The Buzz 3-16-12
Submitted by Nidhi Chaudhary on Mon, 2012-03-19 09:32
Our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of changemaking this past week. Tell us, what's got you talking? And what do you want to be talking about?
- Linda Kay Klein, Echoing Green’s Director of Work on Purpose, led a workshop at AshokaU several weeks ago and found herself discussing the future of education with social innovation colleagues from around the country. Since a student’s GPA, nor a degree guarantee a job, what is…and what could be…the purpose of higher education today? How can we support students to think differently about their careers? http://ht.ly/9JJFS
- Jeremy Hockenstein, co-founder and CEO of Digital Divide Data, started a conversation on SocialEdge on missteps his team has made over the past ten years. He says that acknowledging what they were doing wrong was the first step towards doing better. The actual mistakes aside, what if we all shared our mistakes and our learnings in this way? What if failure, along with our successes, was part of our annual reports? http://ht.ly/9JKNa
- Sir Ken Robinson, who coincidentally has the most-watched TEDtalk ever, spoke to middle schoolers at a recent conference in California. When they asked him what his dream school would look like (funded with a blank check), he advocated for an atypical schedule, with evening and Saturday hours, more practical application of knowledge and skills, and intergenerational learning. What does the school of your dreams look like? http://ht.ly/9JLxr
- Greg Smith, a former executive with Goldman Sachs, made headlines when he published an op-ed in the New York Times following his resignation. While, he took the opportunity to share some dirty laundry, that may not be the best way for all of us to walk away from a job. A few ways how to quit your job gracefully: http://ht.ly/9JNqF
- Like the scientific method, Saras Sarasvathy, a research professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business, says that a similar revolution awaits entrepreneurship. Eventually, all of our actions will consider an entrepreneurial method—one in which we are each capable of driving change, rather than relying on outside forces, i.e. government, NGO’s, etc., to create it for us. It’s so much more important for everyone should learn the entrepreneurial method, than becoming an entrepreneur. http://ht.ly/9JPlQ
- To celebrate International Women’s Month, our question of the week focuses on women who have changed our lives. From our mothers, sisters, daughters, to presidents, writers, and CEO’s, we want to know who they are and how they have change you. Join the conversation and share the women who have influenced you: http://ht.ly/9JPCC
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