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Take Your Kid To Work Day

By Parker Mason | Published: November 6, 2008
Since yesterday was “Take Your Kid To Work Day,” there were a number of 14 year-old students hanging out in our offices. I don’t know if it was because I am closer to their age than some of my other coworkers, but I was asked to spend an hour talking about social media with them. Of [...]
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The Future of Education

By Parker Mason | Published: October 25, 2008
A few weeks ago there was an excellent article in the Globe and Mail called “The Class of 2012: Mr. Google’s Children” that followed a group of students in Toronto as they moved towards their high-school graduation last spring to where they are now (I’d link to it, but you know the way that newspaper [...]
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Advice For PR Students

By Parker Mason | Published: October 24, 2008
Next week I’m going to be giving a presentation to a group of PR students. Besides telling them about Canada’s favorite newswire, I thought I’d also give them a bit of advice. As I mentioned earlier, Julie Ruscioelli Rusciolelli* recomends that they include some of their interests on their resume, so I’ll probably tell them about [...]
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