Preparing Now for an Unknown Tomorrow – Can it even be done?
Nancy Cuppy - Senior Account Executive

We are living in a time where technology is not only hard to keep up with, but hard to predict. According to the former Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, the top ten jobs that will be in demand in 2010 didn't exist in 2004. So in effect, we are currently preparing our students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't yet been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet!

The amount of technical information is doubling every 2 years. For students starting a four year technical or college degree, this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their 3rd year of study.

Just five years ago, MySpace was launched as a social networking site and today there are over 110 million accounts with 4.5 billion page views to the site in one day. It has become one of the fastest growing websites of all times. To think of it this way, if MySpace were a country, it would be the 11th largest in the world (between Japan and Mexico)…

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Ambassador Solutions recently launched a series of go green initiatives aimed at reducing waste and promoting recycling in the office. We would like to know about your earth-friendly activities – whether they take place at home or in the office. Share your ideas, and we will include them in future issues of Abuzz.

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Here are a few articles you may find interesting. Please feel free to contact us if you come across an article you would like us to share.

Election Deception: The Web's 12 Dirtiest Tricks
By JR Raphael - Oct. 19, 2008
PC World.com
If scammers have things their way--with the help of a dozen sneaky ploys--plenty of ballots will never make it to the boxes.

25 Website Designs To Draw Inspiration From
By Jon Phillips - October 19th, 2008

Six Attributes of Successful Project Managers
By Meridith Levinson Sep. 03, 2008
CIO.com
Want to become a star project manager? Develop these characteristics that mark the cream of the crop.

We created a site for you to experience how technology can connect your people. Think of it as an idea-generation tool - a fictitious corporate intranet, built with Microsoft SharePoint technology, designed to facilitate healthy discussions between business and IT professionals in your organization.

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