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Listening To The Super-Charged "Change Generation"

Each generation throughout history is a change generation. And yet, what is coming next is big. Here's how to start a conversation with the digital natives. READ»

Five Ways To Friend The Class Of 2015

Over the next few weeks millions of incoming college students will make the trek to college as the head of their own households for the first time, creating a massive opportunity for brands to create lifelong loyalties for first-time decision makers. Learn five ways to friend the Class Of 2015 from the brands that are getting it right.READ»

Likeonomics: How To Make Your Brand More Believable

The most likable brands are the ones that we believe in, talk about, and get inspired by. In a society of constant manipulation, there are seven key ways to overcoming the “believability” crisis. READ»

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What Businesses Can Learn From Innovations In Education

The goal of the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit is exploring the power of entrepreneurs to transform public education for underserved children. But the ideas for supercharging education have benefits that go way beyond the classroom. READ»

The Future-Forward Company Called "L"

Talia Frenkel is a photographer who created "L"--a condom company with a cause, to support women globally by focusing on their health, wellness, and sexual empowerment. Buy one of L's sustainable condoms, and one goes immediately to AIDS affected areas and the women living in these areas, promoting and sharing 'the love' around the globe.READ»

Innovative Nature: Baking Biomimicry In

Mother Nature has a product development process we would do well to emulate, she has in effect solved many sustainable design questions already if we examine her systems. READ»

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Expanding Innovation: The Beginning of B-2-B User Experience

"We are moving from a post-industrial commodity production and product design focus to social innovation infiltrated design that taps into insights about the prevalent and emerging values and true needs of the user, the people."READ»

Fashion Icon Turned Business Mogul on Swimming With the Sharks

Daymond John and I talk about the history of the FUBU brand, what it meant for hip-hop and fashion at large, his books... and what social media has done for the brands in his empire.READ»

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The Future Is Co-Mingled Sensation and Co-opted Dreams

We are, more and more, outsourcing our minds. Increasingly, the web of organic computation said to encompass human consciousness is distributing itself in a decentralized fashion, expanding outward, beyond the biological brain.READ»

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Citysumer Innovation: Miami Does Art Basel

Urban areas are reinventing and reinvigorating themselves. With a focus on URBAN BOOM, URBAN MIGHT, and the spread of URBANE values, the future is about the city.READ»

AOL Buys The Huffington Post for $315 Million

The deal was announced early this morning and will integrate AOL content while forming The Huffington Post Media Group.READ»

Old Media Beware: Blogs Rely on Cleverer Tech, Leverage Social Media, Making Bloggers More Money

We know blogs are growing up, but the annual State of the Blogosphere Report is giving us some clues how: They're relying on more sophisticated tech to run, and leveraging social media to give them a PR leg-up to compete with traditional media. The upshot: More money than ever for bloggers.READ»

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ATTENTION: This Guy Knows His Stuff

I've known Jim Kukral ever since I met him at BlogWorld a few years ago; and I can easily say that I've been a fan ever since. The world of internet marketing (read: making money online) can, at times, be a thinly veiled popularity contest. In the years that I've known Jim, I've never gotten that vibe from him. So, when he told me he was writing a book...READ»

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents TechnoCRAFT: Design in the Age of Individuality – Hackers Modders, Fabbers and Tweakers

"Bored with mass-production? Scared of cultural globalization? Emotionally disconnected from what you consume? Designers around the world are using technology to fight back and create a new economy based on craft, individualization ...READ»

Online, Mobile Ad Spending Explodes, Threatens Traditional Media?

Some thinking about online advertising spend in 2010 suggests that this year it's going to see serious growth, which is fabulous news for new media. But it's potentially bad news for traditional publishing. The analysis is coming from ...READ»

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Survey Reveals U.S. Tweets and Blogs More Than Any Other Nation

A research company has been looking at who around the world writes blogs, and who uses Twitter for social networking. The results may surprise you: Almost a third of bloggers are in the U.S., yet over 50% of Twitterers are ...READ»

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Growing In Collaboration

Cindy Romaine and I met at Nike when we both worked in the Design Resources Group. She, Kevin Carroll and I continue to connect and work together in the betterment of all we do, for and within the ...READ»

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Social Network Interview with Loic Le Meur

Interviewed here is noted social media entrepreneur Loic Le Meur, Founder and CEO of social application Seesmic and the number one Internet conference, LeWeb. Loic spoke this May to the Social Media Club Miami, discussing his career ...READ»

Yahoo Buys Associated Content, Scores 380,000 Freelancers and Boatloads of Cheap Content

Yahoo just announced that they've acquired Associated Content, a startup that produces lots and lots of freelancer-contributed content on the cheap. READ»