Topic: Harlem

Portrait of the Rapper as a Young Marketer: How K'naan Delivered on Coca-Cola's $300 Million Bet

Coca-Cola bet that an unknown Somali rapper could support its biggest marketing campaign ever. The company was right, and it may have launched a new star. Or not.READ»

• Two Versions of "Wavin' Flag"

Can Livestrong Survive Lance Armstrong and a Doping Scandal?

The world's most famous cancer survivor has been his foundation's biggest asset, even as it grew into an innovative force in health care. Now his legal troubles may make him a risk.READ»

• Built Strong: Measuring Livestrong's Revenue, Spending, Followers and Reach
• Meet Livestrong CEO Doug Ulman, the Most Savvy Health Care Leader in Social Media

A Generation of Emerging Designers Who Design With Purpose

This emerging generation of designers wants to do more than create handsome and functional products. It’s out to protect the environment, improve health, reform education, and empower communities.READ»

• 2010 Masters of Design

Fifteen Independent Spirits Using Web Video to Forge Their Way in Hollywood

Felicia Day blazed the trail. Here are 15 more creators using Web video to forge their way in Hollywood.READ»

Al Thompson Uses Web Video to Fill the Void in the Internet’s Heart

The creator of the Atom.com comedy Johnny B. Homeless will premiere his new drama Lenox Avenue this fall, which has already received critical praise, and features an impressive cast, including Michael K. Williams of The Wire. ...READ»

CSR: Right on Target

Today's The New York Times article, "Target's First Store in Manhattan Took a Decade of Wooing" describes how Target laid the groundwork to open a major new retail outlet in Harlem. According to the article, Target invested a decade ...READ»

Wyclef Jean Leaves His Own NGO to Prep for Haitian Prez Run

Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean has acknowledged officially that he'll run for president of Haiti, and he's leaving Yele Haiti, the NGO he created in 2005.READ»

CSR Corporate Leadership Meeting 2010: What They Said

"What struck me most today was Geoffrey Canada's and others' emphasis on the importance of data," observed Matthew Bishop, U.S. Business Editor of The Economist, and author, Philanthrocapitalism, in reference to today's tenth annual ...READ»

David Byrne on New Urbanism, Burning Down of Houses at CNU 18

If you were in the market for an introduction to the New Urbanism -- what is it for? what is it against? what is it about, really? -- your choices on the opening day of the Congress of the New Urbanism (CNU 18) were either a ...READ»

Boots on the Ground: Timberland CEO's View of Haiti, Wyclef Jean, Disaster-Inspired Innovation

Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz on adapting a mission in a time of crisis--and growing innovation from disaster.READ»

Infographic of the Day: Does Adding Teachers Improve Education?

This graph proves the complexity of educational reform.READ»

Stinking It Up: Lessons From a PR Failure

We had a big party, but got no buzz. Lessons from a PR failure.READ»

Social Enterprise + Preventative Healthcare + Service = Project HEALTH

College friends Rebecca Onie and Tara Abrahams followed their passions to address healthcare and poverty. Just over a decade after graduating from Harvard, each with a graduate degree now as well, they are leaders in social enterprise ...READ»

East Harlem School: Contemporary Design, at a Bargain Price

Peter L. Gluck and Partners have just completed a new school in New York--and gave back $500,000 to the board after finishing.READ»

Why Overhead Isn’t Evil in the Non-Profit World

Overhead is seen as the devil of the not-for-profit world. Here's why that conventional wisdom is wrong.READ»

Advancing Ethical Business Leadership

“Companies are both the cause and the solution of the biggest problems we face, including the financial crisis and climate change.  These are man-made commercial crises,” according to Devin Stewart, in a private interview this ...READ»

Pimping His Ride--and the Push to Cure a Fatal Disease

How a roadtrip for 12 buddies turned into a movie and a nationwide campaign to raise money for the battle against Duchenne muscular dystrophy.READ»

Seven Entertaining Things Online This Week

While kids in Harlem free their minds, kids in Britain are getting prosecuted for politically incorrect jokes. If that makes you lose all hope for the world, well, there's always the prospect of a long, isolated trip to the moon. On second thought, just go surfing, dream of 3G MacBooks, and kick back to some of the Internet's finest viral cat videos.READ»

Pioneering Women Who Are Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling Part 2

Shireen Mitchell, Founder of Digital Sisters/Sistas, Chair of the media and technology task force of the National Council of Women's Organizations (Geekette '84) and one of the founders of the Fem 2.0 Conference and Social Media ...READ»

Konior Jason

Fund Konior Jason One night I took my girlfriend to the famed Savoy Ballroom in Harlem to dance. I remember Erskine Hawkin's band was there, Erskine was famous for his record, "Tuxedo Junction." As we entered the Savoy, ...READ»

Towards a Unified Theory of Black America

March 20, 2005 Toward a Unified Theory of Black America By STEPHEN J. DUBNER oland G. Fryer Jr. is 27 years old and he is an assistant professor of economics at Harvard and he is black. Yes, 27 is young to be ...READ»

Schools That Think

Schools That Think By Sara Terry Loren Brinton graduates this June from the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning in Denver, Colorado. When he looks back on the events that shaped his four years of high school, he won't ...READ»

Staffing and Sustainability

Creating Stronger Staffs From Within: An Interview with Geoff Canada Originally published November 2006. ...READ»

The Divide by Paul Tough

The Divide The debate I wrote aboutyesterday, between the teachers-union wing of the Democratic Party and the pro-charter-school education-reform wing, is in some ways a symptom of a even deeper divide between two competing ...READ»

When Baseball Meets the Largest Cable Television Channel Launch in History

First, a bit of an introduction. As the president and founder of the Business of Sports Network, I have been working as a sports busness analyst for about a decade now. The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Basketball, The Biz of Hockey, ...READ»