WANTED: Education Leaders

Harvard has a new doctoral degree to be focused on leadership in education and…it’s FREE. Read the article by NY Times Op-ED columnist, Bob Herbert.

Op-Ed Columnist – In Search of Education Leaders – NYTimes.com

Note: Thanks to Andrew Manns for the heads up.

3 Keys To Connecting With Youth

I just finished reading this article: Millennials and the Future of Television. It’s geared towards people in media and marketing to youth, but I pulled something out of it that can seriously help out young leaders, youth workers, educators, and parents:

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

Your Impact

Million Dollar Question: 
How many lives will be positively
impacted by what you do?

As long as the answer is more than “just me”, you are already on the right path. The more lives you reach the more blessings you reap.

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