Millennial Think Tank: Marriage and Relationships
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?
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
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
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 […]
Millennial Think Tank: Globalization, Technology and the Millennial Perspective
This week we tackled the enormous topic of Globalization, Technology, and our Think Tank’s perspective of it. Needless to say we will have to revisit this topic again – there is so much to be said and thought about. This post is a recap of our discussion, but first, here is our panelists, with the entire […]
Vote for us to Debunk Myths About Millennials at SXSW
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
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
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
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?
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 […]