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Understanding the Net Generation and Their Impact on Family,
Education, and Business.
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| The Net Generation -- those children, tweens, teens, and young adults
born after 1979 -- are very different from the two prior generations: Generation
X (born 1965-1979) and Baby Boomers (1946-1964). Using interviews
of more than 2,500 Net Geners and 1,000 parents and educators, this talk
highlights differences in personal goals, work ethnic, family interactions,
communication, and core values between the generations and provides a framework
to help business managers, educators, and parents understand each other
and help facilitate excellent communication and work performance in this
younger, more cyber-savvy generation. The talk is down-to-earth and
addresses these differences with humor and understanding. |
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What are Our Children REALLY Doing in Cyberspace and How Can
We Keep Them Safe?
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| This engaging talk provides a comprehensive look at how children are
amazingly technologically adept and how they live much of their lives in
cyberspace. To them the Internet is not something to use, it simply
is. They have known no life without it. Their lives have been
technologically laden since birth and for many parents and educators they
are an enigma as they multitask their way through IM, text messaging, MySpace,
music and more at the speed of light. Even the most technologically
sophisticated parents and teachers must marvel at how facile the children
are at multitasking and how effortless they seem to fly through screen
after screen. The media has painted the children as easy prey for
online sexual predators and computer addiction and research and interviews
with thousands of them have shown that they are safe as long as we provide
good parenting skills. This talk provides a clear, straightforward
model of parenting called Proactive and Reactive Parenting: Using
the TALK method to keep your children safe. Just as you taught your
children to look both ways before they cross a street, we must teach them
to look both ways in cyberspace. With my 30-plus years of child development
expertise and research on the impact of technology, I have strong opinions
about how cyberspace can be a good experience for children and how it can
help them in many ways including socialization and self-esteem. |
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Proactive and Reactive Parenting Children in Cyberspace
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| Our children are spending more time using technology than sleeping
or attending school. It is up to parents to provide for their safety
and healthy growth in this increasingly online world. Using a model
called TALK, this presentation uses years of research and interviews with
thousands of children, tweens, teens, young adults, and parents to provide
a straightforward program of parenting that will guarantee family harmony
and safe "surfing." Don't be misled by the media's moral panic about
sexual predators and other evils lurking on the Internet. This talk
will set the record straight and provide you with the tools to raise healthy
and happy children who can grow and prosper in their online worlds. |
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The Impact of Media on Children: What YOU Can Do to Keep
Your Children Safe
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| Children are fed a constant "media diet" which consumes upwards of
the equivalent of a full-time job PLUS overtime each week. Television,
the Internet, music, iPods, IM, text messaging, cell phones, video games,
and many more technological tools impact your children and the family structure.
This presentation focuses on what you can do to provide a safe environment
for your children by proactively approaching each medium and providing
a framework for successful parenting. You cannot and should not restrict
media consumption. It simply won't work. Our children are too
savvy for that type of parenting. By following the steps provided
in this talk, you will insure healthy and happy children and a family living
in harmony rather than discord. |
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The Psychology of Technology
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| People deal with technology every day, all day. How they
react depends on such things as their general reaction to technology, their
learning style and their generation. In this talk, Dr. Rosen explores and
exposes the influences that psychology has on the acceptance and use of
technology. Paying particular attention to differences between the Silent
Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X and the upcoming Net Generation,
Dr. Rosen explores how to talk to people with different outlooks on life.
He also talks about how user support can be tailored to the psychology
of the user. Two other topics make this a fascinating topic - Information
Overload and Communication Excess. How does the psychology of technology
help explain and assist in dealing with too much information and way too
many ways to communicate? This is a topic that is highlighted in the media
time after time. And it is not going away. Let Dr. Rosen show you how to
manage technology by understanding what goes on inside of the user. |
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E-Life in the New Millennium: Promise or More TechnoStress?
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| This motivational talk will show how our lives have been
altered because of technology and how instead of bringing us the promised
leisure time, it has instead added an overload of TechnoStress. Nearly
2 decades of work as the worldwide expert on the "Psychology of Technology"
has led Dr. Larry Rosen to his special view of what comes next for professionals.
