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August 24, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

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 for this year’s event is “Mind Full Media” and the conference is designed to answer […]

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 for this year’s event is “Mind Full Media” and the conference is designed to answer …

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Filed Under: Brands, Community, Conferences, Creativity, Future, Purpose, Social, Technology, Thinking, Values, We First Tagged With: Brands, Causes, Community, Creativity, Future, Online communities, Social change, Social media, Values, We First

August 19, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

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 was instrumental in President Barack Obama’s 2008 social media campaign. There are three key reasons …

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Filed Under: Brands, Community, Creativity, Future, Non-profits, Social, We First Tagged With: Brands, Community, non-profits, Online communities, Social change, Social media, We First

July 20, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

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 the emphasis from place to people by simply enabling people to say “thank you.” What’s …

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July 10, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

http://youtu.be/pXtlCjG5_Wk 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 recently had the pleasure of speaking to Connie Burke, of General Motors North Central …

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Filed Under: Advertising, Brands, Causes, Community, CSR, Future, Non-profits, Philanthropy, Social, Thinking Tagged With: Brands, Causes, CSR, Future, Marketing, non-profits, Online communities, Social change, Values

June 27, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

http://youtu.be/UYGqUeIfelg I recently had the great pleasure of chatting with Maril MacDonald, CEO of Gagen MacDonald, who is spear-heading a truly exciting new leadership program called, ‘Let Go and Lead.’ Any transformative shift in the way business must start with new leadership. Here’s what Maril had to share about the project. SM: Hi, I’m Simon …

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Filed Under: Causes, Community, Creativity, Future, Leadership, Purpose, Thinking, Values Tagged With: Causes, Community, Creativity, Online communities, Social change, Values

June 14, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

There is perhaps no group that stands to benefit more from the pervasiveness of social media than non-profits. This is because social media enables non-profits to distribute their message more easily and amplify awareness of the worthy causes they support. It goes further than that. The social business marketplace is effectively forcing brands to engage …

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