technology
William Allen is the Head of Strategy at Behance and a founding teacher of Social Media Week’s School of Emerging Media & Technology (see his class here) and a generally amazing person. His goal is to help professionals who are skilled at their craft but may lack business skills by providing them with practical tips and…
Our twitter lists are growing, our networks are exploding, we’re losing track of our LinkedIn contacts, and we’re trying to manage who sees what of our very published lives. We’re more connected than ever. In turn, our worlds have become overrun by numbers – likes, friends, retweets, follows. It takes the most dedicated among us…
Thanks to your incredible support and Nokia’s matching grant, we are thrilled to announce our goal of sending 25 youth to Summer Tech Camp has been met. Together, we raised over $21,000 to send these kids on an unforgettable experience that can have a lasting impact on their lives. Each summer, CI students participate in…
Many of you who attend Social Media Week are probably aware of the growing skills gap that exists in today’s workplace. Social and digital media are evolving at a rapid pace, and we need better education resources that can help us keep up. Today, we offer a solution. We are excited to announce Social Media…
The issue of access to technology education is a socio-economic problem that we are becoming increasingly aware of. The skills of knowing how to use technology and being adept at its uses is invaluable to professional and personal developmental success, and these skills shouldn’t be just the domain of the privileged few. At Social Media…
The 2012 Communicating the Museum Conference is starting in 3 days (28 June), but some of the speakers are already around (can’t blame them – NYC is gorgeous). I managed to talk with one of them, Jackson Pellow, from the Australian National Maritime Museum. We talked about how to conquer the international museum audiences with quirky videos. Find out…
I don’t know how often you can see heads and senior curators of The Met, Guggenheim, MoMA, Louvre Paris and Abu Dhabi, The British Museum and even the newly open Mathaf (a real gem in the modern art museums family) together on one stage, but at CTM this is the norm. But you may not…
Today, we’re proud to spotlight one of our Global Technology partners, Event Espresso, the premiere event registration and management plugin for WordPress that allows you to turn your existing blog or website into a fully featured event management website. Event Espresso is the powering force behind the new Social Media Week global event system, which…
With the plethora of real-time news around us, it’s hard to keep up. In our new weekly series, we’ve compiled some of the biggest news items of the week in various sectors. Catch up, and send us your tips for next week’s edition! People & Society Talking about governments, society and individuals impacting the world:…
“In London tonight, all the police cells are full” BBC TV News It’s the fourth consecutive night of rioting and there are an unprecedented 16,000 officers on the capital’s streets. Last night and today law abiding Londoners reacted in the way they know best – with humour. …and here’s the picture: The hashtag #LondonRiots starts…