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Mar 16 | Growing Up (and Growing Into Ourselves) Online

"Marketing is about the Perception of Value." That's what a friend told me the other day when I mentioned a passion for a new found business opportunity. "You can throw anything up on a wall and make it stick for a while." True that it seems. While watching the Front line video "Growing Up Online," trying to find some synthesis between the opposing views of parents and children about their relationship with Social Media, I found myself jotting that statement in the margin of my notes. Playing with it, dividing it apart into it's components. Perhaps it is the ability to play around with perception itself and especially our own perceived value that is the real value in living the internet life.

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Meet Jan Van Blarcum | Founder

In 1999, Jan Van Blarcum, Ph.D. founded Creative Tutors. As an educator, Dr. Van Blarcum understood the importance of personalized attention in a child's educational growth. Her passion for learning grew into a business endeavor that provides customized, one-on-one, in-home tutoring to children with a variety of learning needs. Every child receives personalized attention from certified/degreed educators. Jan has acquired invaluable experience through living abroad, teaching in many educational environments and has acquired business development experience. These unique experiences, coupled with her fervent desire to provide all children with the tools needed to achieve their potential in today's educational environment, led her to establish Creative Tutors and their sister organization Creative Learning 4 Kids, Inc. a 501(c)(3) company.

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