by Whitney | Feb 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
In recent days, we’ve all heard the story of the Americans from Idaho who went to Haiti to help the children, but ended up with a group of children that included kids who weren’t orphans, and failed to go through any of the required hoops to legally bring...
by Whitney | Feb 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have been a fan of Seth Godin’s for a long time. I read his blogs, buy his books, and frequently recommend them to friends. (In fact, we celebrated my birthday this year at Max Brenner’s restaurant, in part due to reading about Max in Seth’s...
by Whitney | Feb 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Getting everyone pointed in the same direction and working as a team can be hard. There was great article in the New York Times, an interview with Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, about how he looks to people to the the “CEO of Something.” It’s a...
by Whitney | Jan 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
At Educon this past weekend, I had many amazing conversations with educators, people interested in education reform, wild-eyed evangelists and more. But one of the most telling moments was when Gary Stager asked, “When did idealism become a negative adjective? ...
by Whitney | Jan 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
the website you are sending people to does not work. This morning, while getting the kids ready fro school, a toothpaste commercial came on the TV, advertising free samples if you just went to their website. This sounded interesting, so I went to the website in...
by Whitney | Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
edited and updated on 1/21/10 The earthquake in Haiti makes anyone who has ever dealt with logistics pause and contemplate the enormity of the task ahead. Here’s some thoughts about what’s going on: *Haiti is on an island. The main port is wrecked, ...
