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Tips For Handling A Real Life “Sue Sylvester From Glee”

April 25, 2011 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Update: April 2, 2013 Given Mike Rice's conduct berating players at practice captured on cam and sent all over the social media airwaves w/Rutgers news today, I have to reprise this post to remind that this DOES happen at the high school and club level on teams as well, as I can attest to firsthand. Despite life skills and tips from the Positive Coaching Alliance, I've … [Read more...]

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Parents for Ethical Marketing: The Role In Shaping Youth

October 24, 2008 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

The name alone is a winner. “Parents For Ethical Marketing.” It’s universal, inclusive, and makes my name generation synapses smile (metaphorically, grammarians; hold the e-mails). When PEM founder Lisa Ray (formerly of the incisive, razor-sharp blog, Two Knives) approached me about her desire to start an organization to encourage corporate ethics in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Age-of-Conversation, Amy-Jussel, applied science, Change.org, corporate responsibility, CSR, ethics, Hippocratic oath, Lisa Ray, media-literacy, nonprofit fundraising, Parents for Ethical Marketing, PEM, Robyn-Silverman, Sarah Sobieraj, Tufts University, youth empowerment