ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: It’s a Good Thing You’re an Entrepreneur | Michele McKeone | TEDxYouth@Hewitt

Here’s Great Tip: It’s a Good Thing You’re an Entrepreneur | Michele McKeone | TEDxYouth@Hewitt

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Michele McKeone, founder of Autism Expressed, talks empathy, gender stereotypes, and women in business.

Michele is an award winning thought leader and pioneer in the autism education community and was featured on MSNBC, WHYY and TECHCRUNCH. Recently named a Woman of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal, Michele has won grants from the University of Pennsylvania and The Corzo Center for the Creative Economy to bring her vision of empowering individuals with disabilities to life. Michele earned a BS in Digital Media from University of the Arts, where she studied development of streaming media and social networking sites before the launch of YouTube and Facebook. Earning a Master’s of Special Education, she studied how technology could circumvent learning disabilities. As a high school teacher, Michele led her students to compete (and win) at Philadelphia’s Regional Computer Fair. Her specialized background in digital literacy and autism education led to consulting/training for The New Teacher Project and the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Specialized Services, desi

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