What Community Truly Means To Me

Sitting in Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel last week on Martin Luther King Day reminded me why I am so proud to call this area my hometown. A celebration of Dr. King’s legacy — primarily organized by the Community Coalition on Race — the event was about as quintessential Maplewood-South Orange as it gets. The event includedRead… Read more »

Are you a new media player or traditional media wonk?

If you are performing tradition news distribution and out reach are you missing the mark on current media trends and reaching your target audiences for more effective results. Are you reaching your public facing audiences? Is sending out a traditional press release your only distribtution strategy? Read more on some of current trends I copiedRead… Read more »

How Well Does the PR Industry Promote Itself?

In a world of media overload and convergence everywhere, I wonder which media/PR companies do their own best marketing and outreach? I ran acorss an article on Etrade this morning which is worthy of a read, because all gov agencies have public affairs offices and many may use PR firms to help them with theirRead… Read more »

Wikis for Open Education

Greetings from the second day of Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberra at the University of Canberra. This afternoon’s second session on “Wikis for Open Education” is being podcast by “Talking VTE”.Wikipedia defines Open education as “.. a collective term that refers to educational organisations that seek to eliminate barriers to entry”. The barriers can beRead… Read more »

Wikis for Open Education

Greetings from the second day of Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberra at the University of Canberra. This afternoon’s second session on “Wikis for Open Education” is being podcast by “Talking VTE”.Wikipedia defines Open education as “.. a collective term that refers to educational organisations that seek to eliminate barriers to entry”. The barriers can beRead… Read more »

Wikis for Vocational Education

Greetings from the second day of Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberra at the University of Canberra. This afternoon’s session on “Wikis for Vocational Education” is being podcast by “Talking VTE”. Leigh Blackall mentioned Making the Invisible Hand Visible. The Case for Dialogue About Academic Capitalism by Susan Awbrey. One institution mentioned which maintains a mixRead… Read more »

Wikis for Vocational Education

Greetings from the second day of Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberra at the University of Canberra. This afternoon’s session on “Wikis for Vocational Education” is being podcast by “Talking VTE”. Leigh Blackall mentioned Making the Invisible Hand Visible. The Case for Dialogue About Academic Capitalism by Susan Awbrey. One institution mentioned which maintains a mixRead… Read more »

New Kind of Solution: Why Your City Should Code for America

We know that cities across the country are facing serious and significant challenges, and over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure to get to talk directly with city officials from across the country to get a sense of what exactly those challenges are. And the truth is they are facing very similar challenges andRead… Read more »