“What’s your nanodegree in?” | Smartplanet Daily

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Watch for our  MOOC launching  in July: the  ETHICAL MARKETS EXPLORATORIUM for global citizen activists ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor SmartPlanet Daily MANAGE |READ ONLINE |PREVIOUS SmartPlanet Daily A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. June 17, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Udacity’s new …

SMARTPLANET DAILY: Solar Roadways funding nears $2 million

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  MANAGE | READ ONLINE | PREVIOUS   SmartPlanet Daily A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. June 06, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Halfway through their crowdfunding campaign, Solar Roadways has already doubled their funding goal and broken the Indiegogo record for …

SMARTPLANET DAILY: Is this the battery breakthrough electric cars need?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  SmartPlanet Daily A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. May 20, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Will dual-carbon batteries save the world from lithium-ion batteries and all of their attendant problems? We’ll soon find out. — Aly Windsor, News Editor Is this …

SMARTPLANET DAILY: Top 10 U.S. cities to start a new business

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

  MANAGE | READ ONLINE | PREVIOUS   SmartPlanet Daily A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. May 09, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Number three is Omaha, NE and two is Miami, FL. You’ll (probably) never guess the number one U.S. city …

A billion-dollar company eliminates managers | SMART PLANET Daily

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Wealth of Networks

    smartplanet DAILY A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. January 03, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … At the end of this blessedly short week, can you imagine your place of work going holocratic? No managers, no job titles, just radically-transparent self-governance. …

SmartPlanet Daily: Will future college degrees be based more on experience than classroom time?

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

Manage my newsletters  |  Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online.  |  Previous Edition     SmartPlanet Daily November 07, 2013 Your must-read morning briefing from SmartPlanet, delivered five days a week.   From the Desk of … Think MOOCs are disruptive? What if students could obtain degrees just by passing a series of …

Smart Planet Weekly: Can we crowdfund gun control?

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  SmartPlanet Weekly October 27, 2013 A members-only preview of our weekly magazine, delivered every Sunday.   From the Desk of … Gun control advocates in the U.S. haven’t made strides nationally in many years. Is it time for the crowd to try tackling gun violence locally? Plus, Chris Nelder is …

Forget owning a solar panel, buy a stake in one instead

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

      SmartPlanet Daily September 30, 2013 Your must-read morning briefing from SmartPlanet, delivered five days a week.   From the Desk of … Over the weekend, SmartPlanet switched to a format in which all weekly feature stories will be published and ready for perusal by Sunday morning. This daily newsletter …