"The Education Age" Manifesto

I just received an email from the Change This Robot (I had some very obscure pictures poppin´into my head seeing the name on the email ) that my proposal for a manifesto has been posted on ChangeThis.com! How coolz dat?! If you would like to read "The Education Age Manifesto" you should go to ChangeThis.com and vote for this proposal!

And what´s it all about?

The information age is great. But now it´s time for the education age. This manifesto will teach you 6 things you can do to become a education revolutionary and will help you realize the solution to our education problem is YOU. (I promise to never write a proposal again @4 am ;) vote now!

Here are some of my favorite ChangeThis Manifestos:

1. The Art Of The Start
2. The Bootsrapper´s Bible
3. This I Believe - Tom´s 60 TIBS
4. The personal MBA - Mastering Business Without Spending A Fortune
5. Do Less
6. How To Get Better Teachers - And Treat Them Right

And here are the blogs of the authors:

• Guy Kawasaki
• Seth Godin
• Tom Peters
• Josh Kaufman

Afterthought: Ego vs. Purpose
I had the idea to this manifesto for a long time but since I choose to publish it at ChangeThis.com I´m wondering if I should still write it even if it doesn´t get enough votes?

I mean why letting people vote for something if you do it anyway? A manifesto´s purpose is to be read by the people in order to start a discussion and not to be written by the man in order to blow up his ego!

Hmm...you probably just read this words because something in me says I will do it anyway. What do you think?

Comments

[digital nomad]

Everyone needs a manifesto. Check out mine.

I did not write it. Check out Bastiat University link on my blog, too.

[Jonathan-C. Phillips]

Excellent idea! education age is where we're going! with all the free information out there it's time for a change!

Great work bro! keep it up! :)

[dio]

I think it is cool. Simply cool.

[Erek Ostrowski]

Excellent! I'm interested in hearing more about what YOU have to say. At this stage of the game, my advice would be not to worry too much about your ego. In fact, your willingness to publicly risk yourself by articulating your vision will keep your ego in check for now. You need to lay down some more ground work for others to work off of. Don't be afraid to be brilliant and inspire other people. A good warning sign that your ego is over-involved is if you find yourself attached to a particular outcome, or suppressing other people's ideas in order to produce a specific result. I look forward to reading more!

Erek

[Eric CYS]

Congras on your work, Steli Efti!

It's nice to see that you are also put up as a Candidate for ChangeThis.

I'm Eric and I am the author of "Outerheavens Heroes manifesto", my proposal is also posted up on the website.

Steli, I do find your works very interesting on the subject of education. I have a feeling that we are both on a similar track on education except mine is more focused on Renewable Energy to help resolve the Global Warming Issue.

It will really be a honour for me if we could work on a project together which combines both ideas into one if fate would permit. :)

Here's the link to my blog,

www.outerheavens.blogspot.com

All the best and keep up the good work Steli!

Best Regards,
Eric

[Mary-Louise]

I work for Guy Kawasaki. Thanks for the link to his blog!

Mary-Louise
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/

[BFuniv rector]

I'm looking forward to seeing what you can produce. Your ideas are good, your manifesto should be both provocative and welcomed by most thinking educators.

One of the areas we will be addressing at BFU is building community - I hope to get some ideas from you.

May you discover the best in your life.

[florence meichel]

Hi stelli,

Strange : in the beginning of the year, i wrote something about ma perception of a real big change in learning approch on a famous french blog : (http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2007/01/17/vos-previsions-pour-2007-et-mes-invitations-a-cafetransnets/

In particulary, i said : "I really believe that a new culture is growing, a culture of a global learning-networks...and this new approch is changing a lot our relationship , with each and the other, with each and the knowledge, with each and the authority and politic power!"

Great, in french, we say : "les grands esprits se rencontrent" wich means : the great minds are meeting ! :-)

I think that i'm now participating in the most fantastic human aventure !

But there are a lot resistances to the growinf of the education age : we have to work a lot, to coach and to convince !

Much power to you Steli

[florence meichel]

Correction : in fact, the best translation would be "the great ideas are meeting" :-) !
bye

[Steli Efti]

First of all I want to thank everyone for voting!!! You guyz rock!!!

@digital nomad: I´ll have a deeper look at Bastiat University soon. It sounds interesting!

@Jonathan: Thankx so much for your support! I´ll give my all to help this change happen!

@dio: you´re supercool too bro!

@Erek: killer advice bro! I really appreciate your support! We keep in touch!

@Eric: I voted for your proposal bro ;) Thankx for your kind words - I´m looking forward to get to know you better!

@Mary-Louise: it´s my pleasure!

@BFuniv rector: Thankx you! I hope both project will be able to learn from each other for the benefit of the good cause! Let´s keep in touch!

@florence: "the great ideas are meeting!" :) I like that! Yeah, I believe we all have to work together to make the "Education Age" come true! You are really a supercool supporter florence :) Rock on!

[Eric Chua YS]

Hi Broz, voted for you too ;) All the best!

[Steli Efti]

Hi Eric, thankx! I´m looking forward to your manifesto! Keep on rockin