Connectivity

What Would Norman Rockwell Think About Facebook?

Eric Yaverbaum | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Social Media, Holidays, Blackberry, Connectivity, Twitter, Technology, Facebook, Family, Technology News
Eric Yaverbaum

I'm a workaholic. I admit it. It would be real easy to blame technology and being in the communications industry as the reason I haven't taken a real ...

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Solitude: Alone or on the iPhone

Stanton Peele | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Connectivity, Loneliness, Technology, Solitude, Social, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News
Stanton Peele

Human beings are social animals -- they are also solitary ones. Many things in modern life are done alone, even within well-integrated families and social groups.

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Why Connectivity is Creating a New Class of Female Leaders

Tracy de Groose | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: UK Business, Connectivity, Female Leaders, UK Tech, Women in Business, Women in the Boardroom, Women Leaders, Professional Women, UK Media, Business News
Tracy de Groose

We are witnessing a shift in the nature of leadership. The command and control structures we have inherited from traditional leadership are making way for styles characterised more by empathy, partnership and collaboration than by ego.

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There Are Now More Wireless Devices Than Human Beings In America

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Connectivity, U.S. Population, Ctia Survey, Comscore, Wireless, Ctia, Survey, CTIA Wireless, Technology News

For the first time ever, there are more wireless subscriber connections than there are people in the United States. According to a survey by the CT...

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The Haiti Rural Broadband Connectivity Program

Craig Newmark | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Connectivity, Haiti, Home News
Craig Newmark

Hey, the craigslist charitable fund and I are helping build networks in a number of places to help give the voiceless a voice, that is, to give people...

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10 Reasons You Need A Tablet

Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Verizon, Apps, Verizon Wireless, Bslide-Verizon-Wireless, Travel, Online Shopping, Business, Music, Movies, Internet, Social Media, Connectivity, Education, Social Networks, Finance, Health, Cooking, Wireless, Online Banking, Gaming, Ebooks, Tablets, Slidepollajax, Entertainment News

With Verizon Wireless expanding its 4G LTE network across the country, tablet manufacturers worldwide are working tirelessly to create unique, innovat...

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Memos From The Developing World: Cairo, Corruption and Cultural Change

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Connectivity, Poverty, Economic Policy, Children, Development, Accountability, Corruption, Culture, World News
Marcelo Giugale

What makes a middle-class, middle-age, Middle-Eastern mother risk her life, liberty and livelihood to join street demonstrators and stand up against a...

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5 Smartphone Rules to Live By

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smartphones, Connectivity, Technology, Iphone, Efficiency, Blackberry, Android, Technology-Addiction, Email, Technology News
Dr. Jim Taylor

The smartphone has become a ubiquitous status symbol of and tool for businesspeople doing business. In offices, on the streets and in airports, what s...

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Public Mycasting System

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, American Narrative, Interactivity, Connectivity, Nouriel Roubini, Content, Andrew Sullivan, The Kardashians, Ivanka Trump, Trendspotting, Novels, Trends, Self-Expression, Storytelling, Sincerity, Mycasting, Blogging, Technology News
Marian Salzman

From mommies' to men's blogs, from food diaries to fanzines, the universal-access realm of online is a new storytellers' paradise with handy short installments as the universal language.

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Net Gain

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal CPM, Social Media, Internet, Network, Connectivity, Trust, Politicians, Mobile, Human Connection, Passion, Facebook, Faith, Brands, Business News
Marian Salzman

This is the third in a series of 12 posts expounding on the 2011 forecasts in the annual trends report from Salzman, president of Euro RSCG Worldwide ...

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Skype Interview with Josh Silverman on Haiti and Bettering Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bettering Humanity, Faith, Priit Kasesalu, Kazaa, Thought Leaders, Luxembourg, Estonia, California, London, San Jose (CA), Oiww, Prague, Tartu, Service to Humanity, Josh Silverman, Niklas Zennström, Italy, Janus Friis, Skype C.E.O., Hierarchy of Needs, Frica, United States, Skype, Connectivity, Global Conversation, Skype Limited, Social Responsibility, Haiti, Jaan Tallinn, Global Citizenship, Stockholm, Follow Your Heart, Ahti Heinla, Ngos, Connecting Goodness, Orphans International Worldwide, Tallinn, Technology News
Jim Luce

As you probably know, the multilingual, cross-platform Voice over Internet Protocol, instant messaging, and videoconferencing sensation known as Skype...

