Corporate Education

Social Media -- 4 Trends to Watch in 2012

Beverly Macy | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Social Media, Fortune 500, Corporate Education, Twitter, Gravity Summit, Facebook, Business News
Beverly Macy

You are at a competitive disadvantage if you do not embrace the power of social media and understand how it applies to the enterprise. Your competitors are already there.

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2012 -- The Year of Social Business in the Enterprise

Beverly Macy | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Collaborative Work, Twitter, Corporate Education, Change Management, Facebook, Social Business, Business News
Beverly Macy

Social Media Marketing burst on the scene a few years ago to the delight of many and the bewilderment of others. Suddenly, conversational marketing b...

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Fail Fast, Fail Forward: Lessons in Social Media for Business

Beverly Macy | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Technology, Fail Fast Fail Forward, Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Corporate Education, Gravity Summit, Real-Time Social Media, Technology News
Beverly Macy

The bottom line is to do something, even if it fails at first. Do not be a poser talking a good social media game but not really being engaged.

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Obama Meets With Corporate CEOs To Fundraise For U.S. Education

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Att, Arne Duncan, Department of Education, Nike, Corporate Fundraising, Race to the Top, Microsoft, Obama, Education Funding, Barack Obama Education, Barack Obama, Intel, Time Warner, Corporate Education, Obama Education, Education Department, Education Reform, Education News

President Barack Obama hosts an education roundtable today with some of his top education staff and several of the nation's most prominent CEOs to enc...

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Privatization Of Public Education Turns Students Into Corporate Assets

Kevin Welner | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Privatization, Virtual Schools, Online Learning, Education, Online Education, Privatization of Education, Virtual Education, For-Profit Education, Corporate Education, Corporations, Education News
Kevin Welner

So now our children effectively become corporate assets. How long before they are commodities to be bought and sold on the open market as if they were pork bellies or wheat futures?

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The Appointment of Cathleen Black and the Trouble with Corporate Schooling

Gary Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Corporate Education, David Steiner, Cathleen Black, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Pay for Performance, David Whitman, Charter Schools, Charles Payne, Fordham Institute, High-Stakes Testing, John Dewey, Lisa Delpit, W. Edwards Deming, Education News
Gary Anderson

The corporate community and most venture philanthropists, persist in thinking schools should be run like businesses. This time around though, instead of the factory model school, they have bequeathed us the latest business fads.

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The Inner Life: How to Think Like Barack Obama (Yes You Can!)

Laurie Nadel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Critical Thinking, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Corporate Education, Service, President Barack Obama, Whole Brain, Carl Jung, Personality Traits, President George Bush, Healthy Living News
Laurie Nadel

You change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles and call it maintenance. But how many miles has your mind clocked? Don't you think maybe it's time for a tune-up?

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