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Revolution 2.0: Google Marketing Exec Wael Ghonim And The Facebook Page That Changed The World

In Wael Ghonim's new book, "Revolution 2.0," he maintains that last year's movement in Egypt was a leaderless revolution. We recently spoke with Ghonim, who is in Cairo, still hard at work trying to improve the future for his people and his country. READ»

Civil Resistance Simulator Teaches Players To Topple Dictators

You say you want a revolution? Download the how-to video game for nonviolent change, now with a special Middle-Eastern edition to help continue the Arab Spring.READ»

Revolution At Work

Today in Washington, DC, I am working with Steve Denning, author of "The Leaders' Guide to Radical Management." We are leading a collaborative workshop that portends the coming revolution in the workplace, Revolutionizing the World of Work.READ»

Middle East Leadership Lessons

Social media plays a powerful role in the ongoing Middle East transformation. Wednesday I flew to Atlanta to discuss this with business relationship and social media expert, David Nour. He is Iranian born and the global thought ...READ»

Yemeni Journalist Offers Facebook and Twitter Access, Piercing Government Blocks

Alkasir makes access to Facebook and Twitter possible in the face of oppressive regimes' attempts to block them.READ»

Social Media Does More Than Support Revolutions

News media and the blogosphere have been filled with the argument that the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt were made possible by Twitter and Facebook. It's a compelling argument. But Egypt and Tunisia are the just the beginning of a new order of things.READ»

Kenneth Cole's Tone-Deaf Tweet! Vodafone's Coerced Texts! Salad Dressing Drug Charges! Business Misadventures in Egypt Multiply

As a revolution unfolds, the forwardly fashionable, mobile operators, and even a purveyor of health foods have been caught up in Egypt's current chaos.READ»

How Social Media Accelerated the Uprising in Egypt

Did Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube send people out into the streets? Of course not. Did they speed up the process of protest? Absolutely.READ»

Will Syria's Revolution Be Organized... on Facebook?

Tunisia has been overthrown. Egypt is tottering. Now Facebook pages are calling for protests to begin in Syria later this week.READ»

Find the Revolution Before It Finds You

Ray Davis, president and CEO of Umpqua Holdings, is one of my favorite CEOs. He's done something few leaders ever do -- figured out how to stay ahead of the transformations in technology, markets, and culture that have shaken his competitorsREAD»

Seven Movies to Quell the Iranian Revolution, and Seven That Won't

State media masters in Iran are running a Lord of the Rings marathon to keep people occupied. What other movies could work? And which ones to avoid?READ»

The Dark Side of Twittering a Revolution

The same technologies that have allowed for a potential democratic revolution in Iran could emerge just as readily in support of something far more sinister.READ»

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To the Barricades - - With Ogden?

You know the agitators in any revolution always put up posters and banners to make their point to the public (and to anger the authorities too, of course!). In a Los Angeles suburb last week a dry cleaner named Ogden struck just ...READ»