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Media That Matters Conference: "Small Acts Are Big Acts"

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Even though your issue may be important, the “Small Acts Are Big Acts” session at the Media That Matters Conference highlighted that it is difficult to have an impact without the help of the traditional press.

When trying to reach Israeli media about “Home Front,” a four-part documentary series about a neighborhood’s resolve in the [...]

Media That Matters Conference: Use Partnerships to Think Big

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“What don’t you know? What aren’t you good at?” asked Michelle Benham, associate producer at the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, at this morning’s Media That Matters Conference panel.

The panel’s theme, “Thinking Big,” was moderated by Pat Aufderheide and featured Benham discussing “Inside Story,” a feature film about HIV and how the virus works [...]

Stay Tuned: Live Updates from Media That Matters 2012 Conference

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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 [...]

InSites for the Future: 2012 Will Set A New Standard for Green/Sustainable Events

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This weekend people around the world will gather to celebrate one of the biggest events of the year, New Year’s Eve. To wrap up our InSites for the Future series, Vanguard’s event manager Scott LaLonde looks at the future of event planning.

2012 Will Set A New Standard for Green/Sustainable Events

Source: Convention Industry Council

Associations, government [...]

Living Page One

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I knew very little about Andrew Rossi’s documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times when I sat down in an E Street Cinema theater to see it with a group of my colleagues.  But I quickly discovered that Page One gives an unprecedented look at the inner workings of the Times’ legendary newsroom at a time in which the newspaper [...]