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Is Dove?s Real Beauty Campaign Real?
2008-05-10 14:55:00 “Dove ’s “real beauties” may not be so real after all, at least by the account of a renowned airbrush artist.” Read the full article here More About: Beauty , Campaign , Real
Is Gen Y Really All That Narcissistic?
2008-05-10 14:13:00 Great post from February by Tammy Erickson on Harvard Business Review Here is my comment in response: Wonderful post Tammy. I have interviewed over 100 Generation Y business leaders and entrepreneurs over the last 18 months, and I am a mother of three Generation Y young adults. I have found each Gen Y I have spoken with to ...
Jones Soda Provides Quirky Insight Into Attracting Gen Y
2008-05-09 15:57:00 Here is my take on how Jones Soda can teach us a few things about how to attract millennials: Jones Soda Provides Quirky Insight Into Attracting Gen Y From my blog on ERE.net
Say Goodbye to YearBooks
2008-05-09 01:47:00 Looks like this is last call for high school and college yearbooks. With the popularity of Facebooks and MySpace, there is little need for year books. While some traditionalists might be sad about this and might be trying to hold onto the Yearbook ritual, the reality is that today’s Y gen, doesn’t need it anymore. ... More About: Goodbye
Say CollegeMogul: Say Cool Company
2008-05-08 21:37:00 I have recently found out about the new company CollegeMogul. Very cool company. The venture was co-founded by February 2008 by student entrepreneurs Alex Lindahl, Miles Lennon and Henry Khachatryan. The site profiles and reviews businesses and other initiatives developed by students and recent college grads. Great site for Gen Y and anyone wanting to know ... More About: Company , Cool
Business Week?s Top Generation Y Tech Entrepreneurs
2008-05-08 13:01:00 Business Week recently came out with their top Twentysomething Entrepreneurs from the tech industry. Truly amazing! More About: Business , Tech , Career , Business Week
Talkin ?bout My Generation
2008-05-07 17:21:00 Interesting post by Jimmy Biblarz on Gen Y. I agree that way too often each generation is labeled with names that don’t do any of us a bit of good. To me, Generation Y is the savviest, most knowledgeable civic-minded generation in our world right now. Let’s drop the labels and start embracing this generation! More About: My Generation
Gen Y and Emerging Power of User-Generated Content
2008-05-07 16:58:00 This presentation is in parts 1-4. From the IDC A/P Panel: ?Generation Y and the Emerging Power of User Generated Content http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LkjDWqkrA 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X26Lwip6_p A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1-a0uQGjb s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvg87oL_ZJ 4 More About: Video , Web 2
100 Young Americans
2008-05-07 12:46:00 If you want to be inspired by 100 Generation Y leaders, check out 100 Young Americans by Michael Franzini. It is a beautiful book which represents the diversity in our teenage population America. The website offers videos and images and the book is available through Amazon.com. Millennial Leaders More About: Blogs
Segments of Web 2.0 marketers
2008-05-07 11:25:00 Simmons Research, an Experian company, has chronicled the predilections of consumers in its National Consumer Study since 1960, and recently added social media to its survey. That includes social-networking sites, blogs, message boards, podcasts and e-mail. Simmons agreed to slice and dice its volumes of data for Advertising Age to identify social-media consumer profiles. The ... More About: Web 2 , Marketers
Great White Paper by Mr. Youth Outlines the Five Rules to Engage the Gen Y
2008-05-06 20:28:00 I had a very nice e-mail today from Briel Zagarow. He is the Communications Manager for Mr. Youth , and he passed along a link to a great white paper that every marketer needs to know about. The white paper, titled Consumer 2.0, discusses the effects technology and other marketing advances have had on ... More About: Great , White , Rules , Paper
Asking Makes a Difference
2008-05-06 01:39:00 “Roughly a third of young Americans would give a “great deal of consideration” to entering government service if asked by their parents, a teacher or — surprisingly — the next president of the United States, according to a Gallup survey.” Not Asked What They Can Do for Their Country by Stephen Barr, columnist for the Washington ... More About: Difference
Is college necessary or is experience enough?
2008-05-04 13:10:00 This is a very thought provoking article by Tamara J. Erickson. I have mentioned a few posts on HBR by Erickson. Many of us are asking this question these days. I have three kids in college. My twins will be Juniors this fall, and my son is a sophomore. While I still ... More About: College , Experience
EnMobile Revolutionizes How Businesses Can Reach Gen Y
2008-05-02 12:47:00 EnMobile is a company I have been hearing a great deal about. They are bringing some fresh ideas to the marketplace about using mobile devices for marketing, which is quite appealing to Gen Y. Check out the latest press release on the company here. More About: Reach , Businesses
The Boomer Gen Y Love Fest
2008-05-01 12:41:00 “Forget stories about tension and misunderstandings. Y’s and Boomers are finding that they enjoy spending time together—and learning from each other.” Read the full article here on Business Week. More About: Love , Fest
Y Talk Interview with Greg Varnum, Acting Executive Director of the Nationa
2008-05-01 01:47:00 I had the pleasure to interview Greg Varnum tonight on Y Talk Radio. Greg is 25 years old and is the Acting Executive Director for the National Youth Advocacy Coalition. NYAC is the national LGBT organization working with both youth and organizations to maximize the talents that young people have and to help them develop their talents for the future. More About: Interview
Miley Cyrus
2008-04-30 19:06:00 I had someone ask me yesterday what I thought about the Miley Cyrus situation (like I am some expert on pop culture). But…I have to admit that I do follow pop culture closely, because it always offers insight into what some of the greater concerns are for Generation Y (and to me, it’s just fun to follow). While I know our pop tarts are not a true representation of “regular life”, their lives are blown up enough for us to learn a few things from them. To be honest, as a parent who has had my ups and downs, I have to say that we will all never know the full story of what really went on during the photo shoot, nor would I ever want to pass judgment on the situation . When I look at the slideshow of the photo shoot, it appears to me that Miley and her family were very present and in control of the situation. And…the photos with the sheet show Miley at least wearing jeans underneath. It is also quite well known that Annie Liebowitz does not play it sa...
