How High Will You Go?

I had the pleasure attending a conference in Cambridge where Jeff Taylor was the opening banquet's keynote speaker. He's a pretty good speaker and gave me some idea I could incorprate into some of my speeches. But most shocking was how he used some of the same phrases and techniques I used to my advantage four years ago.Very eye opening. Anyway, his talk set the tone for the Synergy 06 event, where edcators from across the country come together to work on action plans to address the need to create 21st Century Learners. It's one of those pedagogical buzzwords being thrown lately to slyly imply that shT is ugly. The state of our education system is in disarray and if something is not done to proactively address the future now, things will get even uglier.

But more on the conference later. Mr. Taylor was once known as the Chief Monster. He founded monster.com back in the day and steered it towards the phenomenal success that its had up to now. So basically, he's a super entrepreneur and is a highly in-demand speaker and business strategist. But his latest endeavor is intriguing. Eons.com will focus its attention on the baby boomer market and lavish and abundance of resources on a market segment that Taylor and his cronies think has not been truly tapped. We got a sneak preview of the eons.com site and its features/content. The site goes lives Monday, July 31st at 4pm. Suffice it to say that the site didn't exactly amaze me, but the concept stuck in my mind.

All those baby boomers are nearing retirement age and moving on to tackle those regrets they still have. So one feature is a listing of the top ten things you want to do before you die. A haunting premise, but one full of hope and promise. As I heard the idea for the first time, it did make sense. In its rawest form, I see it as a service tailored to help people live their lives to the fullest. Can't argue with that. nahmean.