down the avenue: 140 Characters: On Education, Journalism, Media, Location & More

FAVORITE QUOTES

Only Those Who See the Invisible, Can Do The Impossible
The Age of your Heart is the Age of what you Love - Marcel Prévost
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one opening before us. -Helen Keller
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. -Paul Tournier
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. -Carl W. Buechner
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The foolish reject what they see, the wise reject what they think
Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you - Lao-tzu
The world surrenders to a quiet mind
It is a funny thing about life: If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it - Somerset Maugham
"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." Goethe

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April 20, 2010

140 Characters: On Education, Journalism, Media, Location & More

The 140 Conference kicks off with a broad range of ten minute interviews with movers and shakers across a variety of different industries, ranging from evolution of people and places (@dharple), social media strategists from big media brands CNN, NPR, NBC News and the New York Times (@acarvin, @NYC_JenPreston and @todayshow), education (@chrislehmann), and journalism (jayrosen_nyu).

Kodak's CMO Jeffrey Hazlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) interviews Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) who gives the audience this piece of advice bout blogging and tweeting - B"e extremely consistent and direct in your messaging," something she says she learned from her dad who she says, "people really respect him for that."

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