The Digital Leadership Academy™ - Shelly Palmer

I asked myself quotWhat could we as a community do to help create jobs improve the economy and generally make the world a little bit betterquot I asked my friends and colleagues I spoke with business leaders and academics I even interviewed a few politicians and professional public servants and we created The Digital Leadership Academyamp8482The Digital Leadership Academyamp8482 is an international membership organization dedicated to fostering global digital leadership through advances in science technology engineering and mathematics STEM It identifies and promotes technological advances across disciplines and across professional and geographic boundaries and builds connections between institutions and individuals Its mission is to inspire and promote creative applications of STEM disciplines in all industries by convening meetings of the world39s most accomplished digital leaders from business academia and public service It39s a first step and you can learn more about it at wwwdigitalleadershipacademyorgThis is brand new and like so many startups it39s going to need a lot of help amp8211 your help We have some extraordinary inaugural members and will be publishing a list on the website soon We are planning to have new members elected annually by current members based on their distinguished and continuing achievements But these are early days so if you want to get involved just let me know and we39ll find a job for you to doTo help build awareness The Digital Leadership Academyamp8482 will bestow the 2012 Digital Leadership Awardsamp8482 which will honor senior executives artists educators government officials and public servants who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the conception creation and execution of digital initiatives With any luck this will become an annual eventThis year The 2012 Digital Leadership Awardsamp8482 will take place on October 11th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in NYC during the Media Technology Summit 2012 If you know a great digital leader or someone who has significantly contributed to the success of an exemplary digital initiative please nominate themSTEM is not well defined here in the United States and it is sometimes difficult to get everyone to agree on what it encompasses amp8211 this is actually good news When you broadly define STEM education and initiatives you properly position yourself to help lead your personal community of interest into the futureTo paraphrase Ray Kurzweil we won39t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century amp8212 it will be more like 20000 years of progress at today39s rate because the pace of technological change is exponentialAccording to Brian David Johnson Intel39s Futurist by 2015 there will be 3 Billion and by 2020 Intel projects that 4 Billion people will be online worldwide And to top it off according to Cisco Systems by 2015 there will be over 15 Billion connected devices worldwideWhat does it all meanIn this case Metcalfe39s Law is both instructive and predictive It states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system You can express this observed law as nn amp8722 12 Even if this formula overstates the mathematical relationship between the number of connected devices and value you can rest assured that more connections will result in extraordinary behavioral change And as I often say technology is meaningless unless it changes the way we behaveAs we become more dependent on our digital devices and our networks we will see a dramatic increase in opportunity for those who understand how to harness the technology This will lead to a better economy more jobs and empowered with this knowledge we each have the potential to make the world a little bit better That is the overarching goal of The Digital Leadership Academyamp8482 I hope that you will get involved because as Alan Kay once said quotThe best way to predict the future is to invent itquotShelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York39s Onair Tech Expert WNYWTV and the host of Fox Television39s monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living He also hosts United Stations Radio Network39s Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology media and entertainment He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC an industryleading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts ampamp Sciences the organization that bestows the coveted Emmyamp174 Awards Palmer is the author of Television Disrupted The Transition from Network to Networked TV 2nd Edition York House Press 2008 the seminal book about the technological economic and sociological forces that are changing everything and Overcoming The Digital Divide How to use Social Media and Digital Tools to Reinvent Yourself and Your Career York House Press 2011 For more information visit shellypalmercomRead all Shelly39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Shelly Palmer ReportCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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