TEDxRyersonU -- Dr. Mary Donohue - Millenials, McLuhan and Slow Dancing
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"Millenials, McLuhan and Slow Dancing: Understanding the Generation Gap" For the last six years Dr. Mary, a mentoring system designer, has been studying mentoring and leadership. This entertaining talk, based on her research, brings to life the differences between millenials and everyone else. Using McLuhan's theory of extension and amputation ... Read more
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- -: TEDxRyersonU -- Dr. Mary Donohue - Millenials, McLuhan and Slow Dancing
January 13, 2012 (over 12 years ago)"Millenials, McLuhan and Slow Dancing: Understanding the Generation Gap" For the last six years Dr. Mary, a mentoring system designer, has been studying mentoring and leadership. This entertaining talk, based on her research, brings to life the differences between millenials and everyone else. U...
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September 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Jennifer has been involved in the food industry, locally and globally since 1993. She has worked for both entrepreneurial high growth companies such as Ocean Nutrition Canada as well as large multinational organizations including National Starch, in Halifax, Toronto and around the world. After...
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