Education 2.0
A New Manifesto for Innovation
Everything i thought – and taught – about innovation was wrong. That sounds way too sensationalistic, and it probably is. But the drama of that statement is certainly rooted in truth. Allow me to explain. Several years ago, I got enamored with the concept of ‘innovation’. So much so, in fact, that it became... »
A Teacher’s (Mis)Advice
I was chatting with some graduating students on their career plans after college. Interestingly enough, a group of students had started a social enterprise idea that for me, showed significant promise. It wasn’t just a concept; They’ve actually prototyped and run a small-scale pilot as part of the course requirements. In fact, with some... »
LS145 Module 2 : The Innovation Quotient
In this Module, we tackle the qualities of what makes Innovators … well, innovators. And also what we can do to imbibe and emulate that — by discovering our PassionFuel, dabbling in MindJunk, and gaining clarity on our MissionDrive. LS145 Module 2 : The Innovation Quotient View more documents from Mark Ruiz. HERE’S TO... »
LS145 Module 1 : Innovation 101
Module 1 : Innovation 101 View more documents from Mark Ruiz. My personal introduction into the topic of Innovation a.k.a. Innovation 101 – in this module is a definition of Innovation, Innovation 360 (all kinds of Innovation on top of the myopia of innovation being only product-related), and Innovationomics (macrotrends leading to Innovate or... »
Spreading Innovation!
LS145 Business Innovation Management Class Intro! View more documents from Mark Ruiz. In the spirit of open-source and sharing my cognitive surplus, I’ll be uploading my Innovation Class week-on-week as it unfolds (that way, I still have the upper-hand in surprising my students). I’ll eventually be organizing all of them (with all the notes,... »
Did You Know? 4.0
I’m a great fan of Shift Happens, a presentation made by educator Karl Fisch that spread like wildfire around the world – seamlessly blending statistics, infographics, and social media and making it digestible for the 21st Century. Shift HappensView more presentations from Jeff Brenman. Of course, it was also largely due to the face... »
The Social Change Challenge
THE SOCIAL CHANGE CHALLENGE PR: PURSUING REFORMS Keynote Address, 16th National Public Relations Congress September 10, 2009 Manila Hotel by Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J. President, Ateneo de Manila University First of all, warmest congratulations to the Public Relations Society of the Philippines as you hold your 16th National Public Relations Congress. Greetings to Butch... »
Booklove in a Connected World
I was in the process of organizing and rationalizing my bookshelf last night. As is the usual case, my geek-self couldn’t help but start cataloging into a database the latest iteration of my library. And so I started typing away in a Google Docs spreadsheet so that the list would be cloud-accessible. But then... »
Reimagining the New Filipino
Coming off the heels of our 6th WhyNot?Forum — Why Not Be True? Tribute to Pinoy Subculture Tribes, the WhyNuts thought through the theme for 7.0. Our minds were swimming around science, futurism, and heroism – until we decided to coincide our schedule with the August 21 death anniversary of national hero Ninoy Aquino.... »
A 7-Year Old Trying to Save the World
— So last August 12 I get this message in my Facebook Inbox : As a quick background, Noey is the 7-year old daughter of a good friend, Ina Silva. As I looked at her message, I immediately said to myself, “How can I resist such an invitation?”. And so without a shred of... »
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