A psychologist, author, columnist, media spokesperson, international speaker
and frequent guest on radio and television programs offers his expertise
sprinkled with anecdotes about how other professionals are reacting to
the new Techno-Communication Era to provide an entertaining and thought
provoking keynote speech. Dr. Rosen, President of Byte Back, LLC and also
the parent of a profoundly hearing impaired child, will show you how to
stay human in our technological world and how to preserve your "human-ware"
while getting the most from your hardware and software. |
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The Dawn of a New Communication Era: A Futurist Looks at the
New Millennium
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| Dr. Larry Rosen, futurist, author, professor, national
columnist and frequent media commentator has a unique view of how our lives
have been changed forever by technology. Co-author of "TechnoStress: Coping
With Technology @Work @Home @Play" and "The Mental Health Technology Bible",
Dr. Rosen is a down-to-earth speaker who has engaged audiences around the
world with his view of the world. An expert in techno-communication, Dr.
Rosen will regale you with humorous stories about communication snafus
and help you see how to make technology work for you not against you. |
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Develop and Market TechnoStress-Free Technology
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Peter McGrath of Newsweek, said it best as the closing
commentary of a special issue on E-Life:
"In the end, though, addressing technostress is a commercial
imperative. The industry has exhausted the supply of buyers willing to
put up with complex and alienating products."
From his knowledge of the human psyche and years of research on the "Psychology
of Technology" with thousands of people in the USA and over 30 countries,
Dr. Larry Rosen knows what technology will frustrate people and what will
be TechnoStress-Free. In this dynamic presentation, watch as he shows you
why one product's sales are certain to flounder, while another product
will sell, sell, sell. |
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Design Your Personal Emergency Techno-Crash Plan
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| It's a fact of life: Technology has bugs. Somewhere, sometime,
your technology is sure to fail. Will you be right in the middle of an
important project? Will your project organizer crash when you need to know
your schedule or an important phone call? Will your laptop battery die
when you are only halfway to your destination? Dr. Larry Rosen has studied
reactions to technology for nearly two decades and technology crashes consistently
arise as the one of the top TechnoStressors. Follow his proven plan, create
your own Personal Emergency Techno-Crash Plan and worry no more. |
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No More Information or Communication Overwhelm
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| The typical business person spends much of his or her
time sifting through information and communications. With the World Wide
Web doubling its information every three months and communications now
bombarding us from all angles, it is no doubt that we are feeling buried
under a pile of web sites, e-mail, faxes, voice mail messages, pages and
cellular telephone calls. And this doesn't even count the Priority Mailers,
FedEx envelopes, UPS boxes and other urgent deliveries that scream OPEN
ME NOW! . Technology can be very helpful unless you let it control your
life. In this talk, Dr. Larry Rosen, a pioneer in the "Psychology of Technology,"
helps you re-design your world to eliminate the overwhelm and stay in control. |
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Overcoming Multitasking Madness: Celebrate Your Humanity
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| Technology creates a multitasking world. It provides the
ability to talk on the telephone, check your e-mail, edit a document and
search for information, all at the same time. Humans can multitask, but
the more we do, the less efficient we become. Are you having trouble with
your memory or sleep? Those are just two of the effects of Multitasking
Madness. Dr. Larry Rosen, an expert on staying sane in a overly complex
world, shows you how to stay focused and feel fulfilled while reducing
your body's physiological and psychological overload. |
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Unwrapping Your Family's Techno-Cocoons
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| The children are in their rooms, talking on the telephone,
chatting on AOL (sometimes to the same people at the same time!), surfing
the web or just playing games. Mom is involved in her own technology, as
is Dad, either on the computer, using communication tools, and more. Our
Nuclear Family has metamorphosed into a Techno-Cocoon. This talk shows
you how easy enticing technology can be and how it can reduce family communication,
diminish family togetherness and upset the family balance. Using tools
and strategies created during 16 years of studying the effects of technology,
Dr. Larry Rosen shows you the way to unwrap those cocoons and re-discover
your family. |
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© 1997-2004 Larry D. Rosen, Ph.D.
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