The Money JAR

Finding your dream career is hugely important for your happiness and your financial well-being. Take steps starting in high school, and Sharise Kent tells us how. Sharise is an internship and career success specialist and author of The Internship Manual: A Step-by- Step Guide to Getting the Internship of Your Dreams. You can find out more about Sharise at www.sharisekent.com and following her @skentcoach.

In a world where kids prefer texting over talking, are they learning the skills to succeed in life? Todd and Evan talk with Michele Borba, award-winning author of 22 parenting and educational books including UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About- Me World. Dr. Borba says teens are 40 percent less empathetic than 30 years ago. This hurts their ability to collaborate, innovate, and solve problems. In this episode, learn how parents can cultivate empathy in their children.

You can find out more about Michele at www.micheleborba.com and following her @micheleborba.

Do you have a library card? If so, when was the last time you used it? There are amazing changes taking place in public libraries, and they help students preparing for the world of work. Evan and Todd talk with Oli Sanidas, Director for Digital and Library Material Services, Arapahoe Library District, Colorado. He was named a 2015 Mover and Shaker for Education by the Library Journal. Oli describes how libraries provide rich environments to explore, fail, create, and learn. He develops creativity through maker spaces with 3D printing and laser cutters and audio, and video editing. Library patrons learn about the latest technologies and how to apply them. Does that sound like the library you remember?

Common advice shared on "The Money JAR" is to save money early and save it often. But how should you plan for you financial future? As a young adult in his 20s, our producer Alex has a lot of money questions but not many answers. In this episode, show hosts Evan and Todd provide friendly guidance to Alex in an attempt to improve his financial life now and in to the future. They advise him how to best choose and use credit cards and how to set aside and invest money for retirement.

"You can accomplish anything you set your mind to" is the advice epitomized by guest Colin O'Brady. Colin battled life-threatening injuries to become a professional endurance athlete. Incredibly, he shattered the world record for scaling the tallest mountain on each continent and skiing to the North and South Poles. Evan and Todd discover what motivates Colin and share his message to all people as they pursue their dreams. For more information, go to beyond72.com and follow Colin at @beyond_72.

We all want to raise our children to be successful. So what are the steps to help them become entrepreneurs and start the next billion dollar tech company? Todd and Evan explore this question with Alexandra Samuel, author of Work Smarter with Social Media and writer of the Wall Street Journal article, "How to Raise the Next Mark Zuckerberg." Alexandra advocates that children should become familiar with social media before age 13 and shares how kids can set up practice business ventures.

For more information, go to alexandrasamuel.com and follow her at @awsamuel.

Running a lemonade stand is one of the most traditional ways for kids to start a business. In this episode, we hear from 10-year old Jack Bonneau, the founder and CEO of Jack's Stands. He is putting a new twist on the lemonade stand business and scaling it up for use by other kids. Todd and Evan talk with Jack about what motivates him at such a young age and how he is dealing with the challenges of running his own business. For more information, go to jacksstands.com.

In this episode, we continue our series on how technology is changing the world of work for our next generation, and reinforce the idea that young people need to be adept at learning new technologies and new skills. We give an overview of 3D printing and how it is advancing by talking with Wes Twigg, Senior Research Analyst at Pacific Crest Securities. As a follow-up, we then talk with high school teacher Ryan Hooser and students Carson Heideman, Zachariah Weber and Jude Andrew. They discuss how 3D printing is changing education and their futures.

Hosts Todd and Evan talk with Adam Garner, Campaigns Manager for DoSomething.org, an organization that has inspired over 5,000,000 teens to find their passion and work for social change. Adam reveals how volunteer work for a cause bigger than yourself can create meaningful results for others while developing personal and professional skills that can be helpful throughout life.

Technology is changing the world of work for our children. For instance, most jobs for today's middle school students haven't been invented yet. Students need to be adept at learning new technologies and new skills. In this episode, we give an overview of virtual reality and where it's headed, talking with Wes Twigg, Senior Research Analyst for Pacific Crest Securities.

Then we talk with ITech Prep Middle School Social Studies Teacher John Zingale and students Abigail (Abi) Evanson, Shelby Fisher, Garrett Howell, and Weston Goff who are developing a virtual reality tour for Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

For more information, please visit itechfvvr.org #FVvr