an eternity? I’m curious. I’m at three, and trying not to ‘over-think’ the blinding incivility of those with paws out for paltry ‘gimmes,’ preferring to perceive this as simply a well-meaning announcement akin to those holiday cards detailing ‘the kids … [Read more...]
ABCs of Life: What’s Your Gift To Graduating Youth?
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 2010 Graduation rap, 50 Graduation ideas, A-Z life lessons, abcs of life, Academics, accept differences, accomplishments, consumers, Eleanor Roosevelt, gift plaques, Gossip Girls, grad gifts, grads, graduation, graduation gifts, graduation should not be a fundraising event, Great minds, high school seniors, Josh Shipp Graduation Rap, living with intention, meaningful media, Media-Makeovers, milestones, Miss Manners, Oh the Places You'll Go, Parenting-Teens, Please Stop the Rollercoaster, Students, Sue Blaney, taming the gimmes, the gimmes, the giving tree
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 techno-media holding steady. (Reminder, we’re screening Consuming Kids again at my place on Friday, so RSVP, it’s free!) When I interviewed Mike Berenstain of Berenstain Bears, he … [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