Jossey Bass Releases New Book on How Women Will Rule the Future

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 19, 2013

In THE ATHENA DOCTRINE: How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule The Future (April 16, 2013; Jossey-Bass), bestselling author John Gerzema and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michael D’Antonio explore today’s astonishing rise of feminine values in businesses, governments, and community organizations.

Armed with the results of their landmark survey, a team led by Gerzema and D’Antonio traveled to 13 countries, from Iceland to Peru to Bhutan. The authors uncovered remarkable examples of women and men redefining success and solutions in every realm, with “feminine” values like empathy, communication, patience, collaboration, and shared prosperity.

These stories bring the authors’ extensive data to life:


    In Jerusalem, the 89 year-old president of Israel, Shimon Peres, has begun a global campaign to create leaders who are “servants.”
    In Reykjavik, a new government recovering from financial scandal crowd-sources its new constitution by listening, inclusion and building consensus with citizens.
    In Berlin, a Harvard-trained virologist, frustrated with egos in medicine, starts a social network for Scientists – ResearchGate – which has 2 million members in 200 countries.

What do all of these visionaries have in common? They represent a world-wide swing in favor of softer, kinder leadership, and their success heralds the end of the winner-takes-all masculine way of getting things done.

The stage was set for this revolution by financial calamity, political gridlock, intractable wars and worsening social problems, which occurred under the rule of men. In response, commerce and community have become governed by compassion and empathy.







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Recent Tragedy Inspires Cameraman to Fund Heroic Story Through Kickstarter

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New York, NY (PRWEB) April 19, 2013

The TV pilot, titled “Westside Skate”, tells the gripping story of a 30+ plus member group of young boys in trouble and the “guardian angel”, heroic couple devoting their lives to saving them. Their hook? Skateboarding. The goal of the couple is to keep the boys off the streets, and away from the influences of the many violent, drug-fueled street gangs in the high-crime section of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Many of the boys come from broken homes or environments where drugs and alcohol are a constant. This ragtag group of boys who call themselves “The Westside Boyz” is held together and mentored by Gabe and Christine Espinosa, the hero couple who work tirelessly to keep the boys occupied with skateboarding.

Mr. Meyer feels that the public is completely exhausted with the tidal wave of bad news lately and that it is a perfect time to tell this uplifting story of a couple that is completely selfless and giving. “There’s only so much bad news you take”, Mr. Meyer says, “and I’ve got a wonderful, touching story to tell.” Held back only by a lack of funds, Mr. Meyer now turns to Kickstarter.com to get the project off the ground.

John Meyer was first introduced to the story of this self-sacrificing couple nearly five years ago while working for another reality-based TV show. “As soon as I met Gabe and Christine, I knew they were special”, Mr. Meyer says, “I’ve never met two people so giving and so compassionate in my entire life.” Now, more than ever, Mr. Meyer is determined to tell this heartwarming story that, in his words, “deserves to be told”. Westside Skate has a classic theme. It’s a story of good versus evil. A hero couple conquering tragedy. The “hard-knocks” lives that the boys lead at home is softened by the abundant compassion they experience with Gabe and Christine.

Since money has been his only stumbling block, Mr. Meyer has turned to Kickstarter.com, an online “crowd-sourced” funding platform. Crowd-sourced funding is when a large number of people, referred to as “backers”, each pledge a relatively small amount of money towards a project in exchange for specific “rewards”. The rewards, in this case, might simply be a digital download or DVD copy of the eventual TV pilot episode of “Westside Skate”. However, Mr. Meyer has also tried to get very creative by offering a large variety of rewards from t-shirts, hats and DVD’s with the show’s logo to one-on-one personal experiences whereby a “backer” can meet the heroes Gabe and Christine as well as the Westside Boyz and can even be profiled as part of the show.

Mr. Meyer has found the Kickstarter process quite humbling. Kickstarter project creators are encouraged to post a video explaining their project and appealing directly to viewers as to why they should pledge money. “It’s definitely humbling looking right into the camera and asking for money.” Mr. Meyer says, “I’ve never really been comfortable being on camera……Just comfortable holding one!”

