I’ve been able to catch up on my blogs today, and wanted to put together some interesting, if topically disparate, posts that I came across:
Web 2.0 applications are coming, going, and denting companies’ reputations. See “Losing Face,” about how British Airways and Virgin Atlantic were dinged by their employee’s posts on Facebook, and then [...]
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Potpourri Friday
Posted in Aside from Business, Branding & Marketing, Business Ethics, Leadership, Politics, Principled Leadership, Women in Business, work-Life Balance on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
40th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassination
Posted in Aside from Business, tagged audio, civil rights, i have a dream, internet archive, martin luther king jr., mlk, speech on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. While America still faces many challenges to Martin’s dream, we can work together to make this dream a reality. Please follow this link to the Internet Archive to hear the streaming audio of MLK, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” [...]
Interactive Map of Post-Election Atrocities in Zimbabwe
Posted in Aside from Business, tagged Africa, atrocities, election, election conditions, human rights, International, pro-democracy, Zimbabwe on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Zimbabwe Civic Action Support Group, a group that has been promoting democracy in Zimbabwe and tracking the Zimbabwean election fallout, has an amazing website documenting current events in Zimbabwe. The documentation includes photos and a magazine, the Zimbabwe Election Watch. What really is catching most people’s eyes, however, is this interactive map that combines [...]