Boomers Planting a Debt Bomb
2008-04-30 16:37:00 “The biggest U.S. financial crisis isn’t the housing crunch. It’s the government debt bomb being planted by baby boomers to explode in the faces of their children and grandchildren.” This is an interesting article in the Baltimore Sun. It really has given me a great deal to think about. We have certainly created quite a challenge that Gen Y will inherit (along with trying to pay off student loans, pay for healthcare, housing and the escalating price of food and fuel). The article points to our $9 trillion in debt, which is going to leave us with very little resources to address our major concerns surrounding healthcare and education. We need to get on this today! Start getting involved and doing your part to help out. Contact your political leaders, and by all means…if you think a certain candidate can help the economy, please get out and vote in your primaries and for the national election. I don’t believe it’s fair for us to just sit... More About: Debt , Boomers , Bomb , Planting
Jacci Schiff Gets the Pulse on Gen Y and the Economy
2008-04-30 00:21:00 Jacci Schiff is an amazing Gen Y leader. She hit the streets two weeks ago in Washington D.C. for Y Talk Radio to ask a few Gen Y’s about their views on the state of the economy. Really insightful interview. Download the interview here. Jacci is a pro with interview style podcasts and pulled this great snippet together in less than a week. So, check out what she is up to. And…if you are interested in having a professionally done audio interview like this one, contact Jacci through the Schiff Report. The podcast below includes the above linked interview and a few other thoughts from Jacci about Gen Y and the state of the economy from a recent interview on Y Talk. Thanks Jacci for all you are doing! More About: Economy , Pulse
Social Networking Rocks the Political Election
2008-04-29 22:01:00 Networking the Vote. The article goes into detail about the use of social networking sites and cell phones to garner support from Gen Y in the election and also for future marketing and recruiting efforts. I’ll be curious to see how this affects the Millennials desire to get out and vote. More About: Social , Social Networking , Political , Networking , Election
Gen Y Gets Paid to Volunteer: Wall Street Journal
2008-04-29 21:38:00 Millennials are telling their employers they want to give back…they don’t want to leave their values at home. So…companies are doing it right. They are giving Gen Y the opportunity to get paid to volunteer…and the company gets in on the good stuff as well. Check out the article on WSJ: The Latest Office Perk: Getting Paid to Volunteer Millennial Leaders More About: Journal , Wall Street , Street , Wall
Generacion Y Offers Cubans a Few Uncensored Views
2008-04-29 13:07:00 An article appeared on the AP yesterday about Yoani Sanchez who is the author for the Blog Generacion Y in Cuba. The site, which grabs 1 million visitors daily, offers visitors uncensored views about the Cuban government. Yoani is actually a Gen X (she was born in 1975), and the blog is named Generacion Y ... More About: Views , Offers , Cubans , Uncensored
Today?s news
2008-04-29 06:52:00 Gen Y is hit every day with stereotypes. They have been labeled as privileged, technology obsessed and avoid face-t0 face interactions. But hey, they are just like you and me. They want to hear from you — their boss, their manager, their co-workers. Most of them want to hear from their bosses everyday. Well, here’s some ... More About: News , Today
No more TVs
2008-04-29 06:41:00 Last time I was here I wrote about how Gen Y doesn’t use radios. Now, I am realizing they don’t use TVs. Who needs them. Why not just hook up a big monitor to your Mac (which are more beautiful than PCs). That’s what my Y neighbors are doing. Gen Y is changing the home ...
Want to Know How to Market to Gen Y? Check out Mr. Youth
2008-04-28 16:26:00 I have e-mails and phone calls weekly from people asking me what they need to do to effectively market to Generation Y. The best advice I have is this: Check out Mr. Youth and do what they do! (or hire them to do it for you!) More About: Market
McDonald?s Gets Quite Clever
2008-04-27 13:20:00 I have to admit that I am impressed with a few of the clever ads McDonald’s has been using recently to get with the times. To me, these ads seem to be targeting Millennials. They have a new billboard that invites you to “sort your head out” using a puzzle that challenges you to sort ... More About: Clever
Millennial Leaders Review on Pop Syndicate
2008-04-27 13:07:00 Read the latest review on Millennial Leaders on Pop Syndicate by reviewer Angela Wilson. Thank-you Angela for taking the time to read and review the book. More About: Reviews , Review , Blogs
Gen Y forces the green issue
2008-04-26 01:03:00 Nadira Hira writes The Gig (great blog by the way) for Fortune. Great blogp post on Gen Y forces the green issue today. Hira points out that companies are using the green movement as a great attraction point for hiring Gen Y. I have been talking with my daughters about this very question. Ann, my daughter ... More About: Green , Career , Forces , Issue
Faces of The Future by Fortune Magazine
2008-04-25 15:24:00 Some fresh faces…Gen Y’s who are making a significant mark on the biz world…Just expect more of this to come! Congratulations! Faces of the Future More About: Magazine , Fortune , The Future
Recruiting Today: What Are You Promising Top Job Candidates
More articles from this author:2008-04-25 15:07:00 Interesting blog post by Tammy Erickson, discussion leader for Harvard Business Review. Recruiting Today : What Are You Promising Top Job Candidates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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