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Tag Archives: Social change
Images and Voices of Hope Summit: Is media disconnecting us from ourselves?
August 24, 2011
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I’m really excited to be speaking at the Images and Voices of Hope world summit in September in New York. I wanted to share the event with you because it addresses what I think is a very important question. The theme …
Posted in Brands, Community, Conferences, Creativity, Future, Purpose, Social media, Technology, Thought leadership, Values, We First
Tagged Brands, Causes, Community, Creativity, Future, Online communities, Social change, Social media, Values, We First
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GOOD Magazine and Jumo: A powerful partnership for change
A new partnership emerged this week that is exciting on several levels. On Tuesday, Mashable announced that GOOD magazine had acquired the social networking platform for non-profits called Jumo that was started by Chris Hughes who helped to create Facebook and …
Posted in Brands, Community, Creativity, Future, Non-profits, Social Entrepreneurship, Social media, We First
Tagged Brands, Community, non-profits, Online communities, Social change, Social media, We First
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Blake Canterbury and BeRemedy: The power of social media and community combined
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Blake Canterbury, founder of BeRemedy.org, which is a smart new idea for using social media to enlist community support to solve problems within that community. here’s what he had to share. SM: Blake, …
Posted in Brands, Causes, Community, Consumers, CSR, Economy, Future, Leadership, Non-profits, Optimism, Philanthropy, Purpose, Social media, Social Networking, Thought leadership, Values, We First
Tagged Brands, Causes, Community, Consumers, CSR, Future, non-profits, Social change, Social media, We First
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Will social media tear the top down or lift the bottom up?
Over the last eighteen months we have seen a remarkable series of events that have been driven in part by social media. Protests during the Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as well as those that continue today in …
Posted in Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Community, Consumers, Economy, Future, Leadership, Optimism, Philanthropy, Purpose, Social media, Social Networking
Tagged Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Community, Consumers, Economy, Future, Social change, Social media, Values, We First
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Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good: Putting products to good use for others and themselves
Creating a shift in the practice of capitalism requires a re-framing of thinking and behavior. Often, when you talk exclusively about the changes in corporate thinking, people rightly ask for concrete, actionable examples. When you talk exclusively about practical examples …
Posted in Advertising, Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Consumers, Non-profits, Social media, We First
Tagged Capitalism, non-profits, Social change, Toyota
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We&Co: Unlocking the power of a simple ‘thank you’
I wanted to share a new app which I think makes a powerful statement about where the emphasis needs to be in the social business marketplace. It’s called We&Co and launched in Atlanta this week. Building on Foursquare’s API, We&Co shifts …
Posted in Brands, Causes, Community, Consumers, Creativity, Future, Social Networking, Thought leadership, Values, We First
Tagged Brands, Community, Creativity, Future, Online communities, Social change, Values, We First
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Brand/Cause partnerships: GMC & Invisible People – Part 2
In We First I promote brand and cause partnerships because they provide benefits to both parties. Building on Part 1 of this story that examined the benefits to brands, today we examine what is the benefit to a cause that partners …
Posted in Advertising, Brands, Capitalism, Causes, Community, CSR, Economy, Future, Non-profits, Social Entrepreneurship, Social media, Thought leadership
Tagged Advertising, Brands, Causes, Community, Future, non-profits, Social change
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Brand/Cause partnerships: GMC & Invisible People – Part 1
In We First I champion brand and cause partnerships because they provide benefits to both parties. So what is the value to a brand that supports a cause and what value does a cause find in such a partnership? I …
Posted in Advertising, Brands, Causes, Community, CSR, Future, Non-profits, Philanthropy, Social media, Thought leadership
Tagged Brands, Causes, CSR, Future, Marketing, non-profits, Online communities, Social change, Values
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