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Wikileaks, Transparency, Responsibility, and Constructive Action

We’ve been having a really great conversation about the recent WikiLeaks incident on an informal Fletcherite group list, and I wanted to get some of the thoughts up that have been spiraling about, as well as refine my own thoughts.  For those I mention below, if they’ve got a blog, they’re well worth the follow so [...]

Digital Activism Decoded is Officially out on Amazon

You can find Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change on Amazon now.  My chapter is on the Digital Divide.

From Amazon:

Editorial Reviews
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This book is useful for the average reader interested in the phenomenon of digital activism, as well as digital activists like myself. . . . [T]his comprehensive guide to the growing phenomenon [...]

Digital Activism Decoded: Book available for download!

Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change is now available for download on the Meta-Activism Project website!

The hard copy will be available June 30th at  Amazon.com (You can pre-order it if you’d like to).

Be sure to also check our blog, as we have been and will continue to be posting chapter excerpts.

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A hand up: The importance of bringing girls along (Boston Herald article)

[This article was published on 1 January 2010 in the Boston Herald's business section as part of a series on the STEM efforts in Massachusetts]

One of Massachusetts’ most worthwhile and promising initiatives is the STEM program, which recognizes the state and nationwide need to develop the next generation of strong and skilled scientists and engineers in [...]

PINK Magazine: Your Customers are Talking to You. Are you Listening?

This article was written for PINK Magazine, published today.
How do you grow when consumers and clients are spending less? Maintain or increase marketing your business spending to get ahead of competitors who don’t, adjust your product portfolio, support your distributors, adjust pricing – all risky and challenging when cash flow is down.

Thanks to Web 2.0 [...]

Digital Activism Book: Chapter Abstract

I’m in the last stages of writing a chapter for a book on Digital Activism that’s being written by a really great group of colleagues, such as Patrick Meier, Gaurav Mishra, Mary Joyce, and Tim Hwang (among others).  I thought I’d lay out my outline for now, as I’m working through it.

Please let me know your [...]

DigiActive: R@D Digital Activism Survey

Our goal in creating this survey was to collect the first international demographic data on the new group we call “digital activists”: people who use digital technology as part of grassroots campaigns for social and political change. [...]

Strategy Magazine: Top 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Having been part of one failed start-up and having seen many start-ups fail around me, I’ve compiled a decent list of “what not to do” items. The following post in Strategy Magazine [...]

Mass High Tech: New media has something to teach the area’s universities

I’ve recently graduated from business school and entered the field of new-media marketing, yet I’m continually surprised that many of the ideas I’m faced with professionally every day had not been a part of my MBA curriculum — not a mention of new-media strategies, ideas or tools in any of my courses. There was no mention [...]