Thinking

January 29, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

Paull Young, Director of Digital for charity: water, was one of our fantastic 2013 speakers at the annual We First Brand Leadership Summit. In a nutshell, charity: water is a nonprofit organization with a mission to bring clean and safe drinking water to every person on the planet. But what makes charity: water remarkable from […]

January 3, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

It’s always fun to review the year and see which stories resonated most. Taken together they represent a landscape of the community’s focus and what will shape 2014. Here are the Top Ten posts of 2013 from the We First blog and we’re excited and committed to provide insights that support your brand and its …

December 27, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

It’s official: Pre-registration is now open for the 2014 We First Brand Leadership Summit which will be held Oct 7-8 in Beverly Hills at the beautiful SLS Hotel. And to celebrate the end of a fantastic 2013, we have a very special gift for you: Buy your ticket for We First ’14 before Jan 31st …

October 4, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

Bring up the topic of failure, and most people steer the conversation back to success. But not Starbucks environmental impact director Jim Hanna, who challenged corporations and nonprofits to be “hyper-transparent” about their social impact in a speech at the We First Social Branding Seminar in Los Angeles last week. “Hyper-transparency is a must. It’s not something we …

September 4, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

It’s never been easier for large corporations to kill their brands quickly. Emboldened by examples as far ranging as Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks – and armed with connective technology that allows them to communicate and organize themselves in unprecedented ways – customers now demand greater transparency, authenticity and accountability from brands in return for …