It surprises me how many people don’t know about the fabulous work being done by the Aspen Institute, the 59-year-old international nonprofit organization that works on environmental and economic concerns. It’s a sort of constantly evolving think tank perfectly suited for the new economy: The Aspen Institute convenes roundtables — in Aspen, Colo., Washington, DC, […]
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Top conferences coming right up
I have such an insane couple of weeks coming up that I need to blog it just to remember where I’ll be. (Here is the full calendar of 2009 tech and social media conferences.) But these are among the best of the year, right at our doorstep: NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology conference, NewComm Forum, Inbound Marketing […]
Girls in Tech: Empowering women in technology
Girls in Tech from JD Lasica on Vimeo. For years I’ve bemoaned the lack of women on stage at the scores of tech conferences and events I attend. Girls in Tech is out to change that. I caught up with founder Adriana Gascoigne and executive managing director Robyn Cohen at Web 2.0 Expo earlier this […]
Connecting with your community through Twitter
Using Twitter to engage the community from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Should news organizations be wary of social media? Or embrace it? I’ve been arguing the latter for years, and now there are beginning to be lots of examples of journalists using Twitter and other social media tools in smart ways to engage their local […]
NPR’s experiments with social media
NPR’s experiments with social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Andy Carvin, social media strategist for NPR.org, has spent the past several years experimenting with innovative approaches to the news. As the head of National Public Radio’s social media desk, he’s been given a sandbox to foster high-quality journalism using social tools in an age […]