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Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK
How to Change the World20 Jan 2012 | 10:46 amOver the past two weeks via my partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve provided templates of models for you to create enchanting PowerPoint pitches, Word business plans, and Excel financial models. They are all available for you to download from my SkyDrive account. I hope these documents and blog posts help you save a boatload of time and increase the quality of your efforts.I leave you with two sets of top ten lies: one of entrepreneurs and one of investors so that you know what not to say and what not to believe. Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs “Our projections are… -
Mass Effect 3 Gets iPad Version with Action-Packed ‘Infiltrator’ [PREVIEW]
Mashable!9 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amMass Effect 3 is coming to an iPad near you in the form of Mass Effect Infiltrator, an iOS game aimed at expanding the game’s narrative and give players some mobile combat. Infiltrator isn’t a direct port of the latest Mass Effect game. Unlike its big brother, a sci-fi role-playing game known for its first-person shooter gameplay and massive, branching story-lines, Infiltrator is all about fighting. Mashable got a demo of the game played on an iPad and hooked up to a television at an EA showcase. The story follows a soldier called Randall Ezno as he travels the universe tracking… -
Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK
How to Change the World20 Jan 2012 | 10:46 amOver the past two weeks via my partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve provided templates of models for you to create enchanting PowerPoint pitches, Word business plans, and Excel financial models. They are all available for you to download from my SkyDrive account. I hope these documents and blog posts help you save a boatload of time and increase the quality of your efforts.I leave you with two sets of top ten lies: one of entrepreneurs and one of investors so that you know what not to say and what not to believe. Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs “Our projections are… -
Throw Away the Maps
FriendFeed - chrisbrogan6 Feb 2012 | 1:30 amChris Brogan Throw Away the Maps - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/throw-a... Monday from chrisbrogan.com - Comment - Like
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Holy Kaw!
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Romance survey [infographic]
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Do aliens go invisible by 'going green'?
9 Feb 2012 | 11:24 amAs we discover more and more planets around other stars, the Fermi Paradox is becoming, well, more paradoxical. The Fermi Paradox simply asks the question "where are they?" Our Milky Way galaxy is so big and so old -- and we are estimated to be accompanied by at least 100 billion planets -- that aliens should have visited us by now. Instead, when we peruse the heavens, we are faced with the Great Silence, which is one of the biggest challenges to modern astronomy. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Mysterious sounds reported around the world
9 Feb 2012 | 11:23 amPeople around the world have reported hearing strange sounds from the skies over the past month. Sometimes they describe it as a hum or low rumble; other times it’s a whine, thump, or even a melody. Often the sounds have been recorded and posted online, fueling rumors and conspiracy theories. One blogger wrote, "either the world is ending, aliens are landing or everyone is getting hoaxed. Or, possibly, there’s an actual scientific explanation for the mass amount of YouTube videos capturing bizarre sounds that are being heard around the globe. Are we witnessing the beginning of a… -
Costa Concordia: an ecological time bomb
9 Feb 2012 | 11:21 amAs workers begin to extract the half-million gallons of fuel in the shipwrecked cruise liner, locals are worried that their pristine waters are in danger. Reporting by Rossella Lorenzi. Written and produced by Rossella Lorenzi and Martin Berman. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Inside Syria's capitol: nervously normal
9 Feb 2012 | 11:18 amAs the violence in Syria continues to escalate, Syrian citizens are arming themselves to resist their oppressive regime. For days, Homs, the third-largest city in Syria, has endured shelling, tanks and attacks by heavy weaponry. Syrian protestors react with more violence against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, resulting in all-out war zones in some residential neighborhoods. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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How to Change the World
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Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK
20 Jan 2012 | 10:46 amOver the past two weeks via my partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve provided templates of models for you to create enchanting PowerPoint pitches, Word business plans, and Excel financial models. They are all available for you to download from my SkyDrive account. I hope these documents and blog posts help you save a boatload of time and increase the quality of your efforts.I leave you with two sets of top ten lies: one of entrepreneurs and one of investors so that you know what not to say and what not to believe. Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs “Our projections are… -
Design a Sam Adams beer
20 Jan 2012 | 8:24 amNow this is a fun project. I’m helping Sam Adams “tap” the knowledge of beer drinkers and crowd source its next brew. Join the party by getting the app and designing your beer: The final brew will be released in Austin in the first week of March. #sponsored -
How to Create an Enchanting Financial Forecast #OfficeandGuyK
17 Jan 2012 | 1:52 pmThis is the third post in my Microsoft partnership, and it’s all about numbers. The topic is crafting your financial forecast to include in your pitch. Bill Reichert, my partner at Garage Technology Ventures, created an Excel model and wrote this blog post. There’s a lesson in this too: Get the best person for the job. His grasp of financial models and how to present them exceeds mine by two orders of magnitude. The Purpose of Financial Projections When it comes to financial projections, there are two types of entrepreneurs: first, the “visionary entrepreneur” who… -
How to Create an Enchanting Business Plan #OfficeandGuyK
12 Jan 2012 | 8:16 amHere is the second post in my series about planning, pitching, and launching a new business venture. In partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve created a Word document that outlines a good business plan. It’s saved to my SkyDrive folder here. Feel free to download it and use it as inspiration. And if you’re working with a partner, you can use the free Word Web App to stay in sync. I provided the PowerPoint document before the Word document because a good business plan is an elaboration of a good pitch as opposed to a good pitch being a distillation of good business plan. -
How to Create an Enchanting Pitch #OfficeandGuyK
9 Jan 2012 | 8:01 amWelcome to the first in a series of blog posts I’ll be doing as part of a partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps. Over the next two weeks, I’ll cover everything a budding entrepreneur needs to turn an idea into an enchanting investment opportunity—from the perfect pitch to a killer business plan to financial forecasts. I’m going to start with a little dissertation on creating effective PowerPoint pitches for your company. I embedded the sample deck for you to click through by using the PowerPoint Web App. When you’re ready to get started, you can download the…
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Mashable!
