SELECTED AS A 2008 BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMISTThe Net Generation Has Arrived. Are you ready for it?Chances are you know a person between the ages of 11 and 30. You've seen them doing five things at once: texting friends, downloading music, uploading videos, watching a movie on a two-inch screen, and doing who-knows-what on Facebook or MySpace. They're the first generation to have literally grown up digital--and they're part of a global cultural phenomenon that's here to stay.The bottom line is this: If you understand the Net Generation, you will understand the future. If you're a Baby Boomer or Gen-Xer: This is your field guide.A fascinating inside look at the Net Generation, Grown Up Digital is inspired by a $4 million private research study. New York Times bestselling author Don Tapscott has surveyed more than 11,000 young people. Instead of a bunch of spoiled “screenagers” with short attention spans and zero social skills, he discovered a remarkably bright community which has developed revolutionary new ways of thinking, interacting, working, and socializing.Grown Up Digital reveals:How the brain of the Net Generation processes information Seven ways to attract and engage young talent in the workforceSeven guidelines for educators to tap the Net Gen potentialParenting 2.0: There's no place like the new home Citizen Net: How young people and the Internet are transforming democracyToday's young people are using technology in ways you could never imagine. Instead of passively watching television, the “Net Geners” are actively participating in the distribution of entertainment and information. For the first time in history, youth are the authorities on something really important. And they're changing every aspect of our society-from the workplace to the marketplace, from the classroom to the living room, from the voting booth to the Oval Office.The Digital Age is here. The Net Generation has arrived. Meet the future.
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From the author of Wikinomics—the follow-up to the acclaimed
bestseller Growing Up Digital that explores how the digital generation is
revolutionizing society
Part One: Meet the Net GenCh. 1 The Net Generation Comes of AgeCh. 2 A Generation Bathed in BitsCh. 3 The Eight Net Gen Norms: Characteristics of a GenerationCh. 4 The Net Generation BrainPart Two: Transforming InstitutionsCh. 5 The Net Generation as Learners: Rethinking EducationCh. 6 The Net Generation in the Workforce: Rethinking Talent and ManagementCh. 7 The Net Generation as Consumers: N-Fluence Networkds and the Prosumer RevolutionCh. 8 The Net Generation and the Family: No Place Like the New HomePart Three: Transforming SocietyCh. 9 The Net Generation and Democracy: Obama, Social Networks, and Citizen EngagementCh. 10 Making the World a Better Place--at Ground LevelCh. 11 In Defense of the FutureAppendixNotes BibliographyIndex
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"A MUST READ...if you understand the Net Generation, you will understand the future."--The New York Times
"A fascinating look at how young people are transforming our culture. The bottom line: An insightful, data-rich analysis with broad implications for managers, marketers, and politicians." -BusinessWeek
"A thoughtful antithesis to entrenched and sometimes alarmist managerial opposition to internet-influenced behaviours."--The Financial Times
"Demonstrates the world-changing power of the Net Generation."--Eric Schmidt Chairman & CEO, Google
"In the past two years, Don Tapscott has overseen a $4.5m study of nearly 8,000 people in 12 countries born between 1978 and 1994. In Grown Up Digital he uses the results to paint a portrait of this generation that is entertaining, optimistic, and convincing."-The Economist
"Grown Up Digital paints a generally encouraging picture . . . an optimistic view of how humans are evolving to engage with technology. Literally evolving: Mr. Tapscott cites scientific research that people who use digital media from a young age have different brain development than those who don't. . . . Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals alike, can draw lessons about the expectations of young people raised on real-time access to deep layers of information." -The Wall Street Journal
MEET THE NET GENERATION.
“No one has been a more informed commentator on the transformative impact of the digital age than Don Tapscott.”—Brad Anderson, Chairman & CEO, Best Buy
“Don Tapscott provides an exciting roadmap to surviving and thriving in the Connected Era.”—Michael S. Dell, Chairman & CEO, Dell
“Don Tapscott nails it. A must read.”—Richard Florida, author, Who’s Your City? and The Rise of the Creative Class
“For anyone leading a talent-based organization, Grown Up Digital is an essential read.”—William D. Green, Chairman & CEO, Accenture
“The first guide to the land of the Net Generation that
should be read both by visitors and residents alike.”—Nicholas Negroponte, Founder & Chairman, One Laptop Per Child
“In Grown Up Digital, Tapscott uniquely shows how to harvest the big contributions this Net Generation has to offer.”—Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx
“Don Tapscott is one of the world's leading cyber gurus.”—Al Gore
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ISBN
9780071508636
Publisert
2009-12-16
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McGraw-Hill Professional
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690 gr
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236 mm
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158 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
384
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