The Pope Joins the New Social Media!

For those of you who are not convinced that the new social media is here to stay, you will be interested to learn that the Pope joins other world’s leaders like Barack Obama in the social media revolution.  The new digital generation has expanded to include the 81-year-old Pope who launched his  YouTube channel today. [...]

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Lessons for Business Leaders from Obama

Yesterday, most of us felt like we were witnessing history unfold. Obama’s speech was riveting, hopeful, inspiring and even spine-tingling. It occurred to me that his many profound messages, though not necessarily new, have often been forgotten, especially in the face of today’s severe economic crisis. While his comments were developed to address a nation [...]

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New Social Media – is it Creating Social Transformation?

Can we really create a social consciousness revolution? We finally have the tools, but will we use them wisely?
There is a lot of talk today about the new social media, which includes: YouTube, Wikipedia, facebook, Delicious, MySpace, blogs, or the Smartboards that are bringing the transformative potential of the Internet into our children’s classrooms. It [...]

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The 5 Stages of Coping with the Recession – Shock, Assessment, Plan, Support, Rebuild

The current recession and the ensuing loss of jobs and financial insecurity can be very scary, if not devastating, especially given the size and scope of this economic downturn. It seems it is all everyone is talking about. And most marketing executives are not expecting the economy to improve until 2010, according to a survey [...]

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