by Whitney | Sep 20, 2013 | business, community, Marketing, new media
1. Make sure everyone understands they are part of the team. Whether it’s a receptionist, a stock boy, a manager, or anyone in the store, make sure they know your mission and what you’re trying to get accomplished. 2. Everyone on the team should be...
by Whitney | Mar 11, 2013 | Discovery, education, new media, Uncategorized
I’ve been playing in the web/tech space for over 8 years now. Between learning how to podcast when the tools were more primitive and labor intensive, to hopping on social networks when they were still brand new, to cruising Kickstarter for new ideas and...
by Whitney | Jun 7, 2012 | blogging, Branding Your Busienss, business, community, Marketing, new media, social media
A friend of mine just posted about a new service called Scribit. After viewing the video, it seems to take posts from some big websites and allow them to repost them on your site and across social channels, keeping traffic directed at your site, not the content...
by Whitney | Feb 29, 2012 | community, economics, education, learning, new media, social media
Seth Godin put out an interesting manifesto on education yesterday, called Stop Stealing Dreams. It’s a free download and can be read online, printed, or read in any ebook format. I strongly recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in education. I...
by Whitney | Jun 17, 2011 | community, education, happiness, new media, social media
The one thing I’ve discovered after working in and around social media for nearly six years is that the image presented is not always all that it seems. If you look through the headlines, there are numerous accounts of folks getting into trouble because...
by Whitney | Apr 27, 2011 | community, economics, explanations, learning, new media, politics, Uncategorized
Part 1 of a Three Part Series on the New Economy and Disruption of the Middle Class and What Comes Next… Part 2: The Rise of the Individual Part 3: Implications for Our Kids and the Future This week, I read an interesting story in Newsweek magazine about...