Bob McKinnon
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Bob McKinnon is Founder and Director of the GALEWiLL Center for Opportunity and Progress.

The GALEWiLL Center is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to create and promote research, content and programs with the potential to move the world forward. It is established as a private operating foundation that will invest in ideas, people and organizations that empower others to improve their station in life.

Among others, the Institute of Medicine, the National Institute of Health, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Governors Association and the U.S. Congress, have called upon Bob to provide honest perspective on the many issues facing us today. He has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and other media outlets on to comment on issues facing our country.

In 2010, McKinnon created and edited Actions Speak Loudest: Keeping Our Promise for A Better World. The book is a collection of ideas, images, and actions designed to inspire us to keep our generational promise to leave the world a better place than the one we inherited. It is a collaborative effort that features over thirty contributors and one hundred and thirty organizations. Additionally, he is the producer of the documentary film Remote Control, which looks at the issue of children and the media though the lens of total media consumption and what it may be displacing in our children’s lives.

Bob earned a B.A. at Pennsylvania State University and an M.A. at the New School. He resides in New York with his wife and daughters.

Blog Entries by Bob McKinnon

From Slactivism to Activism

0 Comments | Posted March 25, 2012 | 11:50 AM

How does social change happen - with marches or clicks?

To anyone who grew up in the 60's this seems like an absurd, if not offensive question. But to someone growing up in today's digital age, the answer may not seem as clear.

In the last few weeks, separate...

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The Final Judgment of Joe Paterno

0 Comments | Posted January 22, 2012 | 11:00 AM

In 2008, when putting together my book, Action Speak Loudest: Keeping Our Promise for a Better World, I was looking for someone to contribute a chapter on the importance of building character in our youth.

As a Penn State alumnus, there was no better person I thought suited...

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Where Does Change Come From?

0 Comments | Posted January 6, 2012 | 3:10 PM

Tuesday night marked the beginning of the prime political season. $12.5 million was spent by candidates and their Super PACs to convince 122,000+ Iowans that they were best suited to move this country forward.

Regardless of who the ultimate nominee is, the November election will undoubtedly...

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Looking for Last Minute Gift Ideas? Help Someone Help Someone

0 Comments | Posted December 20, 2010 | 3:42 PM

Looking for a last minute stocking stuffer? Here's a thought: Skip the tie, scarf or gift card and use your time or money to help someone help someone.

A few weeks ago, as part of our company's service commitment, I volunteered serving lunch in a small room to a large...

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Planting the Seeds of Change

0 Comments | Posted March 4, 2010 | 11:17 AM

We are over eight weeks into our New Year's resolutions. If you've made it this far, you deserve congratulations. Most studies suggest it takes about this long for a new habit to take hold.

If you didn't make it, you're not alone. Almost 90 percent of resolutions remain wishful thinking.

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Giving Thanks for Action

0 Comments | Posted November 17, 2009 | 11:00 AM

Today you will blink almost 17,000 times, but what will you see? Your heart will beat 30,000 times today, but how much will you feel? You will take over 4,000 steps, but where are you really going?

Every day our lives are filled with hundreds of thousands of acts, so...

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Letting Our Actions Speak

0 Comments | Posted September 30, 2009 | 1:13 PM

The fall is the season for football, foliage and - increasingly - important meetings with important people. Fresh from the folly of summer recesses, when children play and people around the world wrap up their vacations, various prestigious gatherings take place. Last week alone saw the opening of the General...

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