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Re: DML 2016: New Directions and a New Home - Ranger Rik

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:10:20 -0000

Appreciate the write up on this Rik, I remember interviewing you years ago w/Global Kids and TSL! Will you be at Vlab tmrw eve at SRI? Would love to finally meet F2F and hear what's happening w/Cal Academy youth! https://www.vlab.org/events...

Re: Clearing Away the Clutter

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 01:27:03 -0000

Helpful tips; I'm not a crafter or a hoarder but DEFINITELY fall in the clutter category with too many books and papers, as I'm a writer who happens to share your same name!

Is this the same Amy Jussel that is also the amazing photographer? If so, it would be fun to finally connect directly as I admired your photography portfolio that I saw online and have been trying to find you over time as our identities keep colliding online (also, who knows, maybe we're related?) If you're the Amy from Idaho (I'm in the SF Bay Area) pls. ping me on my site ShapingYouth.org or on Twitter @ShapingYouth as it would be fascinating to see what what other creative arts pathways we have overlapping. Best, AJ (p.s. if you are the photographer, I could use a new headshot...that would be a hoot)

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:59:26 -0000

After attending the YTH.org (youth, tech health) conference and hearing HopeLab's work at ResilienceTech.org I'm convinced more than ever that we're only STARTING to scrape the surface of proactive uses of media to aid social emotional learning and beyond. (p.s. Been a huge fan of "RE:Mission" game to combat helplessness among kids w/cancer, and strongly feel they've got the history and the chops to deep dive into this research further nudging toward next
steps in using media/tech/mobile SMS for empathy
outreach) Exciting!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:09:58 -0000

I'm on the "Games for Change" list serve and the SV Apps for Kids meetup group and am constantly amazed and inspired by the gaming for good ideas swirling about...in edu, health/wellness, and behavior change. In fact, I've been trying to parlay my own hands-on media literacy games into some form of 'train the trainer' method to leverage the 'show and tell' tactics and power of 'lift and reveal' agendas...So many uses in the nonprofit/social enterprise realm. Could REALLY use these tips on cost-effective how-tos!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:04:57 -0000

Attended the #YTHLive session about the new CrisisTextLine.org outreach for teens and with their recent open data sharing among researchers am convinced TEXTING as a communications tool is one of the best ways to "Do Something" in preventive vs. post-tragedy mop up.

Whether it's dealing w/health/wellness, sexed, bullying, crisis mgmt, behavioral or socioemotional tips or compliance/adherence reminders, texting is the 'tool of choice' among teens right now...Would love to hear this session!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:05:47 -0000

The need for critical thinking to 'spot the spin' is paramount in a youth culture being served 'influential half truths' often peer to peer en masse with social media virality. Deconstructing messages and decoding vested interests from brands, corporations, and yes, newsrooms and 'Jon Stewarts' is a 21st century learning imperative for an informed society. With kids as our future, The LAMP engages with hands-on ways to ensure our youth upend the 'sheeple' herd mentality, and think for themselves!

Hope you'll video/archive and TED talk this topic beyond SXSW...I would LOVE to hear this session!

Re: The Not Buying It App: Challenging Sexist Media

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:06:27 -0000

Yep, just downloaded the new #NotBuyingIt app and included it in this post about Go Daddy's antics which gives us a first opp to use it PRIOR to Super Bowl, as clearly objectification is an equal opportunity destroyer http://www.shapingyouth.org... Thx for the reminder!! Onward! Keep up the great work...

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:57:04 -0000

MUST prioritize usability for consumers rather than data silos for profiteers; yet we as a nation continue to enable & allow this misguided methodology when we need to be advocating for public health! Excited to see a win-win here...great topic.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:25:20 -0000

Massive fan of Black Girls Code AND Pulse and Signal, this has far-reaching implications beyond public health and innovation to STEM, gender equity, and tapping into depth of content in fresh new outreach ways. Inspiring!

Re: McD's

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:43:25 -0000

The fries peeping out of the red/yellow box is not branding? That's like saying their McTeacher Nights and Ronald clown assemblies aren't marketing to kids, or their billboards next to vulnerable populations/schools isn't on purpose. C'mon. Product as hero is not news...ethics in junk food advertising WOULD be.

Re: About A Dog

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:47:47 -0000

Ann, this post was like a horrific car wreck you can't quite turn away from...you know the outcome is gruesome, but you can't manage to look away. As an ardent dog lover, your prose captures every iota of drama in breathtaking (almost surreal) candor...it's as if we were transported into the moment that was (yes) blindingly authentic and true. Snuggle up to sweet Abby, I'm gonna go hug my shelter mutts too...Hang tough.

