Do you have to ask someone's permission before posting their photo?
How can you tell if something on the internet is true?
What should you do if you see someone bullying a friend online (or #IRL)?
In a series of fun stories, innovator, inventor, social entrepreneur, and upstanding digital citizen Trisha Prabhu goes through the hows, the whats, and the whys of digital citizenship, showing readers how to lead with kindness and stop internet hate.
For people who are just getting their first phone to others who have been scrolling, swiping, clicking and posting for years, this book makes us all consider what our role is in the digital world and how, together, we can make it a force for good.
As a CEO and social entrepreneur, Trisha has received worldwide acclaim in the business world. In 2016, President Obama and the U.S. State Department invited Trisha to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, to showcase her work and share her story with other entrepreneurs. Not long after, ReThink(TM) was featured on ABC's hit TV show, Shark Tank. In 2019, ReThink(TM) was the winner of Harvard University's President's Global Innovation Challenge & Harvard College's i3 Innovation Challenge. Trisha is the first ever Harvard College freshman to win the Harvard University's President Innovation Grand Prize.
Trisha has also been honored with awards and recognition for her ingenuity in inventing, building, and launching ReThink(TM). For her research and scientific inquiry, Trisha was named a 2014 Google Science Fair Global Finalist. She was awarded the 2016 MIT INSPIRE Aristotle Award, as well as the 2016 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois High School Innovator Award. She has the esteemed distinction of showcasing and sharing her ReThink(TM) technology at the White House Science Fair at the invitation of President Obama.
For her advocacy, public service, and commitment to leading an anti-cyberbullying movement, Trisha was selected as a 2015 Global Teen Leader by the We Are Family Foundation, conferred the 2016 WebMD Health Hero of the Year Prodigy Award, and received the Anti-Bullying Champion Award by the International Princess Diana Awards, the Global Anti-Bullying Hero Award from Auburn University, and the Upstander Legacy Celebration Award from the Tyler Clementi Foundation. She is also a proud recipient of several other awards, including the Daily Points of Light Honor, awarded by the George H. W. Bush Foundation for extraordinary social volunteering and service.
Reshma Saujani is the founder of the nonprofit Girls Who Code.
.@TrishPrabhu is the 21-year-old inventor & CEO of the anti-bullying technology, @rethinkwords. So excited to chat with Trisha about her new book, ReThink the Internet: How to Make the Digital World a Lot Less Sucky. Join us May 31st! https://www.eventcombo.com/e/Virtual-Event-with-Trisha-PrabhuReThink-the-Internet-45687 https://t.co/Q7mJmZlhvq
Teacher. Writer. Speaker. Father. National Health Teacher of the Year. 📚 Books: https://t.co/eU3i0mhdAM 🎥 Videos: https://t.co/CWwlWXOl10
Reconnected with former student and fellow author @TrishPrabhu today! Trisha returned to Scullen to speak with our students about cyberbullying and her new book, “ReThink the Internet.” Highly recommend checking out her work with @ReThinkWords. Thanks for all you do, Trish! 🙌 https://t.co/9OoF0YLfBI
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Jill Santopolo at Philomel bought 'Rethink the Internet' by Trisha Prabhu, in a North American rights agreement brokered by Kristin van Ogtrop at InkWell Management. https://t.co/9qRwr9RurL
"ReThink the Internet is a must-read for all youth...as well their parents! Trisha Pradhu masterfully weaves together the real-life stories of those harmed in the cyber world and the positive actions needed to resolve those digital conflicts. The perfect family book [...] I encourage all families to read it together." -Jane Clementi, Co-Founder & CEO, Tyler Clementi Foundation