Their experience is that Before Google (BG) organizations are more and more out of touch with Generation 404 — the emerging swift, creative, technology driven minds — defining the marketplace of tomorrow.

In their daily playground, they try to bridge the cultural 404’s between the Younger Generations and the BG decision makers within organizations — something that I too encounter on a daily basis.

June 16 at UN Studio, an international architectural practice, situated in Amsterdam since 1988, with extensive experience in the fields of urbanism, infrastructure, public, private and utility buildings on different scale levels.

June 23 I will be the keynote speaker at the Retail Event 2011, about challenges and opportunities in retail.

June 30 at Koeweiden Postma, one of the leading design agencies in the Netherlands.

Obviously I did not see everything. But I was so positively surprised on what I’ve seen at the places I visited. All young initiatives, but all really thought through with the newest and the latest insights and technologies. Amazing. Led by optimistic ambitious people that not only want to change, but are changing things. No talking, but doing. By maximizing iconic projects, not as a goal in itself, but as first prototypes to refine and then replicate. Impressive.

Thanks everybody for a great energy boost!

The Foundation was incorporated in 1986 as Asociación Carso A.C., changed its name in February 2006 to Fundación Carso, A.C. In May 24, to Fundación Carlos Slim, with the mission to establish a range of non-lucrative projects in education, health, justice and personal and community development by contributing human and financial resources to equip Mexican society with the necessary tools to succeed professionally and socially.

Right in the heart of Mexico City you’ll find TelmexHub, open since November 22 last year. TelmexHub seeking to become the epicenter of technological innovation and meeting place to collaborate and create tools and exchange knowledge. To achieve their objective, they make the latest technology available to their users, with a unique service in Mexico, sharing of equipment and Internet connection speed of 10 Gb/s, also, TelmexHub has an area dedicated to gaming, video space, cubicles for workshops, panels and all equipment necessary to generate proposals that promote and develop knowledge.

TelmexHub is located in the historic center, easy to access for all users who come from different parts of the city, with excellent access routes and public transport. It can can accommodate 300 concurrent users, up to 150 connected via ethernet. Everything is free, because their purpose is always looking totally altruistic, the personal and collective. Everyday collaborative work sessions, forums, conferences, workshops, courses, lectures, community meetings, gaming, product launches are organized. At the Telids from the age of 13 can work on any brand of laptop for free. Most popular: Toshiba, and not the Apple MacBook Pro’s and iPads. Why? Because Apple is not for coding, but for creative visual stuff. A myth still to be busted, so that’s why Apple will give some workshops there as well. Youngsters go there to build, share and create. Quite amazing.

In the Digital Library Program, coordinated by Casa Telmex, kids can take a laptop home (XO or Classmate). And one of the beautiful side effects of the laptop program is that obviously, they take them home and because of that also share it with their parents. So, they now also run a program for parents, grandparents and whoever wants to join in. For free of course. Note: no single laptop has been reported missing since the start of the program.

But it doesn’t stop there. Casa Telmex offers more free education in relation with technology. Over a 1,000 learning spaces have an embedded Casa Telmex or Aula Telmex program, with facilitated furniture, programs and of course all the needed hardware. And on top of that, Telmex opened up even more. Last August the institute Inttelmex was launched, where all gained knowledge within the organization, is now made open so people can go there for IT training and can even get their master degree. For free of course. And, you can even bring your kids there. For free.

Wonderful.

Translated by Google, but gives a rough idea:
Monterrey – More than 900 young people gathered at the High Performance Center inside the park Child Heroes made ​​their voices heard by using their preferred media: social networks.

This was the case during the Digital Camp 2011, organized by the Informatics Committee and Municipal Public Administration (CIAPEM) and the Youth Institute of Nuevo Leon, with sponsorship from private companies.

Those attending the event, which lasted three days, showed projects focused on social change through technological innovation.

Also participated in the contest GENERA, which is 100 thousand dollars first prize for conducting the project, so that all participants put all their efforts to achieve a quality proposal, said the office manager of the State Institute of Youth Francisco Salazar Guadiana.

The event was registered among 15 to 29 years of age from all parts of the republic, since about 50 percent were in states like Veracruz and Morelos, and even the United States, the official said. The venue was the High Performance Center inside the Parque Niños Héroes.

“Boys from all over Mexico came to Nuevo Leon to call people to use social networks proactively,” he said.

