March 12, 2010 Today I soared through my first ever Virgin Airlines’ experience bemused by two giddy tween girls excitedly chirping to their mom about the pink and purple “mood lighting” befitting a nightclub and the free WiFi and touchscreen inflight services, as she flashed me one of those, “Where do these girls hear this stuff?” mutual-mama looks. I wanted to ask if they … [Read more...]
ALLY Awards: Architects of Change Amidst Brands: Tween Town Hall
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, ALLY Awards, AllyKatzz, architects of change, celebrities, change the world, Code Blue Reviving a Generation, commercialism, D23, Debby Ryan, denim messaging, Denise Restauri, Disney, fashion, Fashionistas, green youth movement, GYM, hipster, Juicy Couture, make a difference, Maria Shriver, pink, purple, social change, Teens Turning Green, Tween Town Hall, tweens, Vinylmation, Virgin Airlines, Wii Super MonkeyBall
Girl World Tour Meets Tween Town Hall to Speak Up & Share: Mar 13
March 5, 2010 What's on the minds of tween girls' today? We're about to find out next Saturday at the Tween Girl Town Hall as 150 girls age 8-14 clamor for FREE swag bags and freebie finds from sponsors eager to hear their points of view. Hosted by marketing consultancy and tween social networking site AllyKatzz.com, creator of the inaugural Tween Summit (photo gallery … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: ALLY Awards, AllyKatzz, brandwashing, CertifiKAT, Code Blue, Denise Restauri, Disney Nature, Dove Go Fresh, eco car team, Girl World Tour, green, Hang Proud, Jess Weiner, Kids Are Heroes, Kids Helping Kids, Kids Who Care, marketing research, Mobile Youth, Netsmartz, NSTeens, Pink Locker Society, preteens, Rosalind Wiseman, SciGirls, self-worth, Sexualization & Body Image, She's geeky, Shell Oil eco marathon, ShopGirls, Spare Some Change, STEM, Tea Party Angels, tween summit, Tween Town Hall, tweens, tweenwashing, UCLA, youth homeless, Youth Marketing Mashup, YPulse-National-Mashup