Re: New Slang: Find Out What Those Crazy Kids Are Saying [APPS]

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:16:17 -0000

nah, it was a crew shirt, as in rowing...she didn't 'buy it' ---the team was just bequeathed the shirts as 'uniforms' and none of the kids knew what it meant! ;-)

Re: New Slang: Find Out What Those Crazy Kids Are Saying [APPS]

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:33:52 -0000

Had this dialog w/our teen tribe the other day...One who was wearing a crew shirt w/ 'FTW' on the back & when I commented on it she said, 'glad YOU know what it means, I didn't, & none of my friends do either!' (which leads me to believe some of these acronyms are adult not teen generated)

AND...when my daughter responded to my "B4Ugo" text, admonishing, "omg, just stop! Teens don't even talk like that" it made me realize that those of us on Twitter who conserve our 140 allocation are the ones who may have picked up these habits even more than kids themselves? Ahem. Just sayin. (see? There's another one) ;-)

Re: On Peace and Quiet

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:39:53 -0000

I am a living contradiction of this sometimes, as I sit here with 102 tabs open in Firefox, knowing full well that multitasking is a misnomer and saps productivity: http://j.mp/bzxDJm

That said, I've been VERY focused about finding (nay, DEMANDING) my peace and quiet from the media melee. I must. Truly. When email is now tipping six figures and the digital deluge has me wondering whether I'm managing my media or it's managing me, I NEED to cut loose for quiet time and process, despite pings and blips of "why aren't you answering my text!" and "pick up the freakin' phone!" and "how can you just tune out?"

Answer? The private sanctuary of the brain is where we replenish, reprocess, and filter out the noise to signal ratio...without that 'down time' we're simply in 'churn and burn' chatter, not really listening to ourselves, OR those around us. (imho anyway) Glad to have found you via @pattichurch A dear one who slips off my radar on occasion but is always close to my heart in spirit.

For my peace and quiet? (aside from a nightly lavender bubble bath ritual) "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." ~John Burroughs

Re: Stop Slutting Up Our Girls

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:21:56 -0000

Ah, our paths cross again...Hi C.C., I've just come from NYC meeting with a team of heavy hitters in this sphere planning an Oct 22-10 summit to address the sexualization of girls as a public health issue.

I was invited on behalf of Shaping Youth and our nonprofit's board advisers of Packaging Girlhood.com along with Jean Kilbourne of So Sexy So Soon, the APA Task Force pros, Ms mag, Ford Fnd, etc. so needless to say, we're all ready to do the 'Howard Beale' network shoutout from the windows as I mentioned in a BlogHer comment recently, http://j.mp/duP4Km.

I'll link to this along w/the hefty dialog about same from the weekend convening which has fueled many a scholar into the stratosphere listening to parents that don't seem to 'get' that it's not a 'context vs. content' issue. (huge diff btwn sexuality & sexualization too; I'll save that for my post tmrw)

Meanwhile, here's the kidvid that's the antithesis to the provocative/evocative Beyonce bit, a healthy, fun spoof called "All the Scholar Ladies" which is guaranteed to make you smile, C.C.! http://bit.ly/duY79b It was like someone delivered me a direct antidote to a venom bite, to help me fire up my enthusiasm for using the power of media for positive change again. (easy to feel outgunned w/drek)

Thanks again for adding your voice to the mix, I'm hoping parents like you will be the cavalry coming to support us as agents of change toward some healthier media messaging out there...(Dads will play a HUGE role here, so VERY thankful you're on board, engaged, and peeved ;-)

Soooooo Save the date...Oct 22, 2010 at Hunter College, NYC. as 'accompanied adults' (that are invited by a girl) join media, policy peeps, thought leaders, and child advocate pros. It should definitely ignite some sparks with the powder keg we're planning! Stay tuned...

Re: Teachers: 10 Reasons Students are Tuning You Out

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:43:34 -0000

I was doing a guest lecture at SFSU Tues. for Prof. Blosser's Media & Social Change class...it turned into a fun, interactive ideation...might've even scored some interns for my nonprofit org, woohoo! ;-)

Re: Teachers: 10 Reasons Students are Tuning You Out

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:28:31 -0000

Love this, Brant! I'd add a couple more for fun to round it to a dozen: 11.) You use TOO much technology & can't seem to make it work half the time, wasting class time apologizing for it 12.) You ask for student opinions & say you want 'dialog' & then take up every moment of class time sans interaction.

