If you’re launching a startup today, your best bet is to build on top of a widely adopted platform — Facebook, anyone? — rather than try to rally users to a completely new site. That’s the smart course LeaAnna Hernandez took with MyMic, a still largely undiscovered app (2,797 Likes) that lets anyone on Facebook […]
Events
NCVS 2011, Animoto style
I’m a longtime fan of Animoto, the site that lets you create rockin’ photo slide shows with a little effort some good visuals to work from.
Last week I spent four days at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, but thunderstorms cut short my seeing much of New Orleans.
Latino 2.0: Delivering on the promise
Juan A. Sepúlveda, Jr., director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, spoke at Latino 2.0 on Saturday. Ispent a few hours Saturday at Latino 2.0, a gathering that celebrates Latino business, entrepreneurship and community leaders in the age of digital/social engagement. Originally planned as a big conference in Los Angeles […]
First Weekend Club: Supporting independent film
At Media That Matters, the extraordinary gathering of media activists and documentary filmmakers in Hollyhock on the remote British Columbia isle of Cortes Island last month, I spent some time with Anita Adams, founder and executive director of the First Weekend Club and one of the coolest people I’ve met this year. Watch, download or […]
Social media, tech & marketing events: June
At an IABC event (photo by Shel Holtz). Here’s our roundup of social media, tech and marketing conferences and events for the month of June. Lots of great gatherings on tap. For the full year, see our full Calendar of 2011 social media, tech and marketing conferences. We’ve also published a roundup of nonprofit […]