Ladan Nikravan
About The Author

Ladan Nikravan

Ladan Nikravan is an associate editor of Chief Learning Officer magazine. She is from Chicago, and graduated from the University of Missouri School Of Journalism, where she majored in magazine journalism, in May 2010. Prior to joining MediaTec, Ladan worked as a reporter for the Columbia Missourian newspaper, Vox magazine, Chicago Home Improvement magazine and American Builders Quarterly. Although a writer at heart, she has dipped her toes into most facets of the publishing world: feature writing, hard news and column writing; freelancing; copy editing; page design; Web design and some photography. She can be reached at lnikravan@CLOMedia.com.

Millennials Have Information, Not Knowledge

on May 17, 2013 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

I have a friend who goes to trivia at a local bar every Thursday. It’s a ritual. If his parents are in town, they have to all go. He takes girls there for weekday dates. We had his birthday party there last year — it fell on a Thursday. He loves it, and he’s so [...]

Millennials Are the Transformers

on May 10, 2013 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

There’s something about politics that really gets Gen Y riled up. Whether or not we know what we’re talking about, we’ll flood your Facebook feed every time there’s an election event. Regardless of the candidates’ backgrounds and political issues on tap, we want change. That’s arguably why so many voted for President Obama last year. [...]

Make Millennial Entrepreneurship Work for You

on May 3, 2013 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

Millennials have high ideals — and a strong commitment to those ideals, values and beliefs. They realize those ideals must be actionable and realizable, and once the mental juices get flowing, the outcome is promising. Take Etsy founder Rob Kalin, for example. In 2005 Kalin, a high school dropout, was a 25-year-old furniture designer trying to [...]

Help Millennials Manage Stress

on April 26, 2013 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

While the perks and conveniences of modern living were designed to make lives easier and lessen stress, the American Psychological Association’s most recent Stress in America survey illustrates the opposite. Current statistics show that in the last year, the millennial generation reports the highest levels of stress compared to Generation Xers, baby boomers or the matures. [...]

Feedback Crucial for Gen Y Employees

on April 22, 2013 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

I can’t tell you how long it takes me to run a mile. I have too much dignity. But I can tell you about the drawers full of race shirts, saved bibs on my childhood bedroom wall and little trophies my parents have saved from track meets. While my running career was short — arguably [...]