On Tuesday, September 21, CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan (pictured, right) led a discussion on the intersection of technology and education in the 21st century. The panel, featuring FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (left), kicked off a half-day event called "Back to School: Learning in a Digital Age," sponsored by USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership (CCLP), Common Sense Media, PBS Kids and The Children's Partnership. Leaders in technology and education discussed the benefits of equipping children and educators digitally – both inside and outside of the classroom. "The need far exceeds the risk," said Genachowski. "When our schools win, our country……
Month: September 2010
Laughing at Democracy at the Mall
Marty Kaplan is one smart guy. He is now the director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of entertainment and society at the Annenberg School of the University of Southern California. The rest of his resume is embarrassing to the rest of us: He graduated summa cum laude in molecular biology from Harvard, received a first in English at Cambridge, earned a Ph.D. in modern thought from Stanford and, as a vice president of Disney, wrote a movie for Eddie Murphy. He has this theory about entertainment taking over the news, even the world. At the blackboard, he……
Geoffrey Cowan named president of Sunnylands Trust
CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan, dean emeritus of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, has been named the first president of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. The Sunnylands Trust is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating entity established by the Annenberg Foundation primarily to hold high level retreats that "address serious issues facing the nation and the world community." Sunnylands is the name of the late Walter and Leonore Annenberg's beautiful 200-acre estate in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The estate will serve as a venue for important meetings of top government officials and leaders from education, philanthropy, the arts, culture, science……
Schell in Bloomberg News for G-20
Senior Fellow Orville Schell was quoted in an article by Bloomberg. The article, "Cameron, Lula Absence Shows UN Losing Ground to G-20 Summits" examines the delicate international relationships that are currently being challenged while the G-20 convenes at the United Nations…….
Baer blogs for TV Squad
Senior Fellow and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Executive Producer, Neal Baer guest-blogged for the website TV Squad about the new twists and guests on slate for L&O: SVU's twelfth's season. Also posted are some of favorite clips from the show's run…….
Bennis on Customer Think website
"The Lone Ranger is dead," says Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis. "Instead of the individual problem-solver, we have a new model for creative achievement. People like Steve Jobs or Walt Disney headed groups and found their own greatness in them." That is only one of the few pearls of wisdom quoted from the leadership guru on Customer Think. The article states that companies need to follow Bennis' model in order to understand the 2010 definition of what it means to be a leader…….
Bennis cited on allAfrica.com
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis was cited in an article on the website allAfrica.com regarding the rebuilding of Nigeria's financial infostructure. The system has lost credibility with the majority of its citizens and the author, Olu Akanmu, quotes Bennis' leaderships practices saying "no organization can be honest with the public if it is not honest with itself."……
Campaign advertising is now reaching into the voting booth
Photo credit: secretlondon on FlickrWASHINGTON — Political advertising is reaching into polling places and even into the voting booth. That is one of three trends for 2010 campaign advertising identified by Peter Greenberger, Google's head of Public Sector Ad Sales. What's that, you say? Politicking is not allowed within 100 feet of polling places? How quaint. How very 20th century. Once again the law governs atoms, not bits…….
CCLP examines the role of digital and online content in children’s education with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
On Tuesday, September 21, USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, along with Common Sense Media, PBS Kids, and The Children's Partnership, presented Back To School : Learning & Growing in the Digital Age. The event was a public forum for leaders from Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., to discuss the best strategies for bringing technology innovations to our schools — and other learning settings — and bringing the benefits of the digital revolution to parents and kids while addressing online risks. The focuses of the lively half-day discussion were education and communication technology, covering issues such as digital……
Reeves mentioned in HuffPo article on City Club of San Diego
The Huffington Post posted an article on their site about the history of The City Club of San Diego. Over the years, the organization has hosted many different politically-centered programs such as "Immigration: The National Question"; "The State of Our Language: The War over Grammar", and "The Press, Libel & American Freedom." The article also contains a total number that the most prominent speakers have attended the annual event. Topping the list is Senior Fellow Richard Reeves, who has spoken 24 times. The article can be read in full here…….