Chris Abraham discusses the two forms of Social Media Isolationism (or Social Media Agoraphobia): invitational and exclusionary. Find out why it’s essential to get out of your comfort zone, and expand your natural base.
Politics
Arianna Huffington on politics and fear
Icaptured a few nice photos of Arianna Huffington, founder and editor of the Huffington Post, last night at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, where she gave an hourlong talk in conversation with Raj Patel, answered audience questions and then signed copies of her new book, Third World America.
The Huffington Post has had a remarkable trajectory over the past five years.
Highlights of Personal Democracy Forum 2010
I’m back from a week in New York, where I co-presented a Mobilize Your Cause Bootcamp, spoke on a panel at Personal Democracy Forum, met with clients and sat in on a number of thought-provoking sessions. Here are a few observations and juicy bits: Here’s my Flickr photo set of PdF. For whatever reason, there were significantly fewer cameras and video cameras at this event than any other conference I’ve attended in the past year.
Howard Dean: ‘The Internet puts politicians out of business’
Howard Dean on Internet disrupting politics from JD Lasica on Vimeo. One highlight of the three-day Fortune Brainstorm:Tech conference, which just wrapped up in Pasadena, came when Howard Dean, former presidential candidate and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, began riffing on the Internet’s impact on national politics. Some highlights from the 11-minute video: […]
Welcome to the empowerment age
John Eckman at Open Parenthesis: Welcome to the empowerment age.