“This is the first edition, and we talked about other states to invite us to be part of the efforts of other states, and we will give the project to Morelia, Morelia is going to do next year,” said Salazar Guadiana.

The winning project called “If not bargain, Mexico did go” was created by a team of 13 young people from the municipality of Allende, which the Youth Institute awarded scholarships to enable them to participate in the contest.

Faced with the problem of corruption youth opened the internet page www.pensamientolibre.com.mx which aim to create awareness among the public through lectures on “what corruption has generated for years, making public awareness for this to change” , and urge on the website.

“Its purpose is that people who wish to be informed about events in reality such time as shootings, assaults, danger points (could have that information)”, explained on the site.

By meeting the main guidelines of the call were the themes of youth, technology and security, the proposal from these guys which is based on receiving and addressing citizen complaints through social networks, was the winner. Now they will be trained to carry out your project and access to 100 thousand dollars to crystallize.

The winning team are hairless Anselmo Gerardo Lucio, Ricardo Almaguer Armando Salinas, Ramon Salazar Alcalá, Luis Enrique Marroquín García, Gema Salazar Maldonado Rubí, Katia Daniela Cavazos Perez, Juan Carlos Cantu Tamez, Yuliana Nuñez Luna, Danya Salazar Muñoz, Gabriela Casas Vargas, Amado Garza Fuentes, Alma and Sofia Teresa Cavazos Cavazos Aguirre Jiménez.

“We created a web page where to go for citizenship, for right now we’re seeing so much insecurity, to complaints by citizens for citizens to get to those places you have to solve it and do it,” said Aguirre Jiménez.

Through social networks like Twitter, Facebook and other tools, attendees were always communicating with each other and sending news to their colleagues in other states, making them aware of what happened at the event.

“Be stupid!” He tells young people
Digital Camp 2011 began last Friday. During the three days, young people listened to lectures and participated in the Solutions Fair. They discussed issues such as social media, digital citizen participation and activism, with world-renowned experts.
Yesterday, the closing lecture was given by Dutch Marcel Kampman, PICNIC camp operator, who spoke on “Creativity applied to solving social problems.” Invited young people to generate ideas, though they are as “stupid.”
With good planning, he said, the ideas can be profitable.
“The best way to make money is the game, when you work for a company, not always let you do what you do, so I do fun things and then sell them to companies,” he said.

Agenda:

7:00pm Bienvenida

7:05-7:45pm Conferencia Dr. Luis Miguel Martínez: ” nuevas conversaciones en la educación”

7:50-8:00pm Receso

8:00-8:45pm Conferencia Magistral con Marcel Kampman

8:45-9:00pm Preguntas y respuestas

Later when we met Eva gave me a good luck charm which made my little daughter really happy. She said I had to come to Mexico. Sure! A couple of days I got an email:

Great news, I’ve just finished speaking to Alfonso Romo (we call him Poncho, so I guess you should start calling him that as I am certain you two will be great friends) and he too wants to meet with you so that you both can share your innovation in education projects.

Wow! And more impressively, Eva set up a really busy schedule for my trip:
I will arrive in Monterrey on the 31st of March. On friday April 1 I will gave a 20 minute talk. Answer how the creative process is key in solving social problems. My audience will be young people aged 15-29. Interested in saving’ their communities and keeping crime, violence and danger away. Saturday April 2 I will give a 16 minutes TedxYouth talk, the theme is The Power of One for kids aging 13-17 years old. Sunday 3 I will be mentoring, coaching kids from Digital Camp (when needed, first come first served basis). On Monday 4, I have a meet and greet EducarUno foundation’s team and visit Poncho’s school. On Tuesday 5, I will be meeting key academics. Doing a quick presentation of Dreamschool, with Q&A birthday dinner. Yes, Eva covered everything, even my birthday :) On Wednesday 6, I will fly to Mexico City. Press. One on one interviews. Working lunch with people from the education departments from several states in Mexico. Quick presentation of Dreamschool. On Thursday 7, I will do a 1 hour talk and Q&A with a fairly big audience 200-400. Venue: Auditorium in Private University on Innovation, creativity and technology. And on Friday 8, chill and fly home.

Will be a hectic, impressive week, but I’m really looking forward to it! Hope to learn a lot so I can share my findings back home and to share what I know to contribute to better education in Mexico and beyond. Thanks Eva for making it happen!