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Mass Effect 3 Gets iPad Version with Action-Packed ‘Infiltrator’ [PREVIEW]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amMass Effect 3 is coming to an iPad near you in the form of Mass Effect Infiltrator, an iOS game aimed at expanding the game’s narrative and give players some mobile combat. Infiltrator isn’t a direct port of the latest Mass Effect game. Unlike its big brother, a sci-fi role-playing game known for its first-person shooter gameplay and massive, branching story-lines, Infiltrator is all about fighting. Mashable got a demo of the game played on an iPad and hooked up to a television at an EA showcase. The story follows a soldier called Randall Ezno as he travels the universe tracking… -
WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning to Be Arraigned Feb. 23
9 Feb 2012 | 11:24 amU.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and war reports to WikiLeaks, will be arraigned before a military judge at Fort Meade, Maryland on Feb. 23, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Some of the 22 charges against Manning include aiding the enemy, disclosing classified information to a person not authorized to receive it, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the internet knowing that it is accessible to the enemy, and violating Army computer use rules. The charge of aiding the enemy potentially carries the death penalty, but… -
5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics
9 Feb 2012 | 11:13 amAnn Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. Her newest project, My Blog Guest, is a free platform for guest bloggers and blog owners. Follow Ann on Twitter @seosmarty. Social media analytics and tracking can be very time-consuming and expensive. You’ll find quite a few smart social media monitoring tools, but what if you can’t afford them? That’s why many social media marketers and power users are in constant search of free, efficient alternatives. Here, we’ll share a few ready-made spreadsheets you can… -
Google: No, We’re Not Launching Retail Stores Yet
9 Feb 2012 | 10:55 amGoogle planned to open its first-ever public store at its European headquarters in Dublin, if you believed a rumor reported by Bloomberg. But according to a company spokesperson, no plans are definite right now. A Google planning application for an expansion of its Dublin office indicated plans for an employee swimming pool, a restaurant and a store. But Google says the company doesn’t have plans to get into the retail business right now. “We already have an online store selling things like Google T-shirts and pens,” a Google spokesperson told Mashable. “We have the… -
H&M Has the Most-Followed Brand Page on Google+
9 Feb 2012 | 10:44 amFashion retailer H&M has beat out heavyweights Pepsi, Starbucks and Coca-Cola to become the most-followed brand on Google+. In a testament to the network’s viability as a marketing vehicle, Google, the former number one on Google+, is now number 13. Following H&M is Samsung USA, Pepsi, Starbucks and Burberry. The rest of the top 10, compiled by Simply Measured and based on the number of “circlers” for each brand in early February, is below. The full list, which is based on Interbrand’s Top 100 Brands, is available here. Simply Measured’s report, which…
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How to Change the World
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Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK
20 Jan 2012 | 10:46 amOver the past two weeks via my partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve provided templates of models for you to create enchanting PowerPoint pitches, Word business plans, and Excel financial models. They are all available for you to download from my SkyDrive account. I hope these documents and blog posts help you save a boatload of time and increase the quality of your efforts.I leave you with two sets of top ten lies: one of entrepreneurs and one of investors so that you know what not to say and what not to believe. Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs “Our projections are… -
Design a Sam Adams beer
20 Jan 2012 | 8:24 amNow this is a fun project. I’m helping Sam Adams “tap” the knowledge of beer drinkers and crowd source its next brew. Join the party by getting the app and designing your beer: The final brew will be released in Austin in the first week of March. #sponsored -
How to Create an Enchanting Financial Forecast #OfficeandGuyK
17 Jan 2012 | 1:52 pmThis is the third post in my Microsoft partnership, and it’s all about numbers. The topic is crafting your financial forecast to include in your pitch. Bill Reichert, my partner at Garage Technology Ventures, created an Excel model and wrote this blog post. There’s a lesson in this too: Get the best person for the job. His grasp of financial models and how to present them exceeds mine by two orders of magnitude. The Purpose of Financial Projections When it comes to financial projections, there are two types of entrepreneurs: first, the “visionary entrepreneur” who… -
How to Create an Enchanting Business Plan #OfficeandGuyK
12 Jan 2012 | 8:16 amHere is the second post in my series about planning, pitching, and launching a new business venture. In partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve created a Word document that outlines a good business plan. It’s saved to my SkyDrive folder here. Feel free to download it and use it as inspiration. And if you’re working with a partner, you can use the free Word Web App to stay in sync. I provided the PowerPoint document before the Word document because a good business plan is an elaboration of a good pitch as opposed to a good pitch being a distillation of good business plan. -
How to Create an Enchanting Pitch #OfficeandGuyK
9 Jan 2012 | 8:01 amWelcome to the first in a series of blog posts I’ll be doing as part of a partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps. Over the next two weeks, I’ll cover everything a budding entrepreneur needs to turn an idea into an enchanting investment opportunity—from the perfect pitch to a killer business plan to financial forecasts. I’m going to start with a little dissertation on creating effective PowerPoint pitches for your company. I embedded the sample deck for you to click through by using the PowerPoint Web App. When you’re ready to get started, you can download the…
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Throw Away the Maps
6 Feb 2012 | 1:30 amChris Brogan Throw Away the Maps - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/throw-a... Monday from chrisbrogan.com - Comment - Like -
Sexist?
