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| Wake Up Millennials |
| Written by John Della Volpe | Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Comments (0) | Views (19888) |
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In 2008, Millennials (i.e., voters under the age of 30) in the United States were largely responsible for nominating and electing a President. Three years later, young people helped change the world as tens of thousands banded together, organized themselves, became "Time's Person of the Year" and helped usher democracy in to the Middle East. In 2012, Millennials hold the key to America’s future. In the 20th Edition of Harvard University’s ... Read More |
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| What the World's Saying about Boston & San Francisco |
| Written by John Della Volpe | Saturday, December 10, 2011 | Comments (0) | Views (22625) |
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| Yesterday afternoon I had the opportunity to make a presentation to a number of greater Boston's civic and business leaders about what the world is saying about Boston. It's the second or third time we used Prezi rather than Keynote or Powerpoint by the way, and its great.
Sponsored by Boston World Partnerships, my presentation was an analysis of the online conversation related to Boston as a place to do business, a hub of intellectual capital and innovation. We ... Read More |
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| Bursting the Bubble |
| Written by John Della Volpe | Friday, November 18, 2011 | Comments (1) | Views (25983) |
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| Over the last 45 days or so – I have had the privilege of traveling around the globe talking with and engaging some of the brightest minds in the worlds of academia, business, politics, media, sports, cinema, music, military and diplomacy. It’s been a whirlwind that started in Istanbul and took us through Moscow, San Francisco, Bern, Amsterdam, Washington, New York and Los Angeles, not to mention Cambridge and Concord --
-– and I learned something. ... Read More |
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| 1st NFL ORBIT™ Scores + What Bill Simmons Should Have Said |
| Written by John Della Volpe | Saturday, November 12, 2011 | Comments (0) | Views (26950) |
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| Earlier this week, I was honored to be a Featured Speaker at the Sports Business Journal's Media & Technology Conference. It was about everything that it was supposed to be -- we had a great forum and the opportunity to connect with a few hundred of current and future leaders in the business of sports. I also was offered a $1,600 ticket to see Springsteen at the Beacon, but that's another story.
On Day 1 of the conference, I was the third of four featured speakers -- and ... Read More |
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