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LinkedIn Is An Untapped Treasure Trove For Political Campaigns

New research from Pew highlights the high civic enthusiasm of social media users. When the scramble for Facebook fans is exhausted, the study suggests, LinkedIn could become the new political battleground.READ»

Results Are In: College Students Crave Media

Nearly 1,000 students from 10 countries wrote blog posts describing how they handled a day disconnected from media. READ»

TOMS Shoes Generation Y Strategy

TOMS Shoes Generation Y Strategy:             Generation Y wants it all: to shop, socialize, and save the world all at the same time. TOMS Shoes, the popular shoe company ...READ»

The Generation Y Mind: Summit Series Lessons

Summit Series was a seriously impressive event. White House appointees co-mingle with A-list celebrities and starry-eyed young entrepreneurs, all in the pursuit of solving perennial social and economic issues. Since my first day, ...READ»

The Generation Y Mind: Summit Series Day 1

There is a business conference where the host wears an old t-shirt, the participants regularly leave successful ventures for risky passions, and where everyone in sight has a chartable side project. The Summit Series conference is an ...READ»

Working with Millennials

Thought some of you would enjoy an article about Generation Y I was featured in... http://www.demodirt.com/index.php/generation-y/corporate-culture/321-we-r-coming-2-workREAD»

Book Review: Upstarts

Donna Fenn’s Upstarts is zippy tour through the Generation Y mind, and a must read for students…all of them. It handedly demonstrates that the Internet has created an economic atmosphere where individuals can achieve success with ...READ»

Mozilla Service Week: Volunteerism for the Gen Y Geek

Want those hours of time spent surfing Facebook to make a difference in the world? No joke, here’s your chance: Mozilla, the parent organization behind the Firefox web browser, is sponsoring a “Service Week” September 14th – ...READ»

East versus West Coast

Are we really so different in East versus West coast towns of America? Why is it so? Read more to find out.READ»

Are You One of the Top 10%?

This past weekend, I had an engaging conversation about the younger generation with one of my best friends who serves as an HR Manager for a major Fortune 500 company in Denver, Colorado. Are discussion began with leadership in ...READ»

What is the Greatest Challenge Facing Generation Y?

Over the past few years, I have not only read and heard several experts talk about a variety of different things as it relates to Generation Y (those born between 1977-1994), but I have been involved with many different discussions ...READ»

Financial 2.0 Services Growing, Cocky: "Banks Are Evil" Proclaims Mint CEO

    People around the world are radically changing their attitudes towards saving and spending, and alternative financial services sites are reaping the benefits. That was the message from the young ...READ»

25 Ways to Bolster Your Relationship Marketing Efforts

If you’ve been following along, you know that I’m working on becoming a ‘meaningful specific’ and that the particular specific in question is relationship marketing. It certainly doesn’t stand alone and I hope to examine how ...READ»

Millennials Working Abroad: The View from Australia

A few weeks ago, I blogged about a young woman from Bangladesh who is launching her career at a U.S. company. For today’s post, I wanted to share the perspective of some American Millennials working abroad.Australia has a special ...READ»

Gen Y and the Presidential Election

World, meet Generation Y. If you weren't aware of them yet, you couldn't miss them on Election Day. Barack Obama’s victory is the biggest and most inspiring example yet of the growing influence of Generation Y (born approx. ...READ»

The 5 Fears that Keep Senior Leaders From Enjoying Generation Y

I am convinced that the quality of our living is directly proportional to the quality of our relationships, and it is not uncommon for our relationships to suffer when we are fearful or we feel threated by another person or group ...READ»

Networking: Pick Up the Phone

Just the other day I read that in order to truly connect and form an authentic relationship with someone you need to reach out to people in at least three different methods, typically via email, the phone and a face-to-face meeting. ...READ»

Do You Separate Yourself From the Clutter?

Separate yourself from the clutter. It sounds simple, yet so many companies are incapable of doing it successfully. My favorite bar is my favorite bar because nobody goes there. I can go typically at any point during the week ...READ»

What I Learned From Interning With Seth Godin v1.0

So at the request of Valeria Maltoni and Connie Benson, I want to post with respect to my experience with Seth’s Triiibes project, but things have been frantic around here and I haven’t had time to hash anything out. I had been ...READ»