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The Next Social Networks
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Learn From Adele – Build Your Platform
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Rob Gokee is a Musical Wizard
2 Feb 2012 | 8:05 amChris Brogan Rob Gokee is a Musical Wizard - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/robgoke... February 2 from chrisbrogan.com - Comment - Like
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Fast Company
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The Google Wallet Hack Is Not The End Of The World (Or Even NFC) As We Know It [Update: Google Reacts]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:30 amStay calm and carry on, people: It's way too soon to say that NFC should stand for Now Fatally Corrupted. Yes, Google's breakthrough NFC payments app Wallet is being mentioned all over the news thanks to a flaw--it's vulnerable to a hack that gives nefarious types access to your secure PIN number. But don't believe any doomsayers or fearmongering that you may encounter on this matter; it's not as evil as it seems and, believe it or not, it's actually a sign that the future of wireless mobile payments is probably more secure than your current credit card. As reported over at the blog of… -
Fast Talk: How This Bartender Is Rebooting The Condom
9 Feb 2012 | 7:41 amMeet Richard Pessall, a 20-year-old British entrepreneur who wants to take the condom where no man has gone before (no, not space).Richard Pessall, 20, lives and works as bartender in Shropshire, England. He spent nine years living in the United States, but when he ran out of money to pay for college in North Carolina, he was unable to renew his visa and was forced to return to the U.K. He’s decided to make his fortune before attempting to return stateside. His big idea? Reboot the condom. Forplay, the condom company he's been bootstrapping with his barman’s earnings, has grown to a staff… -
Inside INTERPOL's New Cybercrime Innovation Center
9 Feb 2012 | 7:09 amINTERPOL, the international policing agency, is opening a massive innovation center in Singapore in 2014. At the center, law enforcement will learn all about the latest cybercrimes... and have access to cutting-edge forensics laboratories and research stations.INTERPOL, the international policing organization, is building a law enforcement tech geek heaven in Singapore. The INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation will function as a R&D lab, training facility, and forensics lab for all things cybercrime. Slated to open in 2014, the Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) will be part of the… -
5 Ways To Put The "Pro" In Profile Pics
9 Feb 2012 | 6:29 amYour profile photo is an important part of your online image, so if you still have an egg as your Twitter avatar or a blue-and-white silhouette for your Facebook page, it's time to step things up. (Hint: This photo is a "don't.")If you still have an egg as your Twitter avatar, it's time to step things up. Your profile photo is an important part of your online image. Not only is this pic the first thing people see when they look you up on the web, whether you're using Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google+, this image is now regularly transported into people's in-boxes and pulled onto their phones as… -
Apple May Sell iPads To Air Force, Groupon Reports Surprise Q4 Loss, Foxconn Servers Hacked
9 Feb 2012 | 6:17 amBreaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Rumor: iPad 3 Announcement In March. The latest buzz on the iPad 3, this time from AllThingsD, is that the new device will be unveiled at an early March event. Sources, per usual, are anonymous, but their tips confirm what's already expected of the device--a faster chip, Retina Display, and better graphics. --NS--Updated 9:15 a.m. ESTApple May Sell iPads To Air Force. The Air Force is on the lookout for about 18,000 new tablets, and chances are the iPad--the only device mentioned on their recently spotted notice--may fit…
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Seth's Blog
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Inaccurate labels and why we need them (and need to improve them)
9 Feb 2012 | 2:46 amIf I tell you, "I'm going to the baseball game," it seems as though you're likely to understand what I mean. Of course, you won't. When George Will goes to a baseball game, it's a religious experience. Me, I don't even like baseball. Or maybe it's my nephew's ball game (the playoffs), or maybe going to the game causes me to miss an important event, and on and on. We label the experience with just two words, and two words can't possibly capture the emotions and circumstance surrounding an event. The same thing is true with brands. If I tell you that a new business was funded by USV, that might… -
How do they know you're not a flake?
8 Feb 2012 | 2:43 amBefore your link gets clicked or your proposal gets read, a busy person is going to triage it to find out if it's even worth glancing at. Since everyone is now connected, the new permeability has created a deluge of noise, and just about everyone worth contacting is taking defensive measures. Do I know this person? Did someone I trust send them over? Where does she work? (Ideo? the FDA? The New York Times?) Has she won an award? Is she famous? Are there typos and is the design sloppy? Are they pestering me? Do I already follow this person online? Does music play when I visit the website? Will… -
Horizontal marketing isn't a new idea
7 Feb 2012 | 2:09 amBut it is the new reality for just about every organization. Vertical marketing means the marketer (the one with money) is in charge. Vertical marketing starts at the top and involves running ads, sending out direct mail and pushing hype through the media. Your money, your plans, your control. It might not work, but generally the worst outcome is that you will be ignored and need to spend more money. Horizonal marketing, on the other hand, means creating a remarkable product and story and setting it up to spread from person to person. It's out of your control, because all the interactions are… -
Who is your customer?
6 Feb 2012 | 2:26 amRule one: You can build a business on the foundation of great customer service. Rule two: The only way to do great customer service is to treat different customers differently. The question: Who is your customer? It's not obvious. Zappos is a classic customer service company, and their customer is the person who buys the shoes. Nike, on the other hand, doesn't care very much at all about the people who buy the shoes, or even the retailers. They care about the athletes (often famous) that wear the shoes, sometimes for money. They name buildings after these athletes, court them, erect… -
In search of a timid trapeze artist
5 Feb 2012 | 2:01 amGood luck with that, there aren't any. If you hesitate when leaping from rope to another, you're not going to last very long. And this is at the heart of what makes innovation work in organizations, why industries die, and how painful it is to try to maintain the status quo while also participating in a revolution. Gather up as much speed as you can, find a path and let go. You can't get to the next rope if you're still holding on to this one.
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Art Biz Blog
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Interested or Interesting
9 Feb 2012 | 7:23 am©2005 Rona Green, Party Fink. Linocut and watercolor, 33 x 33 centimeters, edition of 33. In Letters to a Young Artist: Building a Life in Art, Julia Cameron writes: Remember that art is about being interested, not about being interesting. True? How so? Why not? -
Go Ahead and Spoil the Surprise
8 Feb 2012 | 5:30 amTibi Hegyesi asked on my Facebook page: Is it a good idea to post online previews of artwork that will be included in an upcoming show, or is it better to keep the work under wraps until the big reveal? Tibi Hegyesi's booth at Art Expo New York is full of visitors. I don’t think you can lose by sharing the work in advance, unless the exhibition organizers prohibit this. (Read the details of your agreement!) People rarely go out of their way to view the unknown. We need a reason to get dressed and make the trip. Seeing artwork that we connect with is the best way to motivate us to come… -
Another Gimmick or a Passport to Your Art?
