Over on my Fast Company Experts blog, I have issued a challenge. Here is what I wrote: I have come to the conclusion that most (maybe all) business and strategy books are useless. They over-generalize. They offer little value. I go in with such high expectations, based on reviews and descriptions, and am almost universally […]
Technology and the internet have given us greater control over our own media experience – what information we get and share, how we spend our time, and to whom we are connected. We are more diverse as a society, more informed as individuals, and more involved as communities. So what? This morning I read a […]
Czerina Patel is an inspiration. She spreads energy when talking about Yenza, a project about connecting people, building awareness and supporting change. “Yenza means ‘make’ or ‘do’ in Xhosa and Zulu languages”, said Czerina. She returned to work in South Africa -her birthplace- after a radio journalism career in New York. “Czerina explained that believes […]
Remember when The Times ran those profitable, short “liners,” commercial and personal ads, at the bottom of front-page news columns in the print editions? It took years for editors to get them off. Times change. See today’s homepage. BTB: I captured the musical iPhone animation with Jing, new software to grab images and video off […]
A few months back we asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards finalists to write about their projects, what they have learned along the way and what’s next. (Here’s the rest of the series). Somehow, amidst the flurry of conference preparations, this one slipped through our crack(ed) editorial process. But it’s important, so here […]
According to the CDC, roughly 20% of the American population, some 43 million people, smoke (and within that group 80% smoke every day). That number is down significantly from just a few decades ago, but the rate of decline has leveled off in recent years. Some attribute the slow-down to creative marketing tactics by the […]
WeMedia has been kind enough to offer us a place on their blog to keep their community updated about the progress of SeeClickFix.Com. We’ll be checking in here frequently, but here’s an update on new features, new relationships, and ways you can help spread the clicking. ___New Features____*Mobile Web VersionUse SeeClickFix from your smart phone […]
My daughter Amanda took the above photo in Nepal. The picture on the right is of my new granddaughter, Elizabeth Jane. I thought of them as I discovered The Girl Effect, a project from the Nike and UN Foundation that stunned global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The big idea: unlocking the […]
The first full day of WeMedia presented interesting challenges and opportunities regarding the state of new media, social change, and journalism. Conversations revolved around the future of traditional media, expanding the scope of social media companies to facilitate social change, how to more effectively run a business, how to reach target audiences, and more. As […]