Category: Non-LCC Activities
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WordPress Meetup Detroit – Feb 2015
I’m speaking at the WordPress Meetup Detroit on Feb 9, 2015. From the promo: WordPress Presents! How to Boost (or Even Replace) PowerPoint With WordPress Monday, February 9, 2015 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM United Way – Campus Martius 660 Woodward Ave. Suite 300, Detroit, MI (map) Price: $5.00/per person Refund policy If you make…
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Busting the Medicare “Crisis” Myth – Again
I’ll be presenting to the Senior Coordinating Aging Network (SCAN) – Wayne County Thursday, January 23, 2014. It’s a slightly shorter version of the the Busting the Medicare Myths I gave last fall. I’ll be showing how a lot of the rhetoric about the future of Medicare and the Federal budget deficit is fear-mongering…
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Busting the Medicare Myths
I’ll be presenting to the Michigan Intergenerational Network again Wednesday, November 13. This time the talk is about Busting the Medicare Myths. I’ll be showing how a lot of the rhetoric about the future of Medicare and the Federal budget deficit is fear-mongering intended to cut benefits for seniors. The reality is more complex and…
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Conference: WordCamp Chicago, 2013
Attended and participated in the two-day WordCamp Chicago, 2013 in Chicago. Highlight of the conference was an open Q-and-A with Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress and co-founder of Automattic.
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TEDx Lansing 2012
An opportunity I’m pretty excited about. I’ve been invited to speak at TEDx Lansing. From the college’s announcement: LCCTV is once again teaming up with organizers of TEDxLansing to live stream the upcoming event featuring more than a dozen presenters including one of Lansing Community College’s own Jim Luke. When: April 13th 9am-2pm Where: Washington…
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Malartu, Inc.
Malartu, Inc, the non-profit I helped start (separate from any LCC activities and on my own time), has gotten some national recognition. (the picture is stock photo, not me). Economics Professor Starts Designing Tools for Faculty That Meet Their Needs By Tanya Roscorla on November 21, 2011 Policy While vendors make plenty of technology platforms…