by Whitney | Nov 27, 2011 | community, education, learning, legal, politics
Emma Sullivan, a high school senior, got caught up in the news cycle, for posting a tweet about Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. Now her school is demanding that she write an apology letter for a pretty innocuous comment- ““Just made mean comments at gov. brownback...
by Whitney | Nov 15, 2011 | business, community, education
Green Sales and Marketing, run by the great Barb McCoy, has asked me to teach a set of classes on Branding Your Business Utilizing Social Media for the month of December. It’s a series of four classes, geared towards helping your take your business and brand to...
by Whitney | Oct 28, 2011 | business, community, economics, education
We’re in touch economic times, and as a result, people are putting together more and more part-time businesses and jobs to make up for a full income from one job. My friend, Steve Lubetkin, calls this the Gig Economy. It seems like everyone is piecing together...
by Whitney | Oct 18, 2011 | education
There’s a new video on the ‘net showing a baby interacting with an iPad and then getting frustrated interacting with a magazine, because it is not responding in the same way. Take a few minutes to watch. Just take a moment and think what this will mean....
by Whitney | Sep 23, 2011 | business, community, economics, education, podcamp
My presentation for Podcamp Boston 6 is entitled Business for Nerds. As part of my presentation(s), I always try to give “take home” notes and resources to help people not only remember what we covered, but the things they can do after the session to...
by Whitney | Sep 20, 2011 | community, education, podcamp, podcampphilly
“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking with it. That’s somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to...