John Meyer has well over 20 years of experience as a cameraman and Director of Photography for some of the most popular shows on television. He has been instrumental in helping produce CBS’s “Undercover Boss”, ABC’s “Wifeswap”, TLC’s “Four Houses” and “Mindfreak” with Illusionist Criss Angel for A&E. Mr. Meyer and his company, MeyerMix Productions, is currently seeking to develop several new TV shows, including Westside Skate. He now seeks to utilize his unique talents, experience and contacts to bring this amazing story to life. More information can be found at http://www.westsideskate.tv or by viewing the Westside Skate project profile at the Kickstarter.com website.







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SAF Still Needs Votes to be a Winner in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist Program

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(PRWEB) April 19, 2013

The instructor looks over a sea of young, eager faces and asks, “How many of you have been in more than five foster care homes in your life?”

All of the youths’ hands go up.

Then the instructor asks, “How many of you have been in more than 10 foster care homes in your life?”

The hands stay up.

Finally, the instructor asks, “How many of you were told that you wouldn’t amount to anything?”

All of the hands remain in the air, but the gazes of many of the teenagers drop. They shift their focus to the floor, remembering the hurtful words they hoped wouldn’t shape their future.

This was the scene at nonprofit Student Assistance Foundation’s first “A Step Ahead” College Prep Camp for Montana youths in foster care.

Eight years, and more than 120 campers later, SAF is more committed than ever to the free, five-day camp, and to giving Montana foster youths the tools they need to make their dreams of higher education a reality.

Each year, campers gather at a college campus to experience college firsthand. While at the camp, youths stay in the dorms and receive classroom instruction in areas including money management, relationship-building, finding and maintaining housing, and scholarship searches and applications. Plus, camp participants learn the purpose of Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) for youth in foster care and how to properly complete the application forms.

Finally, campers leave “A Step Ahead” with a free laptop computer to use as they work toward their education goals — a tool that camp organizers view as being essential to success in postsecondary education.

SAF was notified recently that “A Step Ahead” has been selected as a finalist in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist grant program. We are one of 200 causes selected from 3,000 applicants from across the nation competing to receive a $ 25,000 grant. The 40 programs that receive the most votes will receive $ 25,000 each to support their cause.

Take a few moments each day — even on the weekend — until April 22 to vote for “A Step Ahead” at https://www.state-assist.com/cause/5109/a-step-ahead-camp. You can vote up to 10 times per day, and we would encourage you to do so. Invite your friends and family to support our cause as well. Every vote counts!

Student Assistance Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Montana corporation that provides students with knowledge and tools to finance and pursue their postsecondary education. Funds generated by SAF are returned to Montanans in the form of education grants and public benefit programs – to date more than $ 27 million. For more information, visit http://www.safmt.org or http://www.SmartAboutCollege.org.

State Farm Neighborhood Assist is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative that lets communities determine where funding is awarded, exclusively through Facebook. The initiative utilizes the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to vet submissions for causes and allows Facebook users who download the free State Farm Neighborhood Assist application to vote for the final 40 grant winners. The program has been inspired by the incredible number of neighborhoods that are coming together to solve a problem or improve their community.







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FashionPlaytes Appoints Dean Wiltse as Chairman and CEO

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Beverly, Massachusetts (PRWEB) April 23, 2013

FashionPlaytes, Inc. (http://www.FPgirl.com) today announced Dean Wiltse as its chairman and CEO as part of an expansion to its executive team that also includes the appointment of Matt Landau as the company’s chief technology officer. Dean comes to FashionPlaytes having successfully led multiple game-changing companies and driven revenue growth and strong returns for investors at start-ups, pre-IPO businesses and public companies for over 25 years. Dean’s experience with online communities, mobile and market data collection, as well as his track record of helping young companies grow, made him the ideal choice for FashionPlaytes.

“I’m excited to be joining FashionPlaytes. The company and its FPgirl community are disrupting the traditional e-commerce experience by capitalizing on Generation Z’s desire and demand to be more engaged with the brands they love,” said Wiltse. “As the first fashion and style platform to merge commerce and community for this demographic, there’s an incredible opportunity to become the social destination for tween girls and most sought-after partner for any brand focused on connecting with this highly elusive demographic.”

