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Millennial Think Tank: Marriage and Relationships

POSTED ON September 21st  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

We decided to tackle the Millennial perspective of marriage and relationships after it came up in another hangout, and it was clear that our panel had a lot to say about the topic. We knew we were onto something when we had so many people request to be on this one that we had to […]

Millennial Think Tank: What Responsibility Do Social Networks Have to Their Users and Brand?

POSTED ON September 7th  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

This week we tackled a subject we touched on in our Globalization hangout: what responsibility do social networks have in regards to their users privacy? The question was of course more complex than that, because we covered both user safety, user responsibility, and the branding issues social networks face. Joining our panel this week were: […]

Millennial Think: Millennial Expectations of Customer Service

POSTED ON August 31st  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

It was a bit of a raucous hangout this week as we tackled out Think Tank’s expectation of customer service. As always, we came away with some fairly profound insights, along with a bit of hilarity. This week we had a panel full of regulars, including: Joe Cardillo,  an older Millennial, Content and Analytics specialist. […]

Millennial Think Tank: How to Find and Keep a Job

POSTED ON August 24th  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

This week we switched gears a bit and did a solutions based hangout, at the recommendation of our Think Tanker, Kayvon Asemani. After watching our hangout on the enormous debt burden brought on by student loans, he suggested we help Millennials figure out how to find work. So, we did something a little different and […]

Vote for us to Debunk Myths About Millennials at SXSW

POSTED ON August 11th  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

This post is all about me asking for YOUR VOTE so we can bring our Millennial Think Tank panel to SXSW.  Here’s why I think we should go: If you haven’t watched one of our Millennial Think Tank episodes on G+ every Thursday, here is the why and the what: After hearing from my Millennial […]

Millennial Think Tank: The Impact of Technology on Privacy. A Millennial Perspective

POSTED ON August 10th  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

When we decided to put the topic of Privacy on last week’s agenda, both Hessie Jones and I thought that our panel would be deeply concerned, possibly even afraid of how much of their personal privacy was exposed online. What we discovered is  that our panel is certainly concerned, but definitely far more sophisticated in how they […]

Millennial Think Tank: Gen Y and Entrepreneurship

POSTED ON August 3rd  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

This week our Think Tank was jam packed with lots of brainpower, so I’ll get right to the introduction of our all Millennial panel: Daniel Herbert,  Co-Founder of SteamFeed.com Daniel Newman, MillennialCEO.com, Broadsuite, Ignite Learning Partners Joe Cardillo,  Deputy Director at New Mexico Compass, and Content and Analytics specialist. Eze Redwood, Operational Strategy at U-Hoops, […]

Millennial Think Tank: The Enormous Debt Burden, Higher Education Cost, and its Impact

POSTED ON July 27th  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

Last Thursday on our weekly Millennial Think Tank Hangout we tackled the issue of the enormous debt burden Gen Y is saddled with, due in large part to the high cost of education. Before I introduce last week’s Tank Members, I’ll frame the discussion with the facts: Since 1982 college tuition fees have increased by 439% The […]

Millennial Think Tank: Do Brand Ethics Affect their Purchasing Decisions?

POSTED ON July 20th  - POSTED IN Millennial Matters

This week we posed the question of Brand Ethics and their impact on purchasing decisions at our think tank; what we came away with was the reality that there are a lot of factors that effect whether our Millennials purchase a specific brand. Ethics are just one part of that decision. Before I delve into the substance, I’ll introduce […]