Education at what cost?

As a university graduate and university professor I am constantly struck by the number of people who should have access to higher education but don’t. There are many models of alternative education and each has its place. Shai Reshef founded University of the People in 2009 and I think this is a model that we [...]

Those People We meet.

I met Yasser Bahjatt at TEDActive this year. It is incredible what we can learn from others and never seem to get a chance to. This is also the magic of a TED conference. TED puts a group of people together for 6 days and stands back to see what happens. Yasser and I hooked [...]

Tony Deifell offers a reset.

I have done a lot of interviews on Nightline here in Dubai. Each interview has offered me something personally. But my conversation with Tony Deifell was nothing short of extraordinary. Tony offered up, in 45 minutes, the tools to look at what we are doing and move forward! Now this is not to suggest that [...]

Never Underestimate the power of ELMO

Today I pulled on one of my favorite t-shirts, Elmo. This is a great t-shirt for one reason and one reason only. The Elmo shirt unlike any piece of clothing I own transports people young and old to a place and time where they were happy! Sesame Street is a happy place. The characters on [...]

Are we too tied to our media.

I teach in a college of communication and work in the media and am now asking if we are too tied to the very media I am pushing people towards. It would seem I am not the only person asking this question. AdAge has recently published a report online titled ‘Study Brings New Meaning to [...]

TEDx Dubai works and other do not get it!

I was part of an amazing experience in Dubai on the 10th of October, TEDx Dubai. TEDx Dubai was all about igniting the passion in people to not only talk about issues but to actually get out there and do something about it. Five people, all with full time jobs that are not related to [...]

Freecycle.org Simply a Great Idea!

A conversation with Deron Beal of Freecycle.org. Don’t you just love how we all sit around and yammer about what we should do or what we could do? And what do we do? 8 out of 10 times we do NOTHING! But what if you simple idea becomes infectious? What if your simple idea could [...]

All in the shirts!

Today I found myself in the Executive Office in Dubai meeting the people who help to keep the Emirate of Dubai on the cutting edge. In the waiting room I struck up a conversation with Mr. Julian Miller of MillerExecutive Search. Nothing new about talking to people in a waiting room except that the conversation [...]

Technologyease.

Web 2.0 is with out a doubt the way ahead for business, education and our social lives, many Web 2.0 applications are called social networking! Business worldwide is knuckling down and CEOs seem to be running for cover. We have a huge opportunity to educate, inform and spread ideas and the physical things that go [...]