Savvy Cyber Kids – An Interview

January 25, 2010 · Posted in Musings · View Comments 

DADvocate – Internet Discussions from Kevin Metzger on Vimeo.

This is a video interview with Security Expert Ben Halpert. Ben has two daughters and a son on the way. When his first daughter was born he began thinking about the security risks for being on line with children and how and when that conversation should start to take place. Ben decided that we are probably reaching out to children too late in life to begin this conversation. Much like teaching your children to say please or thank you Internet behavior conversation needs to start when your children are young and still listen to you.

Ben has started the Non Profit Savvy Cyber Kids. This organization is dedicated to providing resources to parents and teachers that will help them in educating their children on internet safety. Currently Ben has a number of resources available on his site including:

To access all this information and keep up with Ben go to benhalpert.com

I’d also like to thank Jeff Sass for inspiring this interview with his post Having that conversation with your kids. You can find more on Jeff Sass at JefferySass.com

@garyvee – On Being a Dad

December 16, 2009 · Posted in Musings · View Comments 

If you haven’t read the book “Crush It” yet you need to. Gary Vaynerchuk started the Wine Library four years ago and built it into a $64 million dollar business using social media and connecting with his audience. In the book Crush It he talks about how you have to be willing to “bleed out you eye’s,” quoted from his speech the other day, to succeed. I went to Gary’s book signing in Atlanta on Monday and stayed for his question and answer session. I had to opportunity to ask how his experience has been being a dad. Check it out.

 

By the way if you’re a Dad and haven’t completed the DADvocate project Survey yet, don’t forget to do it now!

 I also want to credit @MaritzaParra and @JeffHerring from http://OnLineBizShow.com for providing the video clip.