Social Media Week
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Kaitlin Carpenter. You can discover a little more about Kaitlin here. At nearly every Social Media Week event I attended, I was inspired! Invigorated! Infused with new ideas and motivated to bring the same levels of awesomeness to my own work. But I also found myself thinking,…
#SMWWDC: A Whirlwind of Value
Written by member of the SMWWDC Editorial Team, Jenifer Joy Madden. You can discover a little more about Jenifer here. With its Social Media Week, iStrategylabs again exploded “normal” by re-creating conference as a concept. Looking back on each packed day, the word plethora falls short as I reach for a superlative to express the breadth…
Since the record turnout of minority and young voters in 2008, there has been a wave of new laws that block access to the ballot box. The Brennan Center for Justice estimates that more than five million voters may be disenfranchised by the voting law changes. The most onerous restriction requires voters to present government-issued…
What happens when you invite smart people to brainstorm on how to jumpstart a startup? Ideas happen. That was the idea behind the Startup Telepresence Roundtable organized by DJ Saul, Vice President of New Ventures for iStrategyLabs. The event was held at the AT&T Innovation Center. The startups were in four cities – New York, San Francisco,…
On the fourth day of Social Media Week DC Edelman hosted “facebook for your Advocacy Campaign” #fbadvocacy @EdelmanDC. Facebook DC’s Associate Manager, Policy Katie Harbath @katieharbath; Edelman Senior Vice President David Almacy @almacy; DCI Group’s Vice President, Digital Strategy Julie Germany @JulieG ; and Edelman’s Vice President, Grassroots Enterprise Nate Bailey @NateBailey11 conversed with attendees about the incredible potential Facebook has to empower activists to positively affect…
On the first night of Social Media Week DC, Baratunde Thurston ( @baratunde ) asked a full house at The National Press Club one of life’s most urgent questions. So, when did you first realize you were black? The DC native, Director of Digital for The Onion and co-founder of Jack & Jill Politics, @baratunde explores black epiphany…
