The 10 Commandments of Youth – MTV Sticky

Here are The 10 Commandments of Youth:

Connecting with Millennials in Class

Good tips on engaging Millennials in the classroom (for college instructors).

Teaching Generation Y: Reaching Millennials in the College Classroom | Suite101.com

Millennials: Raised in the Age of Fallen Heroes?

“I don’t trust nobody and I don’t respect nobody.”

“How come you feel that way?”

You can’t believe nobody nowadays. Even squeaky clean Tiger Woods got caught up.”

Anybody that works with Millennials, especially at-risk youth, knows that one of the hardest things to do is to get them trust you and respect you.

Can you blame them?

They constantly see the squeaky clean get tarnished and the tarnished get worse. Millennials have grown up during a time when heroes and heroines from all walks of life have been caught up in a ridiculous amount of stupidity, deceit, and criminal activity. (And thanks to technology, when a hero falls the whole world knows in a matter of minutes.)

THE FALLEN

Gotta Do Something About Millennials Sexting!

Grrr…This sexting thing is way out of hand. It’s a personal brand destroyer. It’s really screwing up the reputations of a lot of Millennials and damaging their self-esteem. Come on y’all–THINK!!

The Truth About Teens Sexting – ABC News

Former At-Risk Teen, Darrius Snow Wins Nickelodeon Award

I love waking up to this kind of news: An uplifting article about a 19-year old from Atlanta that is helping at-risk youth. He’s doing such an outstanding job that he caught the attention of Nick Cannon, Nickelodeon, and LeBron James.

Bankhead teen wins Nickelodeon award | ajc.com

NFL Star Helps Over 25 Inner City Teens Get to College

This is a cool article about how the Asomugha College Tour for Scholars (foundation of $45 million NFL star, Nnamdi Asomugha) helps Skid Row teens go to college.

NFL’s $45 million man helps Skid Row teen’s college dream – CNN.com

We like Facebook, but face to face is cool, too

It’s no secret that Millennials love Facebook, but believe it or not, according to a new report by The International Association of Business Communications, they actually prefer face to face communication with their boss. Good nugget of info.

Facebook vs. face-to-face communications: Which do younger folks prefer? – FP Posted