The Interview Posts
Interview with Melanie Danko, aspiring woman executive
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Who else better to interview for TNGG than a fellow Gen Y, career woman, and outspoken blogger? Melanie Danko is the epitome of Gen Y’s “have-it-all” approach to life. She’s got the career, the lifestyle, the smarts, and still makes time to be a girl and have some fun. Read on to figure out how she does it, why [...]
The Interview: Anna Humble on Gen Y and Christianity
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Interview by David Ricaud: “I live and breathe teenage melodramas. I am a gay man with a sharp tongue and, ironically, a kind spirit. No apologies.” A graduate of Harvard’s Master’s in Divinity program, Anna Humble brings a unique perspective to TNGG about the role of Christianity in the lives of millennials. She is currently [...]
The Interview: 12-year-old Orren Fox, @HappyChickens
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Yes, he’s 12. He’s a vegetarian, a chicken lover and an animal activist. He raises chickens, wins blue ribbons at country fairs, and shares his passion at Happy Chickens Lay Healthy Eggs. Oh, and we almost forgot. He just just started keeping bees, too. Which means he now has a second Twitter handle, HappyHoneyBees. TNGG [...]
The Interview: Personal branding “expert” Dan Schawbel
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According to DanSchawbel.com, Dan Schawebel is “the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y.” He is the author of the bestselling career book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 2009). Me 2.0 made the Amazon top 100 business book bestsellers’ list when it came out and was the #1 job [...]
The Interview: Jordan Kretchmer, entrepreneur and founder of LiveFyre
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Jordan Kretchmer at 26 has already been an ad agency creative director, the vice president of brand at Current TV, and now the CEO of LiveFyre, the first reputation-based community built around live conversation in response to web and news content. The new venture launches on December 7th. TNGG caught up with Jordan who willingly [...]
The Interview: Jess Kim, MIT’s admissions blogger
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Interview by Elsa Kim: “Easily distractible with a Google search bar for a brain, Elsa is truly a child of the Internet generation. However, when it comes to cultural reportage, research on Internet and social dynamics, and multi-media projects, her focus becomes laser-sharp, leaving readers and clients assured that her work is the product of [...]
The Interview: Carol Phillips, Millennial Marketer
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The founder of Brand Amplitude and an instructor in Notre Dame’s undergraduate and MBA programs, Carol Phillips has been researching and writing about Millennials for a long time. Here she shares answers to TNGG’s questions about why her generation cares so much about ours. How long have you been covering and researching Millennials? The first [...]
The Interview: Dylan Klymenko on Ford’s Fiesta Movement
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Earlier this year, Ford Motor Company announced a social media experiment which drew over 4,000 applications. At the end of April 2009, 4,000 were narrowed down to the one hundred who would represent what was called the Fiesta Movement. These hundred people were given the title of Agents in this movement, and, with that title, [...]
The Interview: The Next Great Generation
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For the first edition of The Next Great Generation, NGG figured it would interview itself, ask some questions, and offer some answers. Q: Congratulations on the launch of TNGG. A: Congratulations are a little premature, but thanks. Q: Can you tell us what you’re trying to do? A: Sure. The idea is simple. Give Millennial [...]
