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Share Photo Courtesy of jsindal on Flickr Two weeks ago Junior Seau, one of the NFL’s most beloved, cheery and charismatic athletes, took his own life. In support of the American Psychological Association’s Mental Health Blog Party as part of May is Mental Health Month, I would like to take a few paragraphs to [...] May 16th, 2012 | Tags: communication, cultural competency, mental health, mental health blog day, social change, Social Marketing, stigma | Categories: Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share Source: New America Foundation website Last week, I attended a seminar hosted by Future Tense — a partnership between the New America Foundation, Arizona State University and Slate magazine — called, “Feeding the World While the Earth Cooks.” The sensationalized title appropriately set the stage for a day’s worth of impassioned dialogue addressing a litany [...] April 20th, 2012 | Tags: agriculture, behavior change, climate change, communicators, Feeding the World While the Earth Cooks, food, Future Tense, Mark Hertsgaard, New America Foundation | Categories: Social Issues, Social Marketing
Leave a comment | Share: Share In early January, one of my favorite radio programs, “This American Life,” aired its most popular episode to date. A first-person chronicle condemning Apple’s supply chain, the episode is anchored by Mike Daisey’s story of a 2010 visit to Chinese factories where many popular Apple products are made. Source: Lazurite Daisey spoke with 12- and 13-year-old [...] March 22nd, 2012 | Tags: American Public Media, Apple, china, chine, communicators, correspondent, editorial, episode, fact checking, Foxconn, iPad, iPhone, Ira Glass, journalism, Marketplace, media, Mike Daisey, newspaper, PR industry, public relations, radio, radio program, retract, Rob Schmitz, social change, story, This American Life | Categories: Design & Editorial, Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share George Clooney arrested for civil disobedience after protesting at the Sudan Embassy in Washington Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Actor George Clooney was arrested today in Washington, D.C. Clooney; his father, Nick Clooney; Martin Luther King, III; NAACP President Ben Jealous; Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.); Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and former Rep. Tom Andrews (D-Mass.) were [...] March 16th, 2012 | Tags: Ann Curry, barack obama, Ben Jealous, clooney arrest, Enough Project, George Clooney, international relations, Jim McGovern, Jim Moran, Martin Luther King III, Media Relations, media strategy, NAACP, Nick Clooney, Policy Communications, social change, strategic communications, Sudan, Sudanese Embassy, Tom Andrews, Vanguard | Categories: Event Planning, Integrated Media Services, Policy Communications, Social Issues, Social Marketing
Leave a comment | Share: Share Today and tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 11, InSites will be covering American University’s Center for Social Media’s Media That Matters 2012 Conference. The conference brings together socially-engaged media makers to discuss this year’s theme, “Change for Good.” Throughout the conference, InSites will highlight campaigns, partnerships and strategies that use creativity, innovation and communications savvy to create a lasting [...] February 10th, 2012 | Tags: American University, campaigns, Center for Social Media, Change for Good, communications, conference, creativity, Facebook, innovation, InSites, live blog, media, Media That Matters, partnerships, PR, public relations, strategies, Twitter | Categories: Alliance Building, Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Social Issues, Strategic Planning
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