Kamentz to speak at CCC on Sept. 22

Anya Kamenetz will be the first speaker of the 2008-09 Max Pickerill Lecture Series hosted by Colby Community College.  Kamenetz will be speaking on Monday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Northwest Kansas Cultural Arts Center.
           
Kamenetz is a staff writer for Fast Company Magazine, Yahoo! Finance expert, and author of Generation Debt.
           
She is a motivational speaker who specializes in assisting companies to recruit talented employees.  She also delivers insights into what drives the Millennial generation’s choices and loyalty as consumers.  In addition, for those who are a part of the Millennial generation, Kamenetz assists them in managing their money and choosing career paths while encouraging them to step up to become America’s next generation of leaders.
           
Kamenetz is a sought-after media expert regularly appearing on major news networks including CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, CNBC and NPR.
           
Currently, she covers the future of business, including sustainability and social entrepreneurship, as a writer for Fast Company Magazine.  Additionally she reaches millions with the Generation Debt column as a personal finance expert for 20- and 30-somethings on Yahoo! Finance.
           
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the Village Voice, her series later became a highly-regarded book entitled Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young.  Written when she was just 24, Generation Debt (Riverhead Books, 2006), drew national media attention and passionate online debate with its argument that young people are facing unique financial challenges never seen or witnessed before.
           
Kamenetz’s inspiring, informative and down-to-earth presentations draw on her own experience and years of research.  She has insight into a range of generation-specific issues most relevant to people in their 20s and 30s:  technology and social networking; flex time and work-life balance; finding career passion through engagement in the new green economy and social entrepreneurship; the rising cost of higher education and health care; and money management.
           
The public is encouraged to attend the lecture in the Northwest Kansas Cultural Arts Center on the CCC campus at 7 p.m.
           
There is no charge to attend.  The Max Pickerill Lecture Series is funded annually by anonymous donors.
           
For more information contact lecture series, contact Linda Davis-Stephens at (785) 460-5528.