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rmorrill |
Aligning Web 2.0 with Gen Y.
Aug 25 2008, 4:55 PM EDT
This article was written by me for ITToolbox - http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/managing-infosec/he-is-15-and-has-no-compelling-reason-to-work-at-your-company-26807 The most fascinating speech at Gnomedex took place with a 15 year old entrepreneur who has already developed and sold three Facebook applications. What does he want, and how do companies reach out to this new generation of kids. The more interesting things he said were: 1. Add more social networking; add more sociability along all lines of the company. 2. Make it possible to make a difference, and listen to them, they have ideas, and not all of them are bad. 3. College is a check mark on the way to where they are going, it is not an ambition nor is it an end goal in its own right, it is something to do, and much like high school is now for him. What was interesting was not that he wanted to be the CEO, or was suffering from over ambition, he wants to change the world, and he amongst those of the generation Y that we are seeing crop up in the company want to have a voice. Older managers often discount the voices of the younger members of their team, but he also comes with a proven record of accomplishment. Do you find this valuable?
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catmilha |
1. RE: Aligning Web 2.0 with Gen Y.
Aug 27 2008, 10:23 PM EDT
Dan,This is a dilemma that I don't know if any of us know how to solve. But I do know that if you want to help people change, you have to meet them where they are -- not where you want them to be. So I guess we need to meet these kids in their world, and not ours. Maybe getting more instructors into environments like Social Campus can help us be giving us an opportunity to fumble along as we learn to use these tools that are second nature to the Gen Y'ers. Food for thought. Kathy Do you find this valuable? |
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rmorrill |
2. RE: Aligning Web 2.0 with Gen Y.
Aug 28 2008, 8:04 AM EDT
This is what makes if fun, can we as a college accommodate, can education accommodate, he is one of millions, how many like him are there. And how do we teach them without crushing their own desire to do more?
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