7 Feb 2012 | 8:29 amIn case you’ve been hiding under a rock and haven’t heard, 300 of Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings are filling up all 11 Gagosian gallery locations around the world: New York (3 locations), Beverly Hills, London (2 locations), Paris, Rome, Geneva, Athens, and Hong Kong. The Complete Spot Challenge was issued to encourage people to visit all 11 locations. It states: Visit all eleven Gagosian Gallery locations during the exhibition The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011 and receive a signed spot print by Damien Hirst, dedicated personally to you. One blogger opines it… -
How to Decide if a Call for Entry is Worth Sweating Over
6 Feb 2012 | 4:00 amGuest blogger: Debby L. Williams Are you responding to Calls for Entry? If you’re having success with them, then good for you! If you would like to know what might be going wrong, read on. Call for Entry is used here to include any request for artists to submit information to compete for art exhibitions, contests, or commissions (e.g. Request for Qualifications or Request for Proposals). There are differences among those types of competitions, but let’s start at the very basics: how to evaluate a Call and decide if you should respond. A pile of artist responses to an RFQ needs attention… -
Twitter Tweekly via @abstanfield
5 Feb 2012 | 4:07 amThe best of my tweets from the past couple of weeks. New iPhone app makes camera behave more like SLR. Pretty cool ow.ly/8QCvL via @hyperallergic IRBITS (my book) is now available for the Kindle! artbizcoach.com/irbits RT @JanTanton: You know you’re an artist when…100 list bit.ly/A43wRp <Fun! I’m Hooked! 10 Reasons Why Artists Love Pinterest twrt.me/mycncd via @lorimcneeartist Tweets after reading my site stats: In Jan, 5 of my top 10 keyword searches were related to Twitter – esp “twitter names” Interesting About 12% of my blog/site visitors are using…
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DogWalkBlog
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Dear Catholic Church…
8 Feb 2012 | 8:32 amMy aploogies to Elizabeth Warren for editing her words ever-so-slightly to fit the argument at hand. You built a faith-based hospital out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your services to market on the … Continue reading → -
Meet the head of your new HOA; The Bank
7 Feb 2012 | 9:07 amCommon wisdom was once upon a time that the bank did not ever want to own your home. It would try so hard to not own your home it would fall over backwards to work with you if you ever … Continue reading → -
Don Draper was a poser and so can you. The myth of graphic design
6 Feb 2012 | 8:40 amMy editor wrote this little thing this morning. Since I’m also a Mad Men fan, I asked him if I could repost it here for you. He reluctantly agreed, but only if I give him full credit. He is such … Continue reading → -
Kia is starting to understand men
3 Feb 2012 | 6:48 amI first saw this ad (I think the short version) ironically enough while waiting for the Grismer folks to change out some critical suspension parts in the event van. I was all fired up to write another blog post about … Continue reading → -
Je ne parle pas français
31 Jan 2012 | 5:49 amI’ve only met my maternal grandmother twice in my life. The second time was when we visited them in Maine for their fiftieth wedding anniversary. She died two days later. My grandfather died less than a year after that. This … Continue reading →
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Brazen Careerist
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An Easy Way to Find Career Success: Buck Up and Grow Up!
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amGraduating from college and entering the career world can come as a shock. If you were lucky, your parents and teachers set tasks, rewarded success and protected you as best they could from anything scary that threatened during the last 18 years, providing a stable, reliable world. Then you went to college, and things might have gotten a bit wilder, but in many ways they also stayed remarkably similar –your professors set assignments and gave out grades while TAs and phone calls (and checks) from the parents protected you from many of the world’s ups and downs. Now you’re out on your… -
Don’t Hate On Your Own Shine: How to Supercharge Your Confidence
8 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amWe say things like, “It’s my time to shine,” and “Don’t hate the player, hate the game” and all those other fun quips and adages. But at the heart of each saying is the same message: “Get off my back!” We all have our own style, signature and colored lens to look at the world. It’s a gift, so find your own voice, embrace it and stop trying to be like someone else. At least, that’s what we often think about people who steal our ideas, criticize us unfairly or watch us just a little too closely. We tell people like that to stop hatin’! But what happens when we become the… -
6 Ways to Leave Your Job Gracefully (and with Your Network Intact)
8 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amLearn awesome skills like how to build a social media strategy or how to be more savvy in your job search with Brazen Careerist! Check out all of our online bootcamps. For many recent graduates, the decision to leave their first post-college job is happening earlier and earlier in their careers. In fact, according to a recent study, 55 percent of college graduates only expect to stay at their first jobs for 1-3 years. Some say the reason is because GenY gets bored easily, while others speculate that we’re eager to get as much as experience as possible. Regardless of the reason, young… -
3 Clever Ways to Get in Front of Someone You Admire
7 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amRaise your hand if you’ve ever heard “the story” of a guy who sent an employer a shoe with a note that said, “now that I have my foot in the door.” Raise your hand if you’re really sick and tired of hearing that story. While we can’t deny the effectiveness of that attempt, trying it now might not result in the desired outcome. More often than not, when people want to meet their idol, snag an interview or land a mentor, they send a half-assed email that neglects to get the job done. There are other more subtle – but just as effective – ways to get in front of someone you… -
The Run-Around: Your Topic for February
6 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amIt’s that time again! That time when you write a stellar blog post and we share it with the Brazen community. Last Run-Around, we asked you to blog about your professional goals for 2012. Now, let’s get a drum-roll for your next topic… The February Run-Around The topic: How has blogging helped your career? Or, how do you hope blogging will help your career if it hasn’t yet? If you’re a successful blogger, what tips do you have for your fellow Brazenites who are interested in using their blogs to boost their professional life? How to participate: Write a post…
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Tom Asacker
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We need more dots.
6 Feb 2012 | 10:39 amWe donʼt need to “be creative” and “think outside the box.” We need to get outside the box. One spring morning in the early 90s, my business partner found me laid out on a hospital bed with a respiratory ventilator... -
Perception is not reality. Or is it?
5 Feb 2012 | 2:39 amThis Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday, a de facto national holiday in the United States. It's a day for friends and family, spicy chili and bottomless bowls of chips and dip. And . . . a little bit of football.... -
What's the purpose of advertising?
30 Jan 2012 | 2:36 amWhat a silly headline. I mean everyone knows that the purpose of advertising is to sell stuff, right? Well, not always. Sometimes it's to get people to stop doing things (e.g. littering), start doing things (e.g. voting), and keep doing... -
Who controls your brand?
