Jeromy Stallings President

Save the date—Saturday, January 22—Black Book Sessions No. 9 at Westwood College located at 1551 S. Douglass Road in Anaheim, CA from 1 pm to 6 pm. Yes, the holidays are upon us and the good folks at Black Book Sessions are planning a big art event to give back to the community in January of 2011. Black Book Sessions is a non-profit organization that empowers and inspires young and emerging talent. Over the past three years, Black Book Sessions have sponsored a series of live events, “Sessions,” providing

Thought this image (infographic) was worth taking a quick timeout from working on strategies that are helping clients reach more customers through the Internet. For those that have not yet watched the “Social Network” about the amazing explosion of Facebook – the image above highlights for you how significant the participation and connection is between friends, families and cultures online. Really like the quote from editor….

“What really struck me, though, was knowing that the lines didn’t represent coasts or rivers or political borders, but real human relationships. Each line might represent a friendship made while traveling, a family member abroad, or an old college friend pulled away by the various forces of life… When I shared the image with others within Facebook, it resonated with many people. It’s not just a pretty picture, it’s a reaffirmation of the impact we have in connecting people, even across oceans and borders.”

Source: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662881/infographic-of-the-day-the-facebook-map-of-the-world

Ninthlink has recently partnered with Black Book Sessions (a non-profit), based on the vision to bring more relevent & inspired events to youth and teachers throughout the world. One of the hot topics is “How to bring more relevant education to young people” both in the classroom and outside of the classroom. Doing some research today, I discovered Sal Khan who is doing some amazing stuff for learning globally, love the simplicity and effectiveness.

“What Inspires You?“. This is what we have created as the tagline for our 2011 marketing initiative focused on engaging teachers, community and youth in the possibility of rethinking education.  We are inviting friends, family, artists and clients to consider how we are approaching our daily school assignments, creative projects, experiences with friends, opportunities in career, new company initiatives and more – through an inspired agenda.

End of year, we have been sharing some great stories around art, music, culture, health, wellness and recently education. Touched by watching the documentary “Waiting for Superman”, it inspired me to call an emergency morning meeting to discuss the state of Education in our country and get some feedback from the team. No one has enough Power to Save Us. You can checkout the trailor for movie here:

Here were some concepts & notes that I captured from the Film worth sharing (please note that I was writing and taking notes in the dark watching the movie):

• Kids are dropping out of School questioning there Reason and Purpose for Living.  Manifesting and living into Failure. Winding up in Prison. 68% of Prison Inmates are School Dropouts.
• If we invested roughly 8,000 in students to pay for school & private school, we can potentially reduce the dropout Convicts bill of 33,000 per year. That is if education has a direct parallel to crime & prison. READ MORE