Brenda Foster posted this on April 28th, 2010
My almost-teenager demonstrates what a new study from the Pew Research Center confirms–youth ages 12-17 aren’t using e-mail anymore. Headlines earlier this week focused on the hundreds of texts that teens send daily, but I found their lack of e-mail use even more fascinating. The study showed that 58 percent of teens text, while only 11 percent use e-mail. In fact, more teens are using landlines (33 percent) than e-mail. Is e-mail the new snail [...]
Chris Connelly posted this on April 27th, 2010
I’m getting ready to live blog from the Progressive Communicators of Washington, D.C. event at WWF on mobile communications tactics for progressive communicators.
UPDATE: The live event has concluded. The archived video of this panel discussion is available here:
Presenters (left to right): Jeff Lee; Jed Alpert, Mobile Commons; Rachel Labruyere, Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign; Ron [...]
Chris Connelly posted this on April 22nd, 2010
Happy 40th Anniversary Earth Day!
Twenty years ago, Vanguard Communications provided communications support for Earth Day 1990, culminating with the first national Earth Day rally in Washington, D.C. With 350,000 attendees, it was an overwhelming success, and it began a tradition that continues to this day, with the Climate Rally on the National Mall, scheduled for [...]
Chris Connelly posted this on March 1st, 2010
Marian Anderson: Barrier-Breaking Contralto
March 2010
Marian Anderson
Barrier-Breaking Contralto
“When I sing, I don’t want them to see that my face is black. I don’t want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.” – Marian Anderson
Born in the heart of Philadelphia, Marian Anderson rose from [...]
Brenda Foster posted this on January 25th, 2010
Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office
The Washington Post reports that 20 percent of people may not participate in the 2010 census, even though they are legally obligated to do so. According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, many respondents said they are too busy or uninterested to fill out [...]