Mills Scofield

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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

You can read more here about the impact of not changing our education and economic systems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. And, in 2010, Arne Duncan announced that 95% of American college students in language classes were taking European languages. Education and literacy? should ours! This is paralyzing. What do you care about?

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Rebellious Optimism = Innovation

Mills Scofield

Kona Shen graduated in 2010 with an honors thesis on the impact of foreign aid on Haiti’s environment and ways the international community could improve aid efforts. So, I’m going to regularly share “ Optimism Greatest Act Rebellion Stories ” with you and ask you to share your Optimism stories with the rest of us!

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How to Have an Impact without Electricity and the Internet

Mills Scofield

I began traveling to Haiti as a volunteer in 2007 and moved here in 2010 to launch an organization called GOALS. GOALS uses soccer to engage youth in public service and education that improve quality of life and develop new leadership. Mostly this has to do with living in Haiti.

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Genecians Journey Into Corporate Giving

Mills Scofield

Cone proclaimed in 2010 that “cause marketing as we know it is dead” “Slapping a ribbon” on a product, website, or advertisement was now perceived as inauthentic. It began when I came across an article about two years ago by a well known person in the world of corporate giving, Carol Cone.

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Lessons From BIF-7

Mills Scofield

And, you need to out-educate your competition. He is a physician, educator, researcher, public advocate, innovator and very human. Dan Pink, known for his fabulous books A Whole New Mind and Drive , talked about 2010’s two Physics Nobel Prize winners, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, breakthrough in extremely thin graphene.

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