There. That oughta do it. heh.

I tried to dodge ALL of these at SFSU yesterday where I was popping in to guest lecture; it was fun to engage with 'the dirty dozen' foibles emblazoned in my 'don't' list. ;-) Def a 'retweet' thanks!

Re: Is the New Droid Ad Anti-Women and Anti-Gay or Just Plain Idiotic? Actually, All Three!

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:45:10 -0000

What do you expect from a mobile maneuver hanging its hat on the droid's ability to offer an unofficial porn app store? http://j.mp/4IMdCL and http://j.mp/8B9mUN

I mean, c'mon, we all get that app developers love the lack of restrictions, controls and speed to market for open source apps to be up and running, but it's no secret (or surprise) that there's a misogynistic slant in their vapid ads, being couched as 'edgy' in a wink and nod sort of way...

They might as well blatantly usurp Apple's user base with a tagline that says, 'hey boys, the party's over here now' ugh.

Nothing like turning 'boys to men' in 'Monster' mode, similar to this energy drink campaign of 'pop culture priorities' for the same demographic. Same target. Same tone. Same snore of a toxic/trashy misogynistic message: http://j.mp/nycp1

Re: Is There No Place Safe from Texting

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:01:10 -0000

Rules? Quite simple. Don't. And though this may fall into 21st century shock tactics akin to 'scare 'em in the schools 'til they quiver' tactics of yesteryear, the BBC did a solid job jolting me out of 'only this once' flippant casualness with this gruesome but poignant PSA: http://tinyurl.com/r3uuds

Though I'm conflicted about showing it to my 14 year old (since she even doesn't drive yet) the texting while walking/biking/crossing streets phenom is enough to greenlight the violence as worthy. Thoughts?

Re: Working With Lifetime

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:32:35 -0000

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for a media/marketing analysis channel, since we're a nonprofit, nonpartisan 'brand'...and I'm most certainly a mom...Know who I should tap to discuss this?

Re: Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby?

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:58:11 -0000

Completely agree on the transparency/anonymity corollary. At Shaping Youth I try to 'take the high road' and quote from Johns Hopkins Dr. Forni's 'Choosing Civility' book/site, but all too often I get trolls a flamin' and every single time it's been an anonymous hit-n-run.

Even in person the other day, a jogger breezed by me and cussed out my new shelter pup, whizzing by without a second thought.I chose to test my theory, thinking, 'this is NOT ok'...and sure enough, when I'd looped around and headed him off eye to eye with an apology (not a confrontation) for my pup's zeal he was so flustered and ashamed he literally couldn't handle remaining on the same sidewalk, waving me off, 'no problem, np'...and circling back in the other direction.

Hit and run viper-tongues are cowards, just like digital bullies and trolls, hiding behind a mask of bravado. Reveal the identity (or trackback the digital prints) and the nakedness brings some modicum of civility. (we see this with virtual world/avatar chat often too. Just ask the folks at e-moderation!)

Real and raw can be fine when it's civil confrontation in healthy debate...But devolved discourse is like a sniper with a power scope, which can even be deadly. http://tinyurl.com/2v5bq6

Re: A Brief and Informal Twitter Etiquette Guide

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:57:46 -0000

Newbie to Twitter but not to you, Chris. Q: I desperately want to curb 'tmi' and wonder if the 'autopost' features of FB status line are 'in or out' re: netiquette? Also feel sheepish NOT returning/acknowledging a follow, but know that's the 'disease to please' kickin' in and I need to get over myself to keep it from a cluttered resource stream, right?

Re: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:39:41 -0000

I loved the first one for the same reason, as you can see here on Shaping Youth: "Night at the Museum Becomes Night of History Lessons"
http://blog.shapingyouth.or...

...But was the sequel as good? (rarely, I know) I'm pre-disposed against it a bit, as it's been heavily marketed with tons of tie-ins/product placement/consumption (Fox made a deal w/McDonalds next for junk food, etc.) but that aside, is the plot/theme any good by comparison? Haven't seen it yet...

Re: Fathering the Fatherless

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:30:37 -0000

Lovely list. Four things have never been quite so poignant.

Re: Andre Blackman

Amy Jussel, ShapingYouth — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:03:21 -0000

Fabulous, Andre! (Thanks, Angela, for highlighting a personal favorite of Shaping Youth. org) In fact, Andre, I'd like your thoughts on the new Ashoka Changemakers/RWJF healthcare/gaming competition as it's right up your alley if you haven't seen it already:

http://www.changemakers.net...

Amy Jussel
www.ShapingYouth.org