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Idealism, Web spark teens? interest in presidential race
2008-04-07 18:53:00 This article discusses teens’ keen interest in the Presidential election and why Obama is still the preferred candidate for young voters. The paragraph on teens and civic/social causes is most interesting. Check out the article on Chron.com. More About: Teens , Race , Interest , Spark
Younger Workers More Likely to Break Corporate Rules for Web Apps
2008-04-06 14:39:00 Nice article in CIO recently about Gen Y’s use of web applications at work and the potential security risks involved. I agree with what Penelope Trunk has to say: “People can pick up the phone and read corporate memos to competitors, but businesses certainly couldn’t survive without a phone,” she says. That same type of logic ... More About: Workers , Corporate , Break , Rules
Younger Workers More Likely to Break Corporate Rules for Web Apps
2008-04-06 14:39:00 Nice article in CIO recently about Gen Y’s use of web applications at work and the potential security risks involved. I agree with what Penelope Trunk has to say: “People can pick up the phone and read corporate memos to competitors, but businesses certainly couldn’t survive without a phone,” she says. That same type of logic ... More About: Technology , Workers , Corporate , Break , Rules
Boomers Out. T-ballers Move In Video on Forbes.com
2008-03-31 20:00:00 Interesting video. I heard these same opportunities and concerns shared during my trip to Seattle last week. Watch video here on Forbes .com Video More About: Boomers , Move
Boomers Out. T-ballers Move In Video on Forbes.com
2008-03-31 20:00:00 Interesting video. I heard these same opportunities and concerns shared during my trip to Seattle last week. Watch video here on Forbes .com Video More About: Boomers , Move
North Carolina Author and Generation Y Expert Speaks to the Bellevue, Washi
2008-03-30 14:07:00 Southern Pines, NC: March 29, 2008 — Leadership Consultant and Generation Y Expert, Bea Fields, recently spoke to the Bellevue, Washington, Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Forum on the topic of Leading at the Speed of Y: Attracting, Developing and Leading the Millennial Leader. Along with Scott Wilder, Jim Bunch and Rob Newbold, Fields ... More About: North Carolina , Press Releases , North , Author , Carolina
Boomers? hope: That the kids are all right in USA Today
2008-03-30 13:50:00 There is a great article in USA Today from this past week: Boomers ’ hope: That the kids are all right As always when these articles appear, I noticed some comments by people calling Generation Y lazy (my hunch is this is a Boomer or a Gen X calling Gen Y’s lazy). I believe that we can ... More About: Kids , The Kids , Hope
Diffusion of Information
2008-03-28 19:33:00 Everyone keeps talking about how Obama has leveraged Web 2 .0 Technologies better than his opponents. But there’s something else going on. And that is how do people find these videos, podcasts, and blogs. It is not just by going to YouTube.com. Instead, it is based on online word of mouth. Younger folks are forwarding Web ... More About: Information , Technology , Podcasts , Diffusion
The Big Issues for Young Voters by Anya Kamenetz
2008-03-26 23:36:00 Anya Kamenetz has a great post today on Yahoo Finance about the issues facing young voters. A big concern? The economy. Several more senior leaders have been telling me that Gen Y does not seem concerned about the economy, but this is not what I am hearing, and Kamenetz’s opinion is more in ... More About: Issues , Young , Voters
Differences
2008-03-26 18:04:00 Why us old folks sometimes hate Gen Yers? Disclaimer: I don’t really hate Gen Y. I love working and learning from them. BUT, there are folks who come straight out and say, ‘Gen Y is spoiled.’ I recently met with a company where a senior manager said, ‘those kids are spoiled… they think they can just take ... More About: Career , Differences
Young Binghamton Entrepreneurs on Award Streak
2008-03-26 00:13:00 If you are reading this blog, we encourage you to vote for Arel and Bert. These guys are amazing (and are featured in Millennial Leaders): Binghamton University Alumni Arel Moodie (24) and Bert Gervais (23) are founders of The Place Finder LLC. An idea spawned from their personal frustrations, the class project for an off-campus ... More About: Press Releases , Young , Award , Entrepreneurs
GoCrossCampus (GXC): May Be the Next Internet Phenomenon for College Studen
2008-03-22 12:24:00 Check this out: Storming the Campuses article in the New York Times “Eleven thousand Ivy League students and alumni have played out these scenarios as part of an online computer game called GoCrossCampus, or GXC. The game, a riff on classic territorial-conquest board games like Risk, may be the next Internet phenomenon to emerge ... More About: College , Phenomenon
Generation IT GAP
2008-03-21 02:48:00 Ah- a little tension in the IT department. The old school IT professionals are feeling challenged by the younger web savvy Gen Yers. The older folks are used to developing large enterprise systems and software applications where the development cycles last a lot longer. The Millennials are used to launching and learning and then quickly ... More About: Technology , Web 2 , Generation
How Hulu?s Design Gets It Right by Matt Vella on BusinessWeek.com
2008-03-20 11:59:00 We have been talking about Gen Y’s desire for simplicity and authenticity in design, and this article by Matt Vela from BusinessWeek.com on how and why Hulu .com is so attractive to Generation Y confirms this once again. Thank-you Matt! “Hulu, a major coup for Hollywood’s Web aspirations, is the latest offering successfully designed for the ... More About: Design
Interview with Sumaya Kazi, Founder of The Cultural Connect
2008-03-20 01:08:00 Listen in (audio link is at the end of this post) as I interview Sumaya Kazi (what an amazing young woman…such a leader, and so humble and bright!), Founder and Executive Director of The Cultural Connect . I encourage you to check out this project, and sign up for one, two, three (or all) of ... More About: Interview , Career
Weekend Hours by Jena McGregor
2008-03-18 19:06:00 Jena McGregor posted a question on the Management IQ blog for Business Week.com today asking for suggestions on the topic of time management and requesting “secrets you?ve learned trying to keep Monday morning away from Sunday night”. To begin with, I cannot personally give advice on this topic. I am one of those Boomers who works ... More About: Weekend , Jena , Hours
Job Hunting Still Looks Bright for Gen Y
2008-03-18 13:55:00 The article, Job Hunting In A Downturn, which appeared on Forbes.com on 03/04/08 points out that even though the economy is a bit sluggish, this is probably not going to affect Gen Y’s ability to land a job (of course, the question is always Will Gen Y be able to find the job that they ... More About: Career , Bright
Dream It Do It Career Site
2008-03-18 12:48:00 There is a great site to introduce young career people to exciting careers and the education and training needed to claim these careers: Dream It. Do It. Because I have two Gen Y’s who are in college and one starting in Fall ‘08, I know how overwhelming it can be to make a ... More About: Site , Career
Obama is My Cool Art Teacher and Clinton is My Mean Science Teacher in New
2008-03-17 18:18:00 New America Media has a great post from March 14 by the title of Obama is My Cool Art Teacher and Clinton is My Mean Science Teacher. I would not call Hillary Clinton mean (I see her as direct and to the point), yet many Millennials are saying that they do view Obama as more ...
