Must-See TV: will.i.am & Dean Kamen Join Forces for ABC Special This Sunday

The other night I had a psychedelic dream.  In that dream, celebrities came together for one hour, and rather than walking the red carpet or facing off in a reality dance competition, they shared their appreciation of science and technology,…

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TWC & Girl Scouts Wisconsin: Connecting Young Women to STEM

Last summer, as part of our Connect a Million Minds (CAMM) initiative, Time Warner Cable Wisconsin partnered with the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast.  Through this local partnership, and with the help of our employee…

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Categories: Connect a Million Minds, In the Community, What's New, Wisconsin

Grab the Astro Ice Cream & Tune-In: It Ain’t Rocket Science

What do FIRST Robotics, the Tasmanian devil and outer space creature comforts have in common?

They’re topics of discussion in It Ain’t Rocket Science, a pilot that we recently produced as part of our

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NASA TV Added to Digital Choice Line-Up in Southwest Ohio

Know what’s out-of-this-world?  Watching a shuttle blast into space.  Know what’s even cooler?  Watching it launch from your couch, not at your computer.

Shortly before space shuttle Endeavor made its twenty-fifth and final trip to space, we added…

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Categories: Content Delivery, Cool Stuff, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ohio, Programming, Texas

Who’s Your STEM Superhero?

With great brain power, comes great responsibility.

This week, as part of our Connect a Million Minds initiative to inspire young people to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),…

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Sparking an Interest in STEM: Employees Share “Connections Stories”

This week, we launched a new PSA campaign to kick off our second annual Connect a Million Minds (CAMM) Week:

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Supporting FIRST Robotics and “The New Cool”

“All of this excitement was not for the Super Bowl or the NCAA Final Four or Olympic trials or even the Little League World Series.  It was for the FIRST (For Inspiration and…

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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Tweet

Last week I hit the Vegas Strip to attend Public Relations Society of America‘s 4th Annual Social Media conference. The event featured keynote addresses from NASA social media manager Stephanie Schierholz, communications expert Shel Holtz and…

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Categories: Cool Stuff, Social Media Issues/Strategy, What's New

#ILoveScienceBecause

Last week, I started using hash tag #ilovesciencebecause from @ConnectMinds, the Twitter handle I manage for Connect a Million Minds (CAMM).  CAMM is Time Warner Cable’s five-year, $100 million community initiative to connect one million young minds (we’re…

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Time to Geek Out: Join Connect a Million Minds and Bill Nye for a Twitter Chat Today

Today from 6-7PM EST, as part of our Connect a Million Minds community initiative to connect kids to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), we’re holding a Twitter chat with Bill Nye The Science Guy.

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