26 Jan 2012 | 4:36 amThe same people who control your destiny. Late last year the boxing world lost a legend when Joe Frazier, the first man to defeat Muhammad Ali, died of liver cancer at age 67. Frazier, an Olympic and undisputed world heavyweight... -
How to become a social business
25 Jan 2012 | 3:04 amThere's a huge dynamic underway, a cultural shift in the world of business accelerated by the rapid adoption of social technologies. This new worldview is about being human, as much as about being in business. It's about tuning in to...
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ICC/Decision Services
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JC Penney roots
6 Feb 2012 | 5:13 amOn Feb 1st, JC Penney unveiled its new pricing strategy and service policies called Fair and Square. JC Penney describes it as three kinds of pricing, one happy return policy. It got our attention for a couple reasons. Simplicity of message: The three kinds of pricing are everyday low pricing, month-long values and best prices. The “best prices” will happen on the 1st and 3rd fridays of every month. Leadership change: Ron Johnson used to be the Senior VP of Retail for Apple and is now the CEO of JC Penney. He helped shape the Apple Store concept and Genius Bar. At first blush, we… -
Expanding your footprint without adding footage
26 Jan 2012 | 6:11 pmSpeed Theory is not your ordinary bike shop. Besides selling some sweet Cervelo, Felts and Argon bicycles for your next Ironman, it is also a place where anyone can get a great bike to compete in the local mini triathlon or just to cruise on some backroads. Speed Theory makes great use of its real estate, even when the shop is closed. When I arrived at 5:30 am, the temperature was –22° F and I watched people trickle in — carrying their bicycles and trainer apparatus — until there were about twenty of us in all. They were all coming for spin class, but this was not like the… -
Kelly Swallow knows who she is
6 Jan 2012 | 8:29 amWatch this video. It is very short (7 seconds.) And that’s kinda the point I’m about to make. Kelly Swallow makes chairs that make people smile. To do Service with Boundaries well, you need to start off with a solid foundation. You have to know who you are. Who is Swallow? She’s the designer who makes chairs that make people smile. It is short, simple and direct. In setting and sticking to her core DNA, Swallow’s entire business has a natural flow to the other two formula components: Listen to your customer… most of the time and You can’t improve what you… -
No reservations
27 Dec 2011 | 9:22 amI’m vacationing with my family in Europe over the next week, visiting Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. One of my favorite places to visit when I am in Paris is Le Relais de l’Entrecôte. I like it mostly because they have defined the boundaries of dining experience They serve only one entrée; steak frites cooked rare, medium rare or medium. You order your steak the way you like it and the server writes it on your tablecloth, then brings out your salad — lettuce topped with walnuts and a mustard vinaigrette. After your salad starter, your steak is brought to you in two stages,… -
No rain, no rainbows
21 Dec 2011 | 6:27 amWhat do you do with almost $10,000 worth of merchandise that you can’t return to online retailers because their return procedures are so dysfunctional? If you are STELLAService, you break out the wrapping paper and bows, have a wrapping party and donate the items to various charities throughout New York City. And we decided to help them. STELLAService tests online retailers by purchasing and returning real products as a normal customer would. Usually they return the items, but due to poor customer service they were stuck with this stuff. Turning rain into rainbows. In this case,…
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Brand Fast-Trackers
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Leveraging Voice of Customer to Increase Sales
13 Jan 2012 | 6:11 amToday, we speak with Jonathan Levitt, the CMO of OpinionLab about listening to customers in a whole new way. Jonathan discusses the blind spots of traditional market research. Historically, a business would see a 30% purchase conversion rate and be pleased with results, but Jonathan points out that what that really means is that 70% [...] -
It’s the ‘Social’ that’s important, not the ‘Media’
9 Jan 2012 | 5:29 amToday, we speak with Ken Mueller on the beauty of small business, why it is uniquely positioned to reap the benefits of social engagement. We also speak about cause marketing and why aligning with a cause makes sense for businesses (small and large alike). Ken is an active social media blogger and curator, and offers [...] -
How Creativity is Shifting the Conversation
4 Nov 2011 | 10:17 amToday, we speak with Billee Howard and talk about the shifting role of creativity. We used to think of it as an area of the building (creative floor) or a group of people (art department), but creativity is changing the conversation. Allison & Partners recently conducted a study on this and spoke with hundreds of [...] -
Social Media will be everyone’s job – If it isn’t already
27 Oct 2011 | 12:38 pmToday, we speak with Gini Dietrich, a top PR professional who is really doing it, utilizing social media as a way to engage, connect and communicate with clients and consumers. She has taken the digital medium and utilized it as a tool to re-invent her business model. Gini’s strategy has placed her at the top [...] -
How Social Networking has changed how we live
3 Oct 2011 | 8:00 amThere is tremendous data to suggest that social media has fundamentally changed the way we live and communicate. We send out 35MM tweets per day and spend 700B minutes on Facebook per month – really astonishing statistics when you think about it. There is no way that usage could not alter how we are communicating [...]
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NYT > Politics
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The Caucus: Bachmann Assails Obama Before Conservatives
9 Feb 2012 | 11:23 amMichelle Bachmann takes several liberties with the facts in characterizing President Obama's positions on the Mideast. -
Mortgage Plan Gives Homeowners Bulk of the Benefits
9 Feb 2012 | 11:13 amUnder the settlement, about $5 billion would go to states and federal authorities, $17 billion would be earmarked for homeowner relief and $3 billion would go for refinancing. -
Boehner Vows to Fight Contraception Rule
9 Feb 2012 | 11:09 amCongressional Republicans stepped into the battle over an Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans at Catholic universities and charities to offer free birth control. -
The Caucus: In Iowa, Michelle Obama Says, 'Let's Move!'
9 Feb 2012 | 11:08 amMichelle Obama kicked off a three-day, four-state trip to mark the second anniversary of her signature initiative to reduce childhood obesity. -
The Caucus: Romney Holds a Policy Round Table, but Attendees Must Raise $10,000
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amAt the same time, Mitt Romney attacks his Republican rivals as establishment Republicans.
