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Sage Group CEO Says: Women Execs, Keep a Foot in the Door

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Female CEOs, Female Leadership, Connected, Sheryl Sandberg, Ibm, Volunteering, Ceos, Careers, Marketing, Innovation, Facebook, Business, Technology, Networking, Silicon Valley, Money News

"If there's one thing I would say to women who are stepping out of the workforce, it's 'Keep a toe in. Just keep a toe in,'" advised Cara France, who should know. She's CEO of a firm that provides high-level marketing and business consultants.

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Weaving the Web of the World Even Tighter

Pat Mitchell | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Paley Center for Media, Connected, Tiffany Shlain, Tedxwomen, Pat Mitchell, Media News

As we come of technological age, how can we be more skillful and more thoughtful in how we use the latest gadgets so as not to diffuse the power of our most fulfilling relationships and work?

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The Life Out Loud: An Interdependent World

MeiMei Fox | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Goethe, Connected, Filmmaking, Interdependence, Webby Awards, Documentary, Movie, Tiffany Shlain, Planned Parenthood, Connected the Film, Entertainment News

Connected tells the story of how, in this digital age, we are more interdependent than ever before. The wellbeing of family members depends on events happening on other continents.

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Connected the Film: A Technology Story With Heart

John Bergquist | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Portland Oregon, Brian Solis, Documentary, Leonard Shlain, Connected, Tiffany Shlain, Film, Connected-Film, Technology News

I first learned about the film Connected through watching the filmmaker's interview with Brian Solis. The film was created by Tiffany Shlain who is al...

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WATCH: Al Gore-Approved Local Film Explores Interdependence

Robin Wilkey | Posted 11.16.2011

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As San Franciscans (or really, as grown-up Americans), we like to consider ourselves independent: independent from our parents, our families, our home...

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Leonardo Was A Transhumanist

Ann Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Park City, Leonardo Da Vinci, Connected, Paul Sapin, Temple Grandin, Silicon Valley, Ucsf, Mri, Sundance, Leonardos Dream Machines, Technology News

Now that Da Vinci has graduated from the receivership of art historians to scientists, technologists, and physicians, it's a runaway train with no wreck in sight.

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Connected: a new film from Tiffany Shlain

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sundance Film Festival, Connected, Tiffany Shlain, Impact News

Hey, Tiffany does great, thoughtful documentary work like The Tribe, which I like a lot. Today, at the Sundance Film Festival, she premieres Connecte...

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Social Networks and You

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Media, Philosophy, Connectedness, Friends, Social Networks, Social Networking, Health, Connected, Influence, Healthy Living News

We tend to become like the people we're around. Social contact is contagious. Human nature is amazingly malleable.

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Stephen Colbert Author Interview: James Fowler On Social Media And The Herd (VIDEO)

Comedy Central | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Fowler, James Fowler Colbert, Connected, Twitter, Human Behavior, Social Networks, Books, Stephen Colbert, Facebook, Colbert Report, Myspace, Colbert, Weight Loss, Books News

James Fowler, co-author of the new book "Connected," spoke with Stephen Colbert last night about the social networks that we are all part of. He conte...

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Facebook Friendships and Social Influence: Guest Blog

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Fowler, J.D. Salinger, Harvard University, Social Networks, Pulp Fiction, The Killers, The Beatles, Good Will Hunting, Love Actually, Facebook, Nicholas Christakis, Blogging, William Shakespeare, Connected, Media News

We followed 1,700 interconnected college students on Facebook. Their profiles listed favorite bands, movies, and authors. But we wondered how their tastes might spread.

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Connected: Social Networking

USA Today | Sharon Jayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Networks, Books, Social Networking, Twitter, Connected, Facebook, Nicholas Christakis, Flocking, Books News

The interconnected web of our friends, family, neighbors and acquaintances may dominate our lives more than we know. They've always been there, maki...

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