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    Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
    Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
    Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
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    Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World

    Written by Don Tapscott

    Narrated by Brett Barry

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    SELECTED AS A 2008 BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST

    The Net Generation Has Arrived.
    Are you ready for it?


    Chances are you know a person between the ages of 11 and 30. You've seen them doing five things at once: texting friends, downloading music, uploading videos, watching a movie on a two-inch screen, and doing who-knows-what on Facebook or MySpace. They're the first generation to have literally grown up digital--and they're part of a global cultural phenomenon that's here to stay.

    The bottom line is this: If you understand the Net Generation, you will understand the future.

    If you're a Baby Boomer or Gen-Xer: This is your field guide.

    A fascinating inside look at the Net Generation, Grown Up Digital is inspired by a $4 million private research study. New York Times bestselling author Don Tapscott has surveyed more than 11,000 young people. Instead of a bunch of spoiled “screenagers” with short attention spans and zero social skills, he discovered a remarkably bright community which has developed revolutionary new ways of thinking, interacting, working, and socializing.

    Grown Up Digital reveals:

    How the brain of the Net Generation processes information

    Seven ways to attract and engage young talent in the workforce

    Seven guidelines for educators to tap the Net Gen potential

    Parenting 2.0: There's no place like the new home

    Citizen Net: How young people and the Internet are transforming democracy



    Today's young people are using technology in ways you could never imagine. Instead of passively watching television, the “Net Geners” are actively participating in the distribution of entertainment and information. For the first time in history, youth are the authorities on something really important. And they're changing every aspect of our society-from the workplace to the marketplace, from the classroom to the living room, from the voting booth to the Oval Office.

    The Digital Age is here. The Net Generation has arrived. Meet the future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcGraw Hill-Ascent Audio
    Release dateMay 18, 2012
    ISBN9781639292394
    Author

    Don Tapscott

    Canadian author, executive and consultant Don Tapscott specialises in business strategy, organisational transformation and the role of technology in business. He is the author and co-author of many bestselling books, including Growing up Digital, Grown up Digital and the spectacularly successful Wikinomics.

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    • 5/5
      Maybe it's because I find myself nodding in agreement after almost every sentence, but this book is a must read for anyone interested in how the digital natives are changing and will continue to change our world. As a Gen-Xer, I say bring them on!!
    • 2/5
      Maybe this just caught me in a dyspeptic or impatient state, but it's one of the few books I've started this year that I wasn't actually able to finish. The message, overly simple, seemed to repeat endlessly -- our kids are very tech savvy and that ain't necessarily a bad thing. I don't think there was much here for me that I didn't already know. But I live with this stuff both at work and at home.