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Can Children in Poverty Become Computer Stars?

March 20, 2013

There are few things that WOW me. I even capitalized the word to emphasize the impact of something that is beyond everyday, beyond even something special. This is in the category of a sustainable WOW.

Sugata Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. He is also one of the winners of TED 2013. Below is his presentation on the future of teaching. He shows us all that children from all walks of life can learn the most complex subjects like computing, physics and mathematics with no live teacher but themselves. By sharing their learnings, child-by-child mentoring of one another and a deep curiosity and appreciation of learning, a magical thing happens–the playing field of true learning is undeniably and forever leveraged. This is “peer learning.”

Take a look. What do you think? How can you take this and use it in your community? 

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Best Famous Business Networkers in History

February 1, 2013

I wrote a book called “Networking is Dead” and so therefore shouldn’t be talking about the best “networkers” in the past, but, as Networlding, the term I use for building better, mutually beneficial relationships, was not in existence before the year 2000, I will use the term.

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin (Photo credit: elycefeliz)
What attributes make him a great networker in the past? Here are a few:
  • the ability to make diverse connections
  • able to adjust to life’s continous fluctuations
  • a natural curiosity and creativity
  • disciplined
  • a “can-do” attitude and champion of causes
  • a desire to learn and grow continuously
  • innovative
Ben, surprisingly, was the brother in a family of 17 children! Now, if that isn’t a situation for anyone to learn to adjust to change and get along! He also had a group of friend he hung around who drank beer, but he just drank water, hence he was a man of discipline.
He was also the author of the hugely popular “Poor Richard’s Almanack, a powerfully creative endeavor.  At one point he helped finance the erection of a building for the use of preachers of all denominations. Because he was so friendly to believers of all denominations, he earned this title of tolerance. In fact, he had more than five pseudonyms he wrote under for different newspapers. These venues allowed him to not only flex his creative muscles, but to champion a wide variety of injustices that existed during his lifetime.
One very important pseudonym Franklin used was that of  Polly Baker.  In his writings here he talked about the unfair treatment women received in early colonial society. Ms. Baker had several children out of wedlock and was punished by society for her “crimes,” while the men went free.
Finally, Franklin was extremely innovative with his writing and also the responsibilities he took on He was Deputy Postmaster General for North America for the British Crown from 1753 – 1774. Here, he was responsible for overseeing all of the Crown’s postal operations in North America where he streamlined procedures,  reducing routes  by 50% the time it took to receive letters.
Do you have other traits you know that Franklin held to make him a good networker? So who is next? Who do you think should be next?

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How Networking Is Like Dating

July 30, 2012

Just thought I would write a blog post to help those who have trouble networking understand that it’s often because it might remind them of dating. Following are just three reasons: Often your date is a “Taker.” I remember when I was dating, both before I got married for the first time and after my [...]

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Networking is Dead Book Trailer

July 16, 2012

It’s great to have wonderful interns that are so media savvy. So far this summer Erika and Alexa have: created three e-books two book trailers three book edits one author email campaign to bookstores bookmark creation and distribution The amazing part is that these two amazing young women did all the above in just three [...]

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Social Media Innovation and Wildberry Pancakes & Cafe

December 25, 2011

Want to feel better? Take a child to breakfast. See the world through seven year old eyes. Embrace the kid in you. This little boy is a twin. He is a grandson of one of my dearest friends. He is also one funny young man. He tickles my heart and I hope he will tickle [...]

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Old fashioned Networking – No More

November 1, 2011

“Hey, do you have Bump it on your phone?” “Yeah! Let me get your number” *Bumps phone* “Great! I’ll ping you soon” [Exenut] I’ve been building my brand for many years, but I wanted to remind you Networlding is not just another name for networking. No, I specifically designed my business, Networlding, to be revolutionize the [...]

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Top Social Media Tip

August 20, 2010

The Introduction has Become the New Referral. I was recently talking with a group of leaders and made this observation to them. They had a hard time grasping this concept so I thought I would share it with others to get your thoughts. In Chris Brogan’s book Trust Agents he talks about the fact that [...]

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What Do Your Values Reflect?

December 11, 2009

What does it mean to have a system for networking? I  created a method to change random, “one-shot”  networking into mutually beneficial and consistently productive Networlding. There are seven steps in total that once mastered will allow you to be an effortless Networlder. The steps will be presented individually because each step must be completed [...]

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What is Networlding?

February 28, 2007
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