Monthly Archives: July 2010

Highlights from the Eden Conference in Denver

Last month the Tribes of Eden gathered in Denver for their 5th International Eden Alternative Conference. I was there to videotape Dr. Bill Thomas’ keynote address and had the fortune of catching a few other sessions. Below I’ve compiled some highlights, including Bill’s introduction of the Path to Mastery, several minutes of Al Power’s powerful [...]

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Teaching Students To Look at Aging in New Ways

A couple months ago, I spent my very last day on the job at UMBC with a special guest — Childs Walker, higher education reporter for The Baltimore Sun. I brought Childs to UMBC to meet the Erickson School’s amazing faculty, students and alumni. Childs’ story ran on the front page of the Sun last [...]

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Right Here, Right Now

Looking at Dr. Bill’s social media call-to-action below, I’m reminded of just how big an opportunity social networking gives us to leverage community to effect social change. As a former journalist and history student I try to avoid using hyperbole to describe our current state of affairs; BUT we do live in a time of [...]

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