Max Gladwell

Social media in plain English. An analogy for understanding the transformation. The following video from CommonCraft gives a quick overview of how social media is changing the business and consumer landscape. If we had to pick an ice cream flavor for Max Gladwell, it would be a mix of Rocky Road and Peanut Butter Cup.

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A dozen ways to make more healthy and ethical buying decisions: Greener One, Giving Pal, Alonovo, Amazon Green, KnowMore, EcoPerks, OsoEco, Gigoit, Freecycle, Giveness, Green Home and (RED). Let’s be clear: we’re not going to shop or spend our way out of this mess. And by “this mess” we mean the triple threat of a [...]

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Editor’s note: Originally posted on Sustainablog.org. If you’re reading this blog, then you’re on board with social media. There’s a good chance you belong to social networks like Facebook or MySpace. It’s likely that you Digg stories and even possible that you Twitter. These technologies and services, together with a growing number of others, make [...]

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Popular tech blog, ReadWriteWeb, discovers the nexus of social media and green living We’re detecting a powerful trend, one that inspired us to launch Max Gladwell and jump feet first into it. ReadWriteWeb posts today about “How to Use Social Media for Social Good”. The author, Sarah Perez, is clearly tracking some of the same [...]

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Disaster Relief is added to SocialVibe’s list of causes Within the past month Asia has experienced grave tragedies including the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China claiming 34,073 lives and injuring 245,209 more, and the Myanmar cyclone that counts its current death toll at 78,000 and an estimated 56,000 still missing. As the long [...]

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