Posted on April 11, 2008 by 40brown
While searching for a different Ted Talk, I came across this one. It is a fascinating example of how technology can be adapted for different purposes. But I love that in the end the speaker, Johnny Lee, credits online video distribution for the spread of his product. It only took 5 months to go from [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by 40brown
Thanks to my mentor, Jackie Judd, I’m attending the Association of Health Care Journalists annual conference.
I’ll be live blogging again - to follow along, click here.
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by 40brown
I love this video for several reasons-
It highlights the incongruity between media presentation and reality
It gives example of the “power of the masses”
It mentions online volunteering!
All of that, and its well made!
Filed under: Communications, advocacy, networks, social media | Tagged: American, burqa, conflict, crowd sourcing, democracy, distortion, fear, Iraq, mass media, middle east, motion graphics, muslim, online volunteering, peace, Politics, stereotypes, video, Video Advocacy, war, women | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2008 by 40brown
What do Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama and Oscar Morales of northern Colombia have in common?
They all use FaceBook (with varying success) to call people to action. But Morales has had far greater success than either of the Democratic candidates.
Earlier this year, Morales created the FaceBook group, One Million Voices Against the FARC and used [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by 40brown
From the Peace and Security initiative:
“From Electrons to Elections” policy guide is a non-partisan resource designed to educate young voters on science, technology, and health issues and provide them with the platforms of the leading political candidates on these subjects. It engages students on the issues through interactive technologies including blogging, YouTube videos, and [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by 40brown
I am very happy to report that I’ll be attending the Intercultural Management Institute’s conference on March 13 and 14. I am looking forward to many interesting panels and workshops.I’m also excited to try live blogging for the first time. I’ll be using www.coveritlive.com ’s application. I hope you join in!
To follow along, click here.
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Posted on February 14, 2008 by 40brown
Social causes and media have a long history, and nonprofits have become well acquainted with the use of media to further their causes. Beyond typical public relations, nonprofits have increasingly turned to documentaries to help tell their story and get the issues they care about out into the public dialogue.
But at the Making Your Media [...]
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