My friend David, writing in Newsweek, suggests that the GOP faces a demographics problem because of its too religious. The argument goes: as fewer people go to church, the religious political party finds fewer adherents.
I was supposed to talk about how to deliver great messages online. Instead of me talking about it, I decided to put the group in the shoes of their audience and evaluate messages from that perspective.
Acton uses student reviews to evaluate teachers:
I agree with Gizmodo. This could sell a lot of two hundred dollar tablets.
The awesome Jon DiPietro tweeted this blog post earlier today:
A few years ago, I said that if you own a computer or phone, you had to read Technopoly. Because it changes how we think, technology changes how we live.
Yesterday morning, I received an email from Facebook's person for DC-area political organizations. The message previewed a few things that political page managers would like, but one is huge change for Facebook.
Acton had a bunch of exercises where each of the class's study groups would present a decision to the whole class. We would vote on the winner and use their decision to guide the rest of that class session. Winning these votes usually gave you a better grade.
This is a great writeup of Acton and Jeff Sandefer, the people that challenged me through my MBA. I recommend them highly.