These appointments complete the team that will enable FashionPlaytes to capitalize on its tremendous growth over the past year. In 2012, the company saw its registered users increase from 35,000 to over 700,000, revenues more than double, and user engagement skyrocket with the launch of its highly interactive FPgirl Style Mag community platform. Along with Landau, who joins the company from Oracle, and the current team of Sarah McIlroy as founder and president, Jeanne Connon as chief marketing officer and Teresa Fortier as vice president of merchandising, the company is well positioned to address the growth opportunities ahead.

About FashionPlaytes and FPgirl:

FashionPlaytes is the creator of FPgirl.com, the online fashion and style destination where girls are designers and set the trends. The FPgirl community is filled with vibrant, talented, and supportive girls who create cool custom clothing, crowd-source designs, and share their insights about what it’s like to be a girl in today’s world. FashionPlaytes celebrates all girls, providing a fun, safe, interactive environment. Its engagement-driven platform is fueled by girls, for girls.

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FPgirl Market Insights Program: Gen Z Girls Prefer Gaming Over Lifestyle Apps and Admire Zendaya Colemans Sense of Style

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Beverly, Massachusetts (PRWEB) April 24, 2013

FashionPlaytes, Inc. today released new data on what tween girls think about fashion, style and entertainment as part of its FPgirl Market Insights Program. The data looks at Tech Trends and Fashion Influences and delivers a unique understanding of how tween girls view the world of mobile apps, as well as how they identify their style with celebrities.

Tech Trends: In a world of mobile apps, FPgirls skew heavily to arcade-style games, preferring Temple Run and Subway Surfers over other games, and even other app types. 56% of the over 2,600 voters selected these apps above others such as Instagram, Pandora, Angry Birds and Kik. Although 1 in 5 of the girls selected Instagram as their favorite app, and commented on their love for texting via Kik, the results show an overall high interest in gaming-related apps instead of the lifestyle/ entertainment category.

“We have been exploring how tween girls find and use apps through a series of surveys and polls,” said Andy Komack, FPgirl Market Insights program director. “When we ask girls in an open forum to volunteer apps that they love, they lean heavily to games. When they vote on top apps, the same pattern emerges,” adds Komack. “We are currently working with our community of girls to understand how they find and use apps in the world of fashion. The information we have gathered so far is fascinating, and points to interesting ways that they perceive apps.”

Fashion Influences: FashionPlaytes also gave a sneak peek at their celebrity series of data in the Market Insights program, where Zendaya Coleman was a clear winner in terms of providing fashion inspiration for girls.

“As you might imagine, tween girls rapidly evolve their tastes and preferences,” says Komack. “In an earlier poll, girls clearly stated that they derive fashion inspiration from themselves, instead of from celebrities. At the same time, girls do obviously follow celebrities. We have seen that our girls have moved fluidly between Taylor Swift, Victoria Justice, Lucy Hale, Zendaya Coleman and others in terms of who provides inspiration.” The data about Zendaya Coleman leading the poll is also closely aligned to an earlier poll about favorite TV channels where FPgirls heavily skewed to watching the Disney Channel, where Zendaya reigns, with 70% of their vote.

About FPgirl Market Insights:

FPgirl Market Insights pulls information from FPgirl’s 700,000+ member fashion design community, where girls regularly post information, interact with each other and provide unique input via the site’s polls. The program is designed to provide previously unavailable information on everything from what girls wear, how and where they shop, and how they like to be entertained. Insights uncovered through the FPgirl Market Insights program gives brands a unique and unfiltered glimpse into what makes these digital natives tick.

Subscribe to the Market Insights Program here. For more details or to ask about partnership opportunities, please contact insights(at)fashionplaytes(dot)com.

About FashionPlaytes and FPgirl:

FashionPlaytes is the creator of FPgirl.com, the online fashion and style destination where girls are designers and set the trends. The FPgirl community is filled with vibrant, talented, and supportive girls who create cool custom clothing, crowd-source designs, and share their insights about what it’s like to be a girl in today’s world. FashionPlaytes celebrates all girls, providing a fun, safe, interactive environment. Its engagement-driven ecommerce platform is fueled by girls, for girls.

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Halley Spong

Connect2 Communications

halley(at)connect2comm(dot)com

919-539-7862