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Daily Kos
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Catholic Democrats are 'bailing' on Obama on birth control, eh?
9 Feb 2012 | 10:59 am(Public Religion Research Institute) Politico has a rather odd post today, claiming that the Obama administration's decision to adopt a very popular health care policy is somehow alienating "high-profile Catholic Democrats." And whom does Politico cite as evidence? At this point, the Democratic defectors are few in number but tall in stature. They include two swing-state pols on the November ballot — Obama’s former DNC chairman, Tim Kaine, who’s running for Senate in Virginia, and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey — as well as House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson. [...] Other… -
Republican establishment getting nervous about Mitt Romney
9 Feb 2012 | 10:40 amFact is, the Republican base hates Mitt Romney (Jim Young/Reuters) After Mitt Romney's humiliating defeats in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri last week, Republicans are getting a little nervous about their pathetic excuse for a front runner ... and they're telling him to step it up: “There is not exactly Romney-mania right now,” Senate GOP Whip Jon Kyl told POLITICO, adding that the former Massachusetts governor “absolutely” must shore up the weaknesses with the GOP base that were on such vivid display Tuesday. “Playing it safe, which Romney tends to do, is not going to get it for… -
GOP caucus turnout poor harbinger for Nevada Republicans in November
9 Feb 2012 | 10:10 amWe've learned two big lessons thus far this year: 1) Mitt Romney really sucks as a candidate, and 2) Nevada Republicans are (thus far) the most incompetent in the nation. Democratic pollster Mark Mellman explains just how bad they flubbed it: [Nevada] Republicans missed a key opportunity to organize and grow their base. In part because of historic turnout in the 2008 Democratic caucus, Democrats transformed what was a nearly 6,000 person registration disadvantage in late 2006 into an advantage of almost 35,000 after the caucus. That momentum carried through to Election Day, by which time… -
Catholic Church silent on child rape, taking to the streets over 'intrinsically evil' birth control
9 Feb 2012 | 8:21 amDo you trust this man to decide whether our laws are right or wrong? The Catholic Church is afraid. It is afraid that Americans, even Catholic Americans, don't actually give much credence to the moralizing passed down and across the globe from Rome. Last month, Pope Benedict XVI met with several members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to specifically advise them about how to best handle what the the pope described as a "grave threat" to "religious freedom." The threat, according to the pope, is the U.S. government's attempt to "deny the right of conscientious objection on the part… -
Mitch McConnell's attack on 'liberal thugs' will be only one bite at CPAC's red-meat conference
9 Feb 2012 | 7:27 amWhite nationalist Peter Brimelow The Conservative Political Action Conference has today begun an annual get-together that looks to be even more of a contest in right-wing attacks than usual. American Conservative Union President and long-time lobbyist and Republican heavyweight Al Cardenas got things started with a speech filled with phrases such as demolishing the "subsidized radical left." In excerpts provided from a prepared speech Mitch McConnell will make, the Senate Minority Leader says that Democratic strategy is to "Pick a target, freeze it, personalize it, and then polarize it."…
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
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Primary Season Could End In Conservatives' Dream
9 Feb 2012 | 11:42 amFor many conservative Republicans, the dream outcome of the primary season is a brokered convention. Disappointed in the four remaining choices, they hope to change horses in August, and draft their preferred candidate, be it Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, or Paul Ryan. -
Snyder: No Cash For School's That Don't Show Adequate Progress, Implement Preferred Reforms
9 Feb 2012 | 11:30 amLANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is tying lots of strings to the extra cash he's offering public schools, universities and communities in next year's budget. To get a share of the 1 percent increase being offered to K-12 schools in the budget year that starts Oct. 1, school districts would have to show through standardized tests that students are learning a full year's worth of material as they move from grade to grade. They'd also have to offer a mix of options including schools of choice, online learning and dual enrollment for high school students who want to take college… -
A Big Step Forward For Women In the Military
9 Feb 2012 | 11:05 amWASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is unveiling plans Thursday to allow women to serve in thousands of military jobs closer to the front lines, reflecting the realities of the last decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense officials say the new rules will still mean that woman are barred from serving as infantry, armor and special operations forces – considered the most dangerous combat jobs. But the changes will open the door for more opportunities and promotions for women by allowing them to perform jobs they are already performing, but in battalions, which are closer to the fighting and… -
Ahmad Tibi: Gingrich Sets Aside Common Sense When It Comes to Palestine
9 Feb 2012 | 11:04 amNewt Gingrich has said not once, but twice that I'm an "invented" person. In his world, Palestinians are a recent creation and not a people that pre-date modern Israel. Gingrich did not distinguish himself when in a recent Republican debate he said that Palestinians are "technically an invention of the late 1970s." But I've been calling myself a Palestinian since childhood, well before the late 1970s, though the State of Israel tries to separate me from my Palestinian heritage by referring to me as an "Israeli Arab." The term is, in fact, an oxymoron at a time when Israel's Palestinian Arab… -
MJ Rosenberg: Iran War: What Is AIPAC Planning?
