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Music discovery is a hobby for many Millennials; they love being the first in their social circle to find out about a band and share the info with their friends, particularly online via social media. At the same time, young …

Today’s post comes to us from Bryan Spencer, a Youth Advisory Board member who spent his final year of college studying in China. He’s seen and experienced China’s Millennial culture firsthand, noting the similarities and differences. The Millennial generation in …

You might know Monique Coleman best as Taylor McKessie from the High School Musical series, but she’s recently taken on a new role that she thinks is the most important of her life. She is working with the United Nations as …

Today’s Youth Advisory Board post is from Emily, who recently visited Kenya with her adoptive brother and learned about some surprising differences between Kenyan and American youth culture. Particularly in the “romance” department, as many Kenyan teens get married young. …

Ed. Note: Our upcoming Ypulse Research report will dive deeper into political attitudes, activism and participation of high school and college students across the country, but today we wanted to share some thoughts on recent youth activism abroad — what …

Today’s Ypulse Guest Post comes from Mary Bergstrom, founder of The Bergstrom Group consultancy firm. Mary’s experience in China has given her valuable perspective on the nuances of generational differences there, and what marketers should be aware of when …

Today Brazilian teen and Ypulse Youth Advisory Board member André follows up his in-depth look at the music scene in Brazil with an overview of some of the country’s current television trends, many of which, interestingly, transcend generations. I’ll let …

After the refreshing dose of global perspective we heard from Dr. Genevieve Bell at the Ypulse Mashup last week, I was thrilled when Ypulse Youth Advisory Board member André asked if he could give readers a glimpse into what’s happening …

In today’s Ypulse Interview we check in with Lisa Li, Founder & CEO of China Youthology. To get around time differences, we caught up with Lisa over email for a brief Q&A.

Below we ask her a few questions …

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the TEDxTeen talks at the Scholastic Auditorium in New York. In the spirit of the series (learn more here) the day was full of short but powerful presentations and performances …