1) Hershey's chocolate. The company's cocoa supply was cut off during WWII but they promised to return and Americans remembered the wrapper.
2) Coca-Cola. The company measured market share by a person's "appetite share" filled by their product.
3) iPhone. Apple switched to using alphabetical names like iPhone after courts disallowed numbering trademarks.
4) The "Where's the Beef?" lady for Wendy's. She was more recognizable to children than Mickey Mouse.
5) The film was Top Gun and it sold a lot of sunglasses, as the product that fits in the blank.
This document provides a nostalgic look back at popular TV shows, movies, and celebrities from the 1940s-1970s. It also highlights how many famous actors from that era, such as Clark Gable and James Stewart, served in the military during World War II, with over 70 medals earned between 18 individuals. In contrast, it notes that today's celebrities often make anti-American statements.
The document provides an overview of opportunities in the digital content sector in the UK, including key industries like games, media, publishing, and film/animation. It discusses the UK's strengths such as access to creative/technical talent, spending consumers, and infrastructure. Market trends are outlined for sectors like creative agencies, film, gaming, music, publishing, radio, and television that involve digital distribution, social media, and new devices. Case studies and investor opportunities are also mentioned.
The document proposes engineering infrastructure and reconfiguring mobile devices to make them easier for the visually impaired to use. It suggests a low-cost and high-cost module with a sonar-like navigation assist system that uses high-frequency signals and calculates time of travel to detect obstacles within a range and alert the user. The system would repeat the process every two seconds.
Small nonprofits can multiply resources and control costs through various internal and external strategies. Internally, they can utilize volunteers, interns, and retired community members to minimize workforce costs. Externally, they can leverage free or low-cost technologies like Skype, LinkedIn, and social media for communications, networking, and publicity. Nonprofits should also diversify their funding sources, explore corporate donors and foundations, engage individual donors through sponsorship programs and donor perks, and consider co-working spaces to reduce overhead costs.
This document discusses the importance of 21st century skills in foreign language education, including creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, and communication and collaboration. It provides examples of how to teach these skills, such as having students work in groups to create and present an ending to a short story in Spanish, followed by a class discussion. The conclusion emphasizes that creativity and critical thinking should be encouraged to help build a brighter future for children and nations.
Greenbuddi! is an ecological project that aims to spread environmental awareness among children. It will plant trees in schools and encourage students to care for the trees by thinking of them as friends. The project also aims to make learning fun through activities and cooperation between educators and organizers. Details of each school's involvement will be posted online.
1) Hershey's chocolate. The company's cocoa supply was cut off during WWII but they promised to return and Americans remembered the wrapper.
2) Coca-Cola. The company measured market share by a person's "appetite share" filled by their product.
3) iPhone. Apple switched to using alphabetical names like iPhone after courts disallowed numbering trademarks.
4) The "Where's the Beef?" lady for Wendy's. She was more recognizable to children than Mickey Mouse.
5) The film was Top Gun and it sold a lot of sunglasses, as the product that fits in the blank.
This document provides a nostalgic look back at popular TV shows, movies, and celebrities from the 1940s-1970s. It also highlights how many famous actors from that era, such as Clark Gable and James Stewart, served in the military during World War II, with over 70 medals earned between 18 individuals. In contrast, it notes that today's celebrities often make anti-American statements.
The document provides an overview of opportunities in the digital content sector in the UK, including key industries like games, media, publishing, and film/animation. It discusses the UK's strengths such as access to creative/technical talent, spending consumers, and infrastructure. Market trends are outlined for sectors like creative agencies, film, gaming, music, publishing, radio, and television that involve digital distribution, social media, and new devices. Case studies and investor opportunities are also mentioned.
The document proposes engineering infrastructure and reconfiguring mobile devices to make them easier for the visually impaired to use. It suggests a low-cost and high-cost module with a sonar-like navigation assist system that uses high-frequency signals and calculates time of travel to detect obstacles within a range and alert the user. The system would repeat the process every two seconds.
Small nonprofits can multiply resources and control costs through various internal and external strategies. Internally, they can utilize volunteers, interns, and retired community members to minimize workforce costs. Externally, they can leverage free or low-cost technologies like Skype, LinkedIn, and social media for communications, networking, and publicity. Nonprofits should also diversify their funding sources, explore corporate donors and foundations, engage individual donors through sponsorship programs and donor perks, and consider co-working spaces to reduce overhead costs.
This document discusses the importance of 21st century skills in foreign language education, including creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, and communication and collaboration. It provides examples of how to teach these skills, such as having students work in groups to create and present an ending to a short story in Spanish, followed by a class discussion. The conclusion emphasizes that creativity and critical thinking should be encouraged to help build a brighter future for children and nations.
Greenbuddi! is an ecological project that aims to spread environmental awareness among children. It will plant trees in schools and encourage students to care for the trees by thinking of them as friends. The project also aims to make learning fun through activities and cooperation between educators and organizers. Details of each school's involvement will be posted online.