Young World Shining: Dispatches from the Expanding Frontiers of Innovation

by Rob Salkowitz

Overview

Acclaimed author and futurist Rob Salkowitz in his new book, Young World Shining: Dispatches from the Expanding Frontiers of Innovation, shows how digital technology is empowering billions of youth across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East to spark an explosion of entrepreneurship. Salkowitz brings his trademark combination of analysis, advocacy, reporting and tactical guidance to help business leaders understand the world’s most dynamic new markets. Young World Shining combines new and unpublished material with insights that Salkowitz contributed to Forbes, Fast Company, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, McKinsey Quarterly and others.

Young World Shining follows up on Salkowitz’s influential and prophetic Young World Rising: How Youth, Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the World from the Bottom Up (John Wiley & Sons, 2010), now required reading in many business and education schools.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011403156
Publisher:	Rob Salkowitz
Publication date:	06/20/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	300 KB

About the Author

Rob Salkowitz is a writer, speaker and consultant specializing in digital media, entrepreneurship and next-generation workforce. He is author of Young World Rising (2010), Generation Blend (2008) and Listening to the Future (2009, with Daniel W. Rasmus), all from John Wiley & Sons, in addition to Young World Shining (eBook edition). Rob writes frequently for FastCompany.com and Internet Evolution, and his work has appeared in many business and technology publications.

Rob serves as Principal/Consultant for MediaPlant, LLC, a digital communications and strategy firm based in Seattle, WA. He holds a BA in International Relations from Columbia University.