Jennifer Corriero

Corriero draws on her work in developing youth engagement strategies for some of the world’s largest companies, to help you understand this next generation of employees and consumers. How are they using new technologies like Web 2.0, and what do they now look for in an employer, and in a brand? How can you engage them—at work and at the mall—using these very same technologies? She talks about integrating technologies into everything from education to the workplace, and she shows you how today’s youth are fueling the transition from old to new media in terms of social activism, business start-ups, and instant worldwide relationship-building.

Corriero draws on her unique experiences—Microsoft consultant at age 19, one of Canada’s most powerful women less than a decade later—to help young people understand the opportunities that exist for them to contribute to, and shape, a more understanding, compassionate, and inter-connected world. Keen to make sure young women are at the forefront of developments in new technology, she draws on students’ questions and ideas to shape an interactive and rewarding discussion.

This interactive talk shows educators the ways in which their students’ own experiences can be put to use to make the learning experience better, for students and teachers alike. Though many students possess great knowledge in various areas, most notably the Internet, it is often treated as separate from, rather than integral to, the classroom. Corriero knows first-hand that the classroom setting sometimes fails the best and the brightest in this regard. But this talk isn’t about failure. It’s about success—and the things educators can do to make their students vibrant contributors to their own, and their classmates’ education. A new way forward for student involvement and class interaction.

Though career success is dependent on understanding and embracing the ongoing technological revolution, young women, unfortunately, have not been as inclined towards the sciences and technology disciplines as their male peers. Corriero understands the challenges that young women face in these fields. Having found success in the opportunities of new technology, she speaks with passion and insight about the many ways that new technologies are helping women take their rightful place in the new world of work—and providing them with more confidence, greater independence, and a brighter future.