9 Feb 2012 | 11:01 amThese are strange times for those of us who follow the debate about a possible war with Iran. It is clear that the Israeli government and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States are increasing pressure on President Obama to either attack Iran or let Israel do it (in which case, we would be forced to join in). But the idea of another Middle East war is so outlandish that it seems inconceivable it could actually occur. Still the conventional wisdom holds that it can and the main reason is that this is an election year and no one will say no to Binyamin Netanyahu in an…
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Jack & Jill Politics
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Afternoon Open Thread
9 Feb 2012 | 10:40 amOriginally posted by the right-wingers, but I thought we could do a CAPTION THIS:Good Afternoon.As you go through the rest of your day, don’t forget JJP.Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too.And continue to have a peaceful day. -
Thursday Open Thread
8 Feb 2012 | 10:08 pmFrom Balloon Juice: Mitt Romney and voter supression by KayThere’s so much voter suppression news I’m a little overwhelmed and tempted to just curl up in a ball and start crying, but this truly disgusting tactical move should probably be top-tier, so here goes.First, the players:Just how closely do you hug a controversial supporter? Especially a supporter who could be of a lot more help now than in the general election? It seems this is a problem Mitt Romney has been pondering ever since he was embraced by the Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach. Kobach is perhaps best known as the… -
29 Days on Drugs-Day 8: Silence of the Left
8 Feb 2012 | 2:20 pmYou know U.S. politics have really gotten weird when the strongest and most consistent racial justice arguments by a presidential candidate are coming from Ron Paul, the conservative, small government, libertarian running to be the Republican challenger to Obama.In response to queries about Ron Paul’s racial attitudes based on racist statements that appeared in the newsletter bearing his name during the 1990s, Paul said the following about racial inequality in the U.S.:“I’m the only one up here and the only one in the Democratic Party that understands true racism in this… -
Afternoon Open Thread
8 Feb 2012 | 10:50 amFrom The Grio:Women’s shaved hair revolution taking shape By Ashley Michelle Williams 7:52 PM on 02/03/2012Black women are going natural in droves to ditch using harsh chemicals, and in some cases, to better embrace who they are. The emotional and financial benefits of weening oneself off relaxers cannot be denied. But whether a woman chooses to grow out her processed hair over a long period of time, or shave her relaxed hair off in a “big chop,” is still a point of contention for some.At the forefront of this movement is Chicago-based hair stylist Emon Fowler. For her the… -
Should CNN Fire Roland Martin Because of His Views on Homosexuals?
8 Feb 2012 | 10:38 amI’ve known Roland Martin for several years, and this is not a post defending him or his views. But I have heard from reliable sources here in DC that CNN is weighing the options in making a decision as to whether or not they will fire him for some homophobic comments he made recently on the air. (H/T, Richard Prince at Journalisms): CNN was weighing its response Monday to gay activists who demanded that CNN contributor Roland Martin be fired over Twitter remarks during the Super Bowl that they interpreted as anti-gay. Martin denied the tweets were homophobic but acknowledged…
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The Progressive Magazine Feed
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To Wed or Not to Wed
9 Feb 2012 | 11:16 amBy Stephanie Fairyington, March 2012 issue It’s a crisp sunny morning in late December. I’m sitting in my therapist’s lobby in Midtown Manhattan, anxiously waiting for my girlfriend, Sabrina, to arrive. She’s visiting my shrink with me so we can duke out our premarital differences, which can be boiled down to one, ever-nagging question: Why, after three-and-a-half happy years together, do I still cringe at the thought of getting married?read more -
It’s Half-Wit Time in America!
9 Feb 2012 | 11:03 amBy Kate Clinton, February 9, 2012 Rick Sanctimoron is from Old Dominion.read more -
The Dairy Farmer Who is Taking on Scott Walker
9 Feb 2012 | 9:33 amBy Ruth Conniff, February 9, 2012 A new candidate threw her hat in the ring as a candidate for Wisconsin governor this week: Democratic State Senator Kathleen Vinehout, a dairy farmer from Alma, Wisconsin.read more -
Danny Glover
8 Feb 2012 | 12:49 pmBy Ed Rampell, March 2012 issue THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW | March 2012 issueread more -
Santorum’s Backwardness
8 Feb 2012 | 10:56 amBy Matthew Rothschild, February 8, 2012 He wants more government intrusion into your bedroom.read more
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MoJo Articles | Mother Jones
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WATCH: How to Win People Over to the Taliban's Side [Fiore Cartoon]
9 Feb 2012 | 10:15 amMark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and dozens of other publications. He is an active member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and has a website featuring his work. -
Marco Rubio's Plan Could Cut Off Birth Control Coverage for Millions
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amA new bill introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a rising conservative star and leading contender for the Republican vice-presidential nomination in 2012, could cut off birth control coverage for millions of women who receive it through their health plans. Rubio has sold his proposal—introduced January 31 as the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act," or S. 2043—as a way to counter President Barack Obama's controversial rule requiring even religiously-affiliated schools and universities to offer copay-free birth control to their employees. But health care experts say that its… -
The Republican War on Contraception
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amLast year was not a great one for abortion rights. First, congressional Republicans attempted to deny statutory rape victims access to Medicaid-funded abortions (twice). Then GOP-dominated state legislatures pushed record numbers of laws limiting abortion rights, including proposals that could have treated killing abortion providers as "justifiable homicide." Yet in the past six months, social conservatives have widened their offensive, and their new target is clear: Not satisfied with making it harder to obtain legal abortions, they want to limit access to birth control, too. -
Tracking the Secret War on Iran
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amRumors about an imminent military attack on Iran over its nuclear program have come and gone for years. In recent weeks such talk has intensified, though it's still anybody's guess as to whether Israel or the United States might openly carry out military action any time soon. But most experts agree on one thing: A covert war with Iran has already been raging for years. Details are often murky, but the conflict has been punctuated with brazen assassinations, exploding missile sites, crippling cyberattacks, and a litany of arrests and spying allegations on all sides. Below is a timeline of… -
Avon Wants You to Know It's Not Komen
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amIn light of the PR nightmare that has descended on the Susan G. Komen Foundation since announcing it would no longer fund grants to Planned Parenthood for mammogram referrals, the Avon Foundation for Women, a top breast cancer charity connected to the cosmetics company, rushed to post a clarification on the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Facebook page: "The Avon Foundation for Women is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is not affiliated in any way with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer event series is a project of the Avon Foundation and has no…
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All Things Considered
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Buoyant Santorum Takes Campaign To Texas — And Corrals Some Perry People
8 Feb 2012 | 3:06 pmFresh off victories in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum campaigned in Texas on Wednesday. He told a small group of pastors, some of them former supporters of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, that he is the true conservative left to challenge Mitt Romney.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
A New Weapon Against Nukes: Social Media
8 Feb 2012 | 2:38 pmA top State Department official wants to unleash the power of Twitter, Facebook and other services to crowdsource the fight to control the world's nuclear weapons.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
China's Demolition Derby Turns History Into Rubble
8 Feb 2012 | 2:05 pmHistoric buildings in Beijing are being demolished in the pursuit of quick profit. Even the home of the architect who urged Mao Zedong to preserve Beijing's old city has fallen to the wreckers' ball, sparking considerable outrage. And the epidemic of destruction is spreading to new buildings, too.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
'Amasia': The Next Supercontinent?
