Ready Beats Finished ft. Marnie & Nick | My EdTech Life 366

About this episode

The episode discusses what it means to be ready for the real world with guests Marnie Stockman and Nick Coniglio, focusing on their app Blue that helps students build confidence and tell their stories.

What does it actually mean to be ready for the real world? Not finished. Not just checked out with a diploma. Ready. In this episode, I sit down with Marnie Stockman and Nick Coniglio, authors of The Business of You and Lead It Like Lasso, to talk about Blue, their app built to help middle school, high school, and college students discover who they are, learn to tell their own story, and step into the world with real confidence. This is not your typical EdTech conversation. Marnie and Nick a...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Fonz Mendoza

Guests: Marnie Stockman, Nick Coniglio

Topics covered

• real world readiness
• student confidence
• EdTech
• personal development
• storytelling

Keywords

• real world
• EdTech
• student app
• confidence
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Blue

Books & works: The Business of You, Lead It Like Lasso

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