Posts Tagged ‘politics’New Report Reveals How Changing Demographic Trends Are Affecting US PoliticsMarch 09th, 2010Hi All! Here is some very timely, interesting info to be aware of. Without me re-hashing their overview info, here are the details that were provided to me: This new report, authored by NDN Fellows Morley Winograd and Mike Hais and based on a 2,500-person poll, takes an in-depth look at how America’s population is changing and how the two political parties are responding to these changes. America is going though profound demographic change. Its population is moving to the South and West. New groups – particularly Hispanics and the largest generation in American history, Millennials (aka Gen Y) – have emerged. Large waves of immigration have helped put America on a path to become a majority minority nation by the mid century. This new American Electorate of the 21st Century is creating a “new politics” in America, forcing both the Democratic and Republican Parties to forge new political coalitions and new electoral maps very different from the ones they built, ran on and governed with in the 20th century. This new report takes an in-depth look at how America’s population is changing, and how the two political parties are responding to these changes. Critically acclaimed authors and NDN Fellows Mike Hais and Morley Winograd present the findings of a new major market research project designed to help policy makers and political leader better understand these changes and how they might impact the 2010 and future elections, for both parties. At the core of this new presentation will be the findings of a just completed new 2,500 person national survey, whose large sample size will allow effective comparisons across generations and groups. The presentation and report will take a special look at one of the big questions in American politics today – Can the new Obama Coalition become the new Democratic Coalition? Is the way President Obama won in 2008, with a very different map and different voters, a road map for future Democratic success or a coalition unique to him? And what does this all mean for 2010? CLICK HERE TO READ A SUMMARY OF THE POLL! CLICK HERE TO REVIEW A PRESENTATION OF THE FINDINGS! Thanks, Morley, for letting me know about this and sharing the info! GREAT WORK! Bye for now, Lisa New Podcast Show Features Millennials Making a DifferenceOctober 21st, 2009Hi All! I’m so excited to announce the launch of my new podcast show, Millennials In Motion! It went live today so check out the interview. Each month I’ll conduct interviews with Millennials (aka Gen Y) who are impacting business, entrepreneurship, music, entertainment, politics, sports, education, society and more! I’ll also interview organizations and services who support young people in a variety of important ways. http://millennialsinmotion.podOmatic.com/ My first episode is with Millennial entrepreneur, Ryan Healy, co-founder of BrazenCareerist.com, a career management tool for next-generation professionals. Ryan was named one of the country’s top Human Resource thought leaders by World at Work and Accenture. He is a recognized workplace expert for the young workforce, appearing in print publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Business Week, and as a spokesperson for the new generation of workers – Generation Y, on 60 Minutes, 20/20 and National Public Radio. He is also a featured keynote speaker on topics including, recruiting and retaining young workers and effectively utilizing social media for your business. Formerly, Ryan was a Financial Consultant for IBM Global Business Services. In the interview he shares his entrepreneurial journey getting BrazenCareerist.com off the ground, and also shares great tips for Millennial job seekers. Become a fan today of Millennials In Motion and receive an alert each month when I new episode is launched! Hey! Not following me on Twitter yet?? @GenerationsGuru Bye for now, Lisa Obama's Inauguration Brings Hope and Bathroom ShortageJanuary 19th, 2009Hi All, The big day is tomorrow! Wow, what a party Washington DC is having! And it’s really in full swing today with Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Lots of prep going on to get the city ready. I was watching CNN yesterday and they showed the line of port-o-potties set up for the event tomorrow, and I almost fainted. It was a line of blue bathrooms as far as the eye could see! But according to a story on The Today Show this morning, a professor expressed his concern there are not enough. I had to share this because I thought it was funny they interviewed him. Aside from the serious bathroom shortage (this link predicts 1 port-o-potty for every 6,000 people), this is certainly an exciting and historic time for all of us to be witnessing (not the port-o-potty shortage, the inauguration). And this morning I had to laugh when Meredith Vieira commented that this is the first President of the United States that was younger than she was. And he’s only 2 years older than I am! Michelle Obama is my age! It’s kinda weird. I’ve spent my whole life looking at gray-haired guys in the Oval Office. They also did a segment on how quickly you age when you’re the president. It’s like “dog years”. An expert said that based on research, the stress of 4 years in the White House is equivalent to 8 years of “normal” life, and 8 years is equivalent to 16 years. They then showed pics of past presidents on day one and then how they all looked when they left the White House. It wasn’t pretty. Anyway, at 47 years old, President Obama, is a very young Boomer (born in 1961 he’s practically Gen X), and after the debacles caused by our recent older Boomer and Veteran president(s), politicians and executives, I’m hoping he brings a heavy dose of integrity to the White House. Certainly integrity has been lacking, and greed flourishing, with many members of the older generations in charge of our large corporations and government the past couple of years…hence the current state of our country and economy. But regardless of who you voted for, it’s an important time to support our new president, and for the sake of all of us, hope that he does well at the helm. I’m already enjoying the fire he’s lighting within people to “do something” good for the country and their communities, versus waiting for him to make everything better. It really is a group effort. The Millennials have basically possessed a philanthropic spirit since they were born, and now we can all learn from them. I believe that is why so many Millennials supported him. They “get” his message and understand his ideals around “be responsible and giving”. Since a vast majority of Millennials were/are required to perform community service as a high school graduation requirement, he’s got a huge army of young people willing to give back. It’s a match made in heaven! And hopefully it’s contagious among all of us, young and old! I’ll be on a plane most of tomorrow, but hope to be able to catch most of the inauguration news when I get to my hotel. Hopefully the hotel bar is filled with other enthusiastic people so I have people to toast with. At the very least I know they’ll be enough bathrooms. So, until I have time to blog again (at some point later this week), enjoy the inauguration and the parties (I know there are many planned all over the country)…and embrace the message of hope this historic event provides. Cheers! Lisa P.S. BTW: Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that Cheney has been basically “missing” off the face of the earth since November? Hopefully he’s not out hunting with friends.
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