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May 23, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

With the ability for people to tune in and ask questions from all over the world, G+ Hangouts are a certainly a powerful social technology worth exploring for your brand and community building efforts. We recently kicked off the first in a series of G+ Hangouts we’ll be hosting throughout 2013, and our featured guests […]

May 2, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

The unprecedented collision of global needs and personal hopes, of human emotion and social technology, of powerful brands and newly empowered consumers, has the potential to transform our world- and we are witnessing a historical transformation in which the private sector is slowly emerging as a 3rd pillar of social change. If you are interested in learning […]

March 11, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

Guest post from Gary Schwartz who keeps us up to date with the latest in the world of mobile from the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. To sum up Mobile World Congress 2013, I will borrow from Peter Marx, head of business development at Qualcomm Labs. Peter talks about an tendency for PTA or […]

January 14, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

Guest post by Ekatarina Walter, author of “Think Like Zuck.” The letter from Mark Zuckerberg that was included with Facebook’s May 2012 IPO prospectus begins by stating: “Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission – to make the world more open and connected.” Facebook’s IPO […]

January 11, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

This week I came across a great new app that elegantly combines the seemingly competing drives of self-interest and social good. In essence Oreoco allows individuals to align their lives with their personal values, and then track them to compete with peers to earn rewards. Oreoco is focused on sustainability. It lets you make a […]

December 5, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

JWTIntelligence has released its top ten predictions for 2013, each of which is worth reviewing and considering not just because all may be relevant to your business, but because all ten trends are connected in this increasingly complex social business marketplace. Consider for a moment how each of the following ten trends are related to […]