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Presidential Debate & Independent Voters (VIDEO)

Susan Crown — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:30:33 +0000

During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, moderated by Candy Crowley, the pressure was on President Obama to make up ground he lost to Republican challenger Mitt Romney in the first presidential debate on Oct. 3. Although we did see a more forceful Obama on this week’s stage, pundits and analysts agree that both Romney and the president missed opportunities on several issues. Both candidates are particularly hoping to woo independent, undecided voters and swing states, in particular, as Election Day nears.

Watch Susan Crown, chairman of the Susan Crown Exchange, discuss the importance of independent voters in this presidential election:
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“While there’s sort of magnets pulling people to the far left and the far right, and people are pointing fingers at one another, I think there are quite a few of us who are very much in the center – whether we’re liberal Republicans or conservative Democrats, or conservative socially and liberal financially, or the opposite,” Crown said.

Romney leads Obama by four percentage points among likely voters in the nation’s top battlegrounds, according to the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. Plus, the survey of voters in 12 crucial swing states finds female voters much more engaged in the election and increasingly concerned about the deficit and debt issues that favor Romney. Romney has pulled within one point of Obama among women who are likely voters, 48%-49%, and leads by 8 points among men.

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Another poll released Tuesday found that independent voters more favor Obama’s policies when it comes to energy, over Romney’s.

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Empowering Girls in School, Work With Technology (VIDEO)

Susan Crown — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:10:34 +0000

The technology world has long been labeled a boy’s club despite the growing number of women trying to break the digital ceiling. But the divide is starting at a young age as girls continued to trail boys in educational and career pursuits related to computers and technology. Susan Crown, chairman of the Susan Crown Exchange, hopes to change that by empowering girls in education through the use of technology. Watch:

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“Twenty-first century skills are very different than nineteenth and eighteenth and certainly twentieth-century skills,” Crown says. ”Our workforce is going to need to be able to process and curate information and handle it and create in a very different way.” “We’re a little bit out of step – our technology and our educational resources are actually quite out of step.”

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But the technologies available are “incredibly powerful tools” to bring the best quality education to the largest number of kids in the U.S., Crown explains. Increasing access to that technology and teaching them how to use digital media products will not only encourage innovation and enhance education for girls – and boys, for that matter – but will also enhance failing schools and better learning.

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“We’re really at an inflection point right now,” Crown says. “A portion of sort of the traditional education field is increasing technology … and a portion is kind of rejecting it vociferously because … it’s not what they’ve been doing. But outside of school there are a lot of forces teaching kids – whether it’s Facebook or Instagram or World of Warcraft, kids are learning and just picking up massive skills in the technology field.”

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Susan Crown on Teaching Kids 21st Century Skills (VIDEO)

Susan Crown — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:09:02 +0000

Watch Susan Crown at the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival spend ’2.5 Minutes With genConnect.’ We connected with the Founder and Chairman of the Susan Crown Exchange.

Click the play button below to watch Crown discuss her foundation and the importance of digital learning for students today:

The Susan Crown Exchange is a “hub for ideas, people, services, and innovation in the service of public good.” Susan Crown also serves on the boards of Illinois Tool Works and Northern Trust Corporation. She is a Vice-Chair of Rush University Medical Center, Trustee of the Natural Resource Defense Council, Director of CARE USA and Trustee of The Chicago Public Education Fund.

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