Social Change

On a personal note, I thought I would check out Better Blogging Brainstorming  – which started out about passion and blogging and why you should find an audience for what you care about. This session’s panel talked about experienced bloggers and their best tips for creating compelling content. Most of the speakers started out as writers before blogging was the ...

I am at the SXSW conference today, with the Interactive four-day meeting getting underway. To learn more about this meeting, I am turing to fellow blogger Bryan Zilar at webmonkey who interviews Shawn O’Keefe, SXSW conference coordinator, to introduce this meeting and tell you about some of the exciting new aspects and about the maturation of technology and social networks. ...

In the Global Ethics report I saw a piece on Wal-Mart seeking a Global Ethics Chief. Facing numerous class-action lawsuits and ire from its employees, and patrons Wal-Mart if finally looking to put a good face forward.  From a community standpoint it may be too late.  I’m in the middle of Doug Rushkoff’s ‘Get Back In the Box‘ and so ...

AdAge reporter Kris Oser covers: "NBC Universal has signed an agreement to buy the Web site iVillage for $600 million. The strategy is to open the women-centric village to the world at large. NBC Universal plans to ‘use a base that’s well-known for women as a way to start creating new, vibrant communities that go beyond women,’ says Beth Comstock, ...