8 Feb 2012 | 2:02 pmMore than 100 million years from now, the Americas and Asia might fuse together, squishing the Arctic Ocean shut in the process. That's according to a new model that predicts where the next supercontinent may form. But don't worry: Humans will likely be long gone by then.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Conservatives Worry Romney's Vision Is Cloudy
8 Feb 2012 | 1:59 pmRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's losses on Tuesday have raised questions once again about his ability to inspire passion from his party's base. There has been a daily drumbeat begging Romney to put some meat on the bones of his policy agenda and set out his vision for the country.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Talk of the Nation
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What's The Truth About The War In Afghanistan?
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amLt. Col. Daniel Davis ignited a controversy when he wrote that what he saw in Afghanistan "bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders." U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Ma), defense analyst Tom Donnelly and McClatchy Newspapers correspondent Johnathan Landay discuss the realities of the war in Afghanistan.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Occupy Wall Street: The Future And History, So Far
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amOn September 17, 2011, hundreds of people gathered in Lower Manhattan to protest the growing wealth gap and Wall Street's involvement in the economic crisis. Five months later, most of the Occupy encampments across the country have been disbanded and the future of the movement remains uncertain.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Music Magazine Spins Reviews To Twitter
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amSPIN Magazine is hoping to review 1,500 albums and mixtapes exclusively in 140-character tweets on the @SPINReviews Twitter feed in 2012. The music magazine recently abandoned their 80-word reviews for the new Twitter format, which critics think is killing the art of the music review.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Historian Seeks Artifacts From Lincoln's Last Days
9 Feb 2012 | 9:19 amIn preparation for a book about Abraham Lincoln's life at the end of the Civil War, historian Noah Andre Trudeau is in search of witnesses. The last week of Lincoln's life in April 1865, is a largely unexamined period. Trudeau is seeking diary entries, letters or stories of people who encountered Lincoln at the time.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Redefining The Grieving Process In The Digital Age
8 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amAfter a loved one dies, it's becoming more common to offer and receive condolences through a Facebook post or an email. New York Times contributor Bruce Feiler discusses the new customs that are evolving to guide the grieving process in the digital age.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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World Cafe
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The Front Bottoms On World Cafe
8 Feb 2012 | 1:05 pmHear the pop-punk band perform genre-spanning songs from their debut record The Front Bottoms.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Jonathan Wilson On World Cafe
7 Feb 2012 | 12:41 pmHear Wilson re-create the classic sounds of Laurel Canyon as he performs original songs from his debut album, Gentle Spirit.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Polica On 'World Cafe: Next'
6 Feb 2012 | 8:09 amHear crisp, minimalist, mesmerizing music from the band's debut album, Give You the Ghost.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
World Cafe Looks Back: Elvis Costello
6 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amWorld Cafe's 20th-anniversary celebration continued with a look back at Costello's many appearances on the show, including a conversation with collaborator Allen Toussaint about their post-Katrina tribute.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Girls On World Cafe
3 Feb 2012 | 1:23 pmHear the garage band perform its effortlessly contagious, retro-inspired rock on today's show.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Health Care
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Feds Find Wide Variation In Serious Infections Linked To Catheters
9 Feb 2012 | 10:58 amPatients at hospitals in Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maine and New Hampshire were most likely to get blood infections caused by central lines, new federal data show. Medicare is gearing up to penalize hospitals with high rates of infections that are caused by the institutions.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
'Congress Will Act': Fight Over Birth Control Coverage Moves To The Hill
8 Feb 2012 | 3:17 pmSome religious groups have attacked the Obama administration's plan to require most employers to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives. GOP lawmakers are now vowing to overturn the requirement; meanwhile, Democrats say they'll fight to maintain it to protect women's health.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low, But Disparities Remain
8 Feb 2012 | 6:53 amWhile overall rates have dropped, there is still a major gap separating white, Hispanic and black teenagers. Non-Hispanic white teen pregnancy rates fell by 50 percent from their peak; Hispanic teen pregnancy rates, 37 percent; black teen pregnancy rates, 48 percent.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Planned Parenthood Still In Cross Hairs
7 Feb 2012 | 2:31 pmTwo anti-abortion groups say funding irregularities have been found in various state and federal audits of Planned Parenthood. The groups urged Congress to continue an investigation of Planned Parenthood.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
A Fresh Look At Antidepressants Finds Low Risk Of Youth Suicide
7 Feb 2012 | 12:16 pmA fresh analysis finds no increase in suicide among young people taking Prozac. The results add a wrinkle to the long-running debate over the safety of the medicines for the treatment of depressed young people.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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PopMatters
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Norwegian Sensation diskJokke Debuts Environmentally Friendly Video for "Now Dance" (Mixed Media)
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amThe Oslo-based artist is now coming into his own, creating original, funky sound mixes based in electronica and infused with hints of house, disco and pop. -
The Dark Pop-Punk of the Shadow Delivers (Sound Affects)
9 Feb 2012 | 9:00 amUnlike potboiler musicians with kiss-off egos, the Shadow proves that Blank Generation music was open-ended and robust, a welcome home to punk brands of all stripes. -
Anti-Escapism and 'Final Fantasy Tactics Advance' (Moving Pixels)
9 Feb 2012 | 9:00 amIt’s odd to think of such an expensive hobby that is so often associated with a privileged class as designed purely for escape. What could such an audience have to escape from? -
Forget Shepard Fairey. Niveau Zero & Balkansky Now Own "Obey" (Mixed Media)
9 Feb 2012 | 8:00 amThis is not your basic club single. It doesn't ask you to like it. -
ReFramed No. 19: Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Zabriskie Point” (1970) (Short Ends and Leader)
9 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amWhat happens when an admitted auteur makes a grand -- and quite insular -- artistic statement? Critics are dumbfounded, which means it's time for our preservationist pair to break out the accolades.
