In Ghana, teachers are lucky if they get professional development programs once or twice in their careers. Kwabena Amporful (MBA ’08) founded the teacher training initiative Institute for Teacher Education and Development to bring updated pedagogical techniques and support to Ghanaian teachers. Learn more about INTED: http://stnfd.biz/kF0mP
Questioning the status quo on teacher skills !! Truly disruptive work, and one that will drive the change we need !!
Check out Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored conference!
INSIGHT. INSPIRATION. IMPACT.
Innovation is at the core of everything we do. Every day on our website, and in each issue of the magazine, we delve into the new ideas and radical creativity which are upending status quo in the business world; our mission is to determine how and why these changes matter.
At Innovation Uncensored, we turn this coverage into a real- world conversation, where the people on the pages come to you and share what they know. Surprising stats, smart techniques, best practices, true confessions—it’s not just the nuts and bolts of business; it’s the heart and soul. And that’s what makes this event different. It’s a two-day master class from the world’s most innovative companies.
Some of this year’s speakers will include:
Mario Batali, Chef & Author
Jack Dorsey, CEO, Square
David Karp, Founder, Tumblr
Jonah Peretti, Founder & CEO, Buzzfeed
Emily Rahimi, Social and Digital Media Manager, NYC Fire Department
Interested? Find out more here and follow #IUNY13 on Twitter.
(via fastcompany)
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Google will reportedly open its own retail stores starting this year
Don’t be evil (in retail)
Well it was only a matter of time…
“We don’t have the word “limit” in our vocabulary. It’s because of that that we’ve been able to do things for so many years and deliver things people never knew they needed.” — Tim Cook (via minimalmac)
Here is a nice tip for innovators. Just don’t have a limit !!
(via parislemon)
Fast Company has just released its
“Annual guide to the state of innovation in our economy, featuring the businesses whose innovations are having the greatest impacts across their industries and our culture as a whole.”
Click here to see The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2013!
I know its Feb, but tese are some really good lessons for anyone and any time!!
Coco Chanel, are you listening :-)
(Source: meganq, via parislemon)
Facebook has launched Graph Search, a search engine to mine the billions of friend connections, locations, likes, comments, and tags that make up its Social Graph backbone. Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at a media event at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters.
Worlds Colliding - Facebook starts to search as Google continues to try and get more social…
Things are getting ripe for a disruption. And this battle will be a big one!!
Purely on Facebook’s graph search though - it is a potential fortune waiting to be unlocked in terms of monetization. Remember paid search is the majority of all digital marketing spends!!
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