Interview with Adam Gilbert on The Schiff Report
2008-03-14 16:24:00 Jaclyn Schiff of The Schiff Report has a great interview with Adam Gilbert of My Body Tutor. We interviewed Adam on Y-Talk Radio earlier in January. This interview is a great read regarding Gen Y’s commitment to health and fitness. It really is fascinating to watch the health and fitness trend with this younger ... More About: Interview , Health and Fitness
Audio Interview with Misti Burmeister: Author of From Boomers to Bloggers
2008-03-13 12:46:00 Listen in to this great interview I held last night with Misti Burmeister. Misti is the CEO of Inspirion, Inc. and is one of America’s top generational experts (and she’s only 29). She is the author of the new book From Boomers to Bloggers : Succcess Strategies Across Generations (a really great read). ... More About: Audio , Podcasts , Interview , Career
Museums - and the Art of Listening
2008-03-12 23:29:00 A fascinating article appears in today’s NY Times about how Museums have started to do real customer research and try and understand why people do or do not check out their art. One of the trends the Museum of Modern Art in NYC noticed is that younger folks — 20 to 30 year olds — ... More About: Listening
FAST COMPANY: The World?s Most Innovative Companies
2008-03-11 13:59:00 If you have not picked up a copy of Fast Company Magazine for March 08, please take a look. You can get it online through http://FastCompany.com. You may have to register online, but this magazine is so worth the read. The current edition highlights The World ’s Most Innovative Companies . The top 5 are: 1. Google ... More About: The World
How Insurance Companies Can Beat the Talent Crisis by Deloitte
2008-03-10 01:40:00 I had the opportunity to speak to the NAIW Southeastern Region Annual Convention this past Friday in Raleigh. It was really such a great group to speak to…200 women leaders in the insurance industry, many of whom are concerned about the growing need for young talent. The topic of my presentation was on how to ... More About: Companies , Insurance , Career , Beat , Talent
IMing and Text Messaging (thoughts by a dad-2-B)
2008-03-09 02:13:00 I am back after not blogging here for a while. One of the reasons I have been offline is that I have been busy working at my day job, managing online communities at Intuit. But there was an article in the New York Times that caught my eye. Today, there an article about how youngers communicate. ... More About: Thoughts , Text , Text Messaging
Penelope Trunk on Getting Back on Track
2008-03-09 01:59:00 I will be the first to admit that I am somewhat of a book junkie…I read every day, and I am totally in love with the one-click settings at Amazon. I feel such a sense of accoplishment when I click on 2-Day One Click–FREE. I then get even more of a thrill when the UPS ... More About: Blogs , Career , Back , Track , Penelope
At Work Size Does Matter by Jaclyn Schiff
2008-03-07 02:07:00 Jaclyn Schiff (One of the contibutors to Employee Evolution) has opened The Schiff Report. She has an interesting post today about an employee’s first career steps and the potential benefits of going small vs. large: “My hunch is that during the first few years of your career, smaller companies could allow you to be a lot ... More About: Work , Blogs , Career , Matter , Size
At Work Size Does Matter by Jaclyn Schiff
2008-03-06 20:53:00 Jaclyn Schiff (One of the contibutors to Employee Evolution) has opened The Schiff Report. She has an interesting post today about an employee’s first career steps and the potential benefits of going small vs. large: “My hunch is that during the first few years of your career, smaller companies could allow you to be a lot ... More About: Work , Blogs , Career , Matter , Size
High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations in Wall Street Journal
2008-03-06 18:25:00 As we have been saying for the last year…those companies who start early by reaching out to high school students (even middle school students) will be the ones who attract young talent in the future. The article, High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations, in the Wall Street Journal today is reinforcing this concept. (If ... More About: Education
Business Wire: Great Job on Announcing the Second Edition of Millennial Le
More articles from this author:2008-03-04 16:16:00 I want to thank the team of Business Wire .com for the outstanding job they did on announcing the publication of the Second Edition of Millennial Leaders, published by Writers of the Round Table Press. BusinessWire guided me through each step of the process, and we did make it into Forbes.com and the Raleigh News ... More About: Press Releases , Great 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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