Max Gladwell

The 11th way to change the world through social media: a coordinated and simultaneous multi-blog post. On May 12th, 2008, we published Ten Ways to Change the World Through Social Media as a guest post for Sustainablog. It was our first-ever guest post and came just six weeks after the launch of Max Gladwell. We [...]

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The confluence of events that lead to the serendipitous success of the #EcoMonday Twitter meme. The genesis moment for #EcoMonday was April 24th, 2009, at precisely 1:34 pm Pacific Time. We know this because Twitter keeps up-to-the-minute records of everything we Tweet and Retweet. It was a Friday, and a unique series of events would [...]

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Together with BlobLive, this is open-mic night for social entrepreneurs and green businesses. This Monday, May 18th, from 6:30 – 9:00 PM Pacific Time, you can attend or tune into BlobLive LA with Max Gladwell. If you’d like to attend, feel free to RSVP via Facebook. If you’d like to watch the live webcast, you [...]

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Citizen journalism, open government, status updates, community building, information sharing, crowdsourcing, and the election of a President. Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from [...]

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A San Francisco start-up is combining the principles of activism, capitalism, and social media. They call it Activism 2.0. But it could be much more. Virgance CEO Steve Newcomb is one of the most successful and savvy entrepreneurs of our generation. At 39, he’s been involved in building nine companies, creating over $3 billion in [...]

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