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3 facts that will shape the future of branding, marketing and social media

November 21, 2011 Comments


Havas Media just came out with an insightful new report entitled, “Meaningful Brands For A Sustainable Future.” One of the most telling aspects of the report was how it revealed the often-overlooked punitive side of the social business marketplace.  Specifically, …

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Why cause marketing is an inside job

November 16, 2011 Comments


Despite the wonderful work and contributions made by corporate foundations through their cause marketing campaigns, there is a fundamental obstacle that cause marketers must overcome if they hope to truly have the impact our world at scale and build the bottom-lines. This …

Posted in Advertising, Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Community, Consumers, Future, GENERAL, Leadership, Non-profits, Social Entrepreneurship, Thought leadership, Values | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

 

Doing well by doing good by the numbers

November 14, 2011 Comments


Making the business case for doing good is absolutely critical to meaningful shift in corporate behavior to address our current economic crises and build a better world. fortunately that is easier than ever thanks to great new research and resources being …

Posted in Advertising, Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Consumers, CSR, Future, Non-profits, Philanthropy, Purpose, Social media, Thought leadership, We First | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

 

Authors@Google: Simon Mainwaring, We First

October 24, 2011 Comments


I finally had the chance to visit Google, a business, brand and creative powerhouse I have admired for years. I spoke there about We First as part of their authors series. Everyone was super gracious and I now understand why …

Posted in Advertising, Books, Capitalism, Causes, Community, Consumers, Economy, Future, Globalization, Non-profits, Optimism, Philanthropy, Purpose, Social Entrepreneurship, Social media, Technology, Thought leadership, Values, Virtual Goods, We First | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

 

Mashable Social Good: How Three Pillars of Social Change are Using Social Media

September 29, 2011 Comments


Last week I had the privilege of speaking at the Mashable Social Good Summit. I wanted to share the video with you as many people had requested the slides and hearing the dialogue may help you use them most effectively. …

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Mashable Social Good: Building a Private Sector Pillar of Social Change

September 20, 2011 Comments


Mashable Slides View more presentations from Simon Mainwaring I had the real pleasure of speaking at Mashable Social Good yesterday. It was a hugely inspiring day with great presentations by Ted Turner of Turner Enterprises,  Alec Ross from the State …

Posted in Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Community, Consumers, Economy, Future, Mobile, Non-profits, Optimism, Philanthropy, Purpose, Social Entrepreneurship, Social media, Thought leadership, Virtual Goods, We First | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

 

Robert Tercek: This Week In Social Media

August 31, 2011 Comments


Robert Tercek kindly invited me on his new show ‘This Week in Social Media‘ last week. As one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content and former President of of Digital Media at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, …

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charity: water’s 5-year anniversary: Drilling for hearts of gold

August 25, 2011 Comments


This September marks the fifth anniversary for charity: water, and I’ve had the priviledge of knowing some of the people involved in the organization for much of that time. I first met its founder, Scott Harrison when he was out …

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About Simon Mainwaring

Simon Mainwaring is founder of We First, a social branding consulting firm that helps companies, non-profits and individuals use social media to build communities, profits and positive impact.

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