Press Kit
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Event overview:
Managing Ourselves 2012 is a one-week sleep-away summer camp and conference where teens ages 16-17 develop and enhance real-world, hands-on leadership and teamwork skills while learning to start and run businesses and social ventures. The conference will be held July 15 – 21, 2012 in Nashville, TN at Scarritt-Bennett Center. The Managing Ourselves curriculum is based on Dr. John Miller’s 30 years of experiential management courses, including Bucknell University’s hugely popular Management 101.
Biographies:
John Miller, Ph.D.
Dr. John Miller’s experiential curriculum draws on his 30 years of teaching experience at Bucknell University and Yale to provide an advanced university-style program, versions of which are in use at the UPenn’s Wharton School and Babson College. Read Dr. John Miller’s full biography.
Miller holds an A. B. in Economics (with honors) from Stanford University, a Diplom–Certificate in German Studies from the University of Munich, an MBA from INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration; Fontainebleau, France) and a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Rochester.
David Ledgerwood
Conference Director David Ledgerwood has been designing and running nationally recognized youth leadership conferences for 15 years.
As part of PricewaterhouseCoopers‘ New York-based management consulting practice, David implemented large scale information technology projects for clients including UPS, JPMorganChase and Aetna. He later managed national technical support operations for NJ.com, a $10M regional news and information website.
Now a resident of Nashville, David is a writer, strategist and serial entrepreneur who counts teen leadership development as the most important work of his life.
Media coverage:
Dr. Miller was the genius behind one of [Bucknell's] most popular courses
“For 30 years, Dr. Miller was the genius behind one of [Bucknell's] most popular courses, Management 101. The class gave students real-time experience creating and running a business. Now …[he] wants to teach high school students to be more entrepreneurial in how they think about and perform on the job. ”
— Fast Company Expert Blogger and CEO, Cali Williams Yost (original post)
Will give students real experiences that can help guide their career choices
Joel Widmer, an entrepreneur and owner of Fluxe Digital Marketing who interviewed co-founder and Conference Director David Ledgerwood (watch the video), said: “I really like that [this conference] will give students real experiences that can help guide their career choices, and that they’ll have a chance to feel what it’s like to do something rather than just read about it. It could really unlock their potential a lot earlier…as opposed an internship halfway through college!”
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- Dr. John Miller and many students gathering to look at computer screen at MO2011
- David Ledgerwood (Conference Director and mentor) sits beside a female student and pointing at a computer at MO2011
- One female and one male student working at a table with another student at MO2011
- Two male students presenting at MO2011
- One female student presenting in front of a screen at MO2011
- Dr. John Miller talking to students beside an easel at MO2011
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Contact information:
David Ledgerwood
Phone: (615) 375-MO4U or 615-375-6648
Fax: 615-523-1299
Email: david@managingourselves.com
Send a Text: 615-375-6648
Facebook (Private Message): http://www.facebook.com/davidledgerwood
Twitter (Direct Message): https://twitter.com/#!/moconference
Mailing Address: Managing Ourselves, c/o TernionM LLC, P.O. Box 50736, Nashville, TN 37205Tweet About Managing Ourselves:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: David B. Ledgerwood
Program Director, Managing Ourselves
Website: http://managingourselves.com/press-kit
Phone: 615-375-6648 | Fax: 615-523-1299
Email: david@managingourselves.com
Facebook (Private Message): http://www.facebook.com/davidledgerwood
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Mailing Address: Managing Ourselves, c/o TernionM LLC, P.O. Box 50736, Nashville, TN 37205SUMMER CAMP FOR TEENS TEACHES PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON LEADERSHIP
Acceptance rates to top universities are at an all time low and the competition for students to get into their college of choice is heavy (http://www.bradshawcollegeconsulting.com/college_acceptance_rate.html). Students now must not only be able to demonstrate solid academics to admissions counselors but must also demonstrate their leadership skills. Along with conducting themselves in a professional manor, teens are expected to present themselves positively in a variety of new mediums including videos and social media. Colleges including Tufts University and University of Chicago have begun accepting YouTube videos along with a student’s application. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/education/23tufts.html?_r=1&hp)Managing Ourselves is a one-week summer camp held July 15-21, 2012 for teens ages 16-17 years of age seeking to improve their leadership skills and their chances of success not only for upcoming college admission requirements but also in their chosen careers. Students learn directly from management expert John Miller, Ph.D., formerly at Bucknell and Yale, and youth leadership development expert, David Ledgerwood. They will learn about using social media safely and effectively, collaborating in the cloud, professional networking skills, and writing, speaking and presenting for impact. It’s all about learning by doing in a safe, productive and encouraging environment.
Scott, a Managing Ourselves 2011 graduate stated:
“I loved my Managing Ourselves experience. I’d attend again, but I can’t because I got a summer internship with a food distribution company [in London]. When I interviewed the recruiter loved the idea of Managing Ourselves; he asked me a lot of questions about it and I think, ultimately, it helped me get the spot. I also wrote about Managing Ourselves for one of my common app college essays. ”
Christyanna Arnold, parent of a teen who attending Managing Ourselves 2011, wrote on Twitter:
“b4 MO our teen had no idea the how to turn an idea into reality. Now he can count the cost b4 building towrs”
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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with David Ledgerwood, please contact him directly at 615-375-6648 or david@managingourselves.com
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