Posts for "generation y"


Laptops in Class? “It’s Really Serialized Interruption.”

From Brainware
March 10, 2010 at 1:09 am
It's finally happened to Gen-Y college students.  According to the Washington Post, Profs are clamping down on the use of laptops in class. As the Post puts it, Georgetown Law Prof ... (more)

Breaking Away from Generation “Now”

From
March 8, 2010 at 3:05 am

It’s 5:30 am and I’m already awake. You’re probably thinking, less then ten words into this post, that I’m absolutely insane. You’re right. But recently,

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Millennials: Confident, Connected & Open to Change (And a Plug for my SXSW Panel…)

From Politicoholic by Nisha Chittal
March 6, 2010 at 3:18 pm
If you haven’t already seen it, late last month the Pew Research Center released a new study on millennials, titled “Millennials: Confident, Connected, and Open to ... (more)

5 Things I Have Learned As a Generation Y Business Owner

From
March 4, 2010 at 8:30 am

Almost three years. THREE YEARS!
It has almost been three years since Brandswag drove a stake into the ground in Indianapolis and Oklahoma City. It is funny to look back on the

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My Epiphany Moment

From
March 2, 2010 at 2:02 pm

It was back in October when Matt tweeted about a “top secret” project. I’m like a little curious girl when it comes to hearing “top secret” so I immediately

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The Epiphany Moment

From
March 2, 2010 at 3:05 am

It’s been five long months since I sent out a Tweet asking folks if they were interested in a “top secret” project – what initially was going to be a simple

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Guest Post: Innovation Giving: Gen Y’s Love Affair with Philanthropy

From Small Hands, Big Ideas
March 1, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Note: The following is a guest post from my friend, Beth Oppenheim-Chan. Being in the nonprofit world is sometimes a thankless affair. Long hours, lower pay scales, and not always ... (more)

Best Reads of the Week: The Demographic Profile of Millennials Edition

From Steadfast Finances
February 28, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Being a student of social anthropology, I always find generational studies particularly interesting because they ask wide array of behavioral, economic, and big picture questions ... (more)

Visualizing One Trillion Dollars and U.S. National Debt

From
February 17, 2010 at 10:40 pm

One of the most jaw dropping, and completely depressing, animations of U.S. National Debt I’ve ever seen.

Perhaps I’m overly melancholy after seeing that it would

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Why Gen X and Gen Y are Increasingly Relying on Comedy Central for News

From Steadfast Finances
February 12, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Here’s a perfect example of why Gen X and Gen Y are relying more and more on the 1-2 punch of Jon Stewart and Stephen when it comes to delivering the news… they ask ... (more)

Filtering My Dreams as a Woman In 2010

From Small Hands, Big Ideas
February 3, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Today, women are getting married and having babies later. Today, women are also scared to talk about wanting conventionality. I helped to end a relationship by choosing career, ... (more)

A Career Pitfall for Generation Y? High Self-Esteem, Praise & The Idea of Special

From The Writerbabe Series by Raven Moore
February 2, 2010 at 9:45 am
Open competition…a handicap? Social media has craftily forged the unforgiving free reign of open competition and comparison. Everyone can know what everyone else is doing. These ... (more)

Marketing Approach: Brand Recognition and the Gen Y Kids

From Life Without Pants
January 26, 2010 at 5:00 am
This is a guest post from the lovely and talented Lauren Fernandez - who’s making, believe it or not, her first stop here on Life Without Pants as a guest-writer. An Account ... (more)

One Thing that Will Completely Change Your Life

From Life Without Pants
January 21, 2010 at 6:41 am
Can’t see the video? Click here Last week I was visiting one of my favorite blogs – Location 180 – and my friend Sean had a very powerful message on how to improve ... (more)

The Nonprofit Leadership Deficit Won’t be as Bad as We Think

From Colleen Dilenschneider- Know Your Own Bone
January 17, 2010 at 4:03 pm
The Bridgespan Group released a study in 2006 revealing that we’ll need a staggering 640,000 new nonprofit senior managers by 2016 (that’s 2.4 times the number currently ... (more)

Younger Investors Becoming More Risk Averse than Older Investors

From Steadfast Finances
January 14, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Some interesting, perhaps troubling, results from the Merrill Lynch Quarterly Affluent Insights Survey this morning. Younger investors are more risk averse than older investors. ... (more)

Gen Y Developing a Preference for ‘Used’ Stuff?

From Steadfast Finances
January 6, 2010 at 6:02 pm
There are just some things that Gen Y won’t pay for: news, music, banking fees, etc. Apparently, this social media savvy cohort doesn’t find a tremendous amount of ... (more)

Decline of the MBA, Increase in Social Good?

From Colleen Dilenschneider- Know Your Own Bone
January 5, 2010 at 7:23 pm
In November, The Economist wrote an article predicting the decline of the MBA in 2010. It calls the MBA a mythical cupid attracting the nation’s best and brightest to a less ... (more)

Nonprofit Careerists are Brazen (or, Thanks for Naming Me Brazen Careerist’s Blogger of the Year 2009)

From Colleen Dilenschneider- Know Your Own Bone
December 30, 2009 at 9:29 pm
I was honored to be named Brazen Careerist’s Blogger of The Year last week after this post got me nominated with 49 incredible Gen Y bloggers, and after receiving several ... (more)

Top 30 Young Entrepreneur Blogs of 2009

From Unstrapp'd
December 29, 2009 at 9:00 am
Over the past year, I have been scouring the Internet for resources to help me grow my businesses.  It is quite refreshing to discover and learn from others and hear stories ... (more)

“Exposure” Works Magic for Kids. And Adults, Too.

From
December 22, 2009 at 7:00 am

The latest US News has a revealing article on successfully reformed schools, but I was especially struck by a couple paragraphs about differing approaches at schools for educating

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Gen Y Startup To Take New Turn

From
December 20, 2009 at 8:57 pm

Image by wilbertbaan via Flickr

Over the past few months, I have learned a whole lot as I continued building my startup and consulting for a brilliant company already making

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Nonprofiteers: Personal Branding Will Make You Better At Your Job

From Colleen Dilenschneider- Know Your Own Bone
December 17, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Photo from brandyourselfmarketing.com There are many benefits to personal branding and utilizing social media–of sharing your insights and telling your story for whatever ... (more)

2009 In Retrospect: Ten Blogs to Follow in 2010

From Life Without Pants
December 15, 2009 at 5:00 am
While 2009 was a wild and crazy year for me and my fine blog – it more importantly introduced me to so many other amazing people who are a heck of a lot smarter than I am. ... (more)

What I Learned in College Wasn’t Found in My $200 Textbook

From
December 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Groaning at the enormous bill my college bookstore just slammed on me and how heavy my bag was going to be on my way back to my apartment I thought, “Somethings gotta give.”
The

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