Posts Tagged ‘crisis’
How CrisisCommons Is Helping the Tech Community Help Others
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. The CrisisCongress took place last week in Washington, DC.
Should CEOs Be Fluent in Social Media? [INTERVIEW]
We had a chance to sit down with Forrester Research CEO George Colony at this year’s Forrester Marketing Forum to talk about whether or not CEOs should be engaged in social media. His morning keynote talk, “The Social CEO?”, presented a number of perhaps startling statistics about the number of top company CEOs versed in social media. The answer is largely “very few,” even among technology companies and even among the very nexus you’d expect to be involved: social tech companies
Should CEOs Be Fluent in Social Media? [INTERVIEW]
We had a chance to sit down with Forrester Research CEO George Colony at this year’s Forrester Marketing Forum to talk about whether or not CEOs should be engaged in social media.
How Social Media Helped Travelers During the Iceland Volcano Eruption
Shashank Nigam is the CEO of SimpliFlying.com , an award-winning blog on airline branding.
HOW TO: Donate to Chile Earthquake Relief Online
If you’re looking to pitch in to the relief effort for Chile after this morning’s massive earthquake, we’ve gathered some of the web’s best channels for humanitarian aid and reconstruction efforts. While the death toll is not expected to grow anywhere near the numbers of the Haiti quake, Chile will still require support for the many who are now homeless, and funds for the rebuilding of infrastructure. If you have the means, we encourage you to donate through one of the channels below.
Jason Mraz Twitter Account Hacked
With Twitter phishing attacks in the news last week, it’s perhaps unsurprising that musician Jason Mraz ( @jason_mraz ) has seen his Twitter account compromised today. Mraz’s account is currently sending out links to a Cost Per Action offers site that appears to add $9.99 to your phone bill if you follow through with the request. There’s some social engineering going on here too, with the Tweets reading: “Here is the quiz.

