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Laura Colosi Discusses Academic and Professional Background

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Laura Colosi

  • Founder, ThinkWorks
  • female
  • Caucasian
  • 1970 (Age: 54 years old)
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Biography

Laura Colosi is Chief Operating Officer for ThinkWorks. Additionally, she is an Extension Associate at Cornell University where she works to improve parent education for the statewide Cooperative Extension Administration. She is also developing an assessment and reporting system for parent education programs in New York in hopes of developing a model for national implementation. In addition to her work at Cornell, Laura serves as a consultant to external organizations on applying systems thinking to evaluate educational and outreach programs.

Colosi's prior research interests included the impact of social policies on parents and their children, with a particular interest in low-income families. She has conducted evaluations of several New York State programs including: parent education series such as the Parenting Skills Workshop Series, the Strengthening Families Program and the Literacy Institute; the statewide Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program, Eat Smart New York; a 3 year evaluation of the Teenage Homelessness Prevention Program in Ronkonkoma, New York; as well as the NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children's Post Adoption and Preservation Services.

Laura Colosi holds both a Masters in Public Administration from Cornell University's Institute for Public Affairs and a Ph.D. from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell.

I actually was a transfer student into Cornell. I transferred in as a junior. I started at a community college in my home state of Maryland and transferred to Cornell as a junior and started in the college of human ecology, my undergraduate major was in human service studies because like every bri...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Academic and Professional Background
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Video 2 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Decision To Pursue PhD
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Video 3 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Attraction To Cornell University
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Video 4 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses How Academic Priorities Changed Based on Family Needs
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Video 5 of 29 Laura Colosi Feels One Should Work First Before Getting Masters Degree
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Video 6 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Similarities and Differences Between Academic and Business Environments
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Video 7 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Challenges Of Starting a Company
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Video 8 of 29 Laura Colosi States Entrepreneurship Is About Risk Taking And Persistence
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Video 9 of 29 Laura Colosi States Risk Is A Huge Motivator
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Video 10 of 29 Laura Colosi States Men and Women Have Different Thinking Styles
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Video 11 of 29 Laura Colosi States Best Solutions Can Often Come Out Of Conflict
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Video 12 of 29 Laura Colosi States Male Business Partner Is Often The One To Be Heard In Negotiation Situations
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Video 13 of 29 Laura Colosi States Women Often Don't Speak Out In Business Situations
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Video 14 of 29 Laura Colosi Shares Challenges Of Finding a Work-Life Balance
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Video 15 of 29 Laura Colosi States There Is A Different Learning Curve In The Dynamic Environment Of a Startup
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Video 16 of 29 Laura Colosi States Success Is Defined As Having An Impact On People's Lives
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Video 17 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Process of Determining Product Pricing
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Video 18 of 29 Laura Colosi Shares Thoughts On Working With China
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Video 19 of 29 Laura Colosi States Relationships Are The Most Important Part of Business
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Video 20 of 29 Laura Colosi States Business Is Like Another One Of Her Children
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Video 21 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Use Of Blogs As Part of Business
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Video 22 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Process of Choosing a PR Firm
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Video 23 of 29 Laura Colosi States Importance of Being Able To Articulate Your Company And Product In Two Minutes Or Less
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Video 24 of 29 Laura Colosi States Running A Startup Is Both Exhausting and Liberating
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Video 25 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Think Block Design
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Video 26 of 29 Laura Colosi States Magnetic Aspect of Thinkblocks Emphasizes Relationships
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Video 27 of 29 Laura Colosi Discusses Rationale Behind Thinkblocks Being Hollow
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Video 28 of 29 Laura Colosi States Thinkblocks Teaches Systems Thinking
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Video 29 of 29 Laura Colosi States Thinkblocks Also Help Children Learn About Perspective
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