More than you want to know

Livestream has got to be one of my favorite places on the Internet. You name it, from National Geographic to a local radio station, it is being broadcast to the world through Livestream. And what I really love about Livestream content is the simple fact that this alternative content is easy to find and watch. [...]

Great Conversations are Worth a Million

This was a conversation I had with Dr. Naif Al Mutawa who joined me for a conversation about the latest developments with the 99 super hero series! This conversation took place in 2010 but feels like yesterday. The power of the spoken word to touch, motivate and inspire never ceases to amaze me.

Get Motivated!

In September I will be taking on the challenge of being the 1st chair of the Department of Mass Communication at the Canadian University of Dubai. The 1st question people ask is why am I leaving Zayed University after 12 years? Zayed University has been a great place to work and a fantastic personal innovation [...]

This is the alternative MBA

What happens when you get 3 very successful entrepreneurs into a room to talk about their success? There is a lot to be learned from the business world today and I contend you can learn most of it by listening to what those who are in it are saying. Of course trying your hand at [...]

What Makes You Say WOW?

One of our greatest failures today is the simple fact that we beat the love of dreaming out of people. If people didn’t dream where would technology be today? Yet when it comes to taking creative, even practical leaps, we are quick to knock people down. What a shame! This Microsoft Envisoning Lab is working [...]

Breaking Stereotypes

There are a lot of stereotypes out there and we, you and I, do a wonderful job of sustaining them. If I was to put the words fitness and models together what would you think? What if I was to add the words bikini and stage to the mix? Exactly! When I knew I was [...]

Must Have TED Podcasts!

I make no bones about it I think that the TED idea is the best thing I ever stumbled upon as an educator. I use TED.com materials in all my classes, have collaborated on various sized TEDx events. I have even settled on producing TEDx Salon events at my University. And now there is a [...]

What We All Need to Remeber Every Day!

Imagine what your office or classroom or home or or or would be like if this was your mantra!

How to Say Thank You Winslet Style

I came across this in the Times, sorry I lost the rest of the paper to grab the date but it was the week September 17 to 24. How well do you say thank you? To be honest I don’t think we say thank you often enough [...]

If you can dream it you can do it

I have a group of students making TED-like presentations on the Disney quotation, “if you can dream it you can do it.” Every student looked at me, blank. One student said she didn’t have a dream! And today I stumbled, again, upon the idea of using Icebergs as a viable water source. This is not a new [...]

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