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Overcoming Barriers with Electronic Connectivity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Cell Phones, Nuclear Weaponry, Social Networking, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Email, Facebook, Raise Global Citizens, Global Citizens, Fundamentalists Anonymous, E-Applications, Kenya, Germany, Barcelona, Following Your Heart, Africa, Ceos, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, M-Applications, Brussels, Skype, Israel, Asia, Maternal Mortality, Josh Silverman, Digital Divide, Linkedin, Economic Opportunity, Goodness, Terrorism, Mobile Phones, Microsoft, Washington DC, Bettering Humanity, Ignacio Mas, Mdgs, DataDyne.Org, Education, Cellular Technology., Colombia, Rio De Janeiro, Health, Japan, Connecting Goodness, Thought Leaders, Favela, Extremism, Maasai, Cultural Understanding, Skype for Educators, Center for International Virtual Schooling, Mhealth, Americas, Jim Luce, Information Technology, Philippines, Internet, Clinton Global Initiative, Middle East, Finance, Bridging Cultural Divides, Communications, Disruptive Companies, Huffington Post, Webcam, money.com, Child Mortality, Bill Clinton, Developing World, Twitter, Meducation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Stockholm, Oiww, Daily Kos, Mfinance, Mservices, Connectivity, Mobile Technology, Fundamentalist Mindset, Palestinian, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, Software, Mobile Games, Jlsr, Long Distance Learning, GSM Association?S World Congress, Impact News
Jim Luce

Where we no longer must allocate the time and resources to go physically to all corners of the earth -- Facebook, Skype, our email takes us there.

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Connectivity Is Key To Social Change

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mhealth, Mdgs, Information Technology, money.com, Mfinance, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Extremism, Email, Asia, Raise Global Citizens, Global Citizens, Fundamentalists Anonymous, E-Applications, Oiww, Jim Luce, Rio De Janeiro, Following Your Heart, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Mservices, M-Applications, Digital Divide, Barcelona, Maternal Mortality, Josh Silverman, Microsoft, Washington DC, Twitter, Bettering Humanity, Connectivity, Ignacio Mas, Americas, Japan, Meducation, DataDyne.Org, Education, Cellular Technology., Harlem, Internet, Health, Social Networking, Israel, Cell Phones, Huffington Post, Connecting Goodness, Webcam, Favela, Kenya, Linkedin, Skype for Educators, Brussels, Center for International Virtual Schooling, Thought Leaders, Economic Opportunity, Goodness, Clinton Global Initiative, Middle East, Ceos, Finance, Jlsr, Bridging Cultural Divides, Disruptive Companies, Nuclear Weaponry, Child Mortality, Philippines, Bill Clinton, Developing World, Cultural Understanding, Germany, Fundamentalist Mindset, Africa, Maasai, Palestinian, Skype, Colombia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Mobile Phones, Facebook, Communications, Haiti, Daily Kos, Stockholm, Mobile Games, Software, Mobile Technology, Long Distance Learning, Terrorism, Orphans International Worldwide, GSM Association?S World Congress, Healthy Living News
Jim Luce

In the spring I travelled to Barcelona for the GSM Association's World Congress, with 49,000 participants spread between mobile phone-related 1,300 ve...

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9/11 Reflection: Let Us Not Waste The Limited Number of Hours We Have Left

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leila Hadley Luce, Hank Luce, Earth Creed, Sri Lanka, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Henry Luce Foundation, China, Guyana, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Philanthropy, Oiww, Vow of Poverty, Richard Livingston Luce, Indonesia, Irene Alleman Simpson, Jlsr, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Paul Moore, Orphans, Cheddi Jagan, Post-Disaster Housing, Doing Good and Feeling Good, John Lee, Communications, Peter Yarrow, Luce Index, Betty Millard, Germany, Social Change, Dudley Alleman, International Development, Human Fragility, Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, Non-Governmental Organizations, Global Challenges - Global Solutions, Mathew Luce, Connectivity, Haiti, Jim Luce & Associates, International Affairs, Tsunami, Earthquake January 12, Human Rights, Henry Luce III, Social Activism, Orphans Interntional Worldwide, Public Relations, Internet, Stanford Leonard Luce, Connecting Goodness, Luce Leaders, Mentors, 9/11, September 11, Fundamentalist Mindset, Twin Towers, Extremism, Impact News
Jim Luce

9/11 brings back haunting memories. Having buried by brother and mother almost back-to-back just before 9/11, losing all three of my life-long mentor...

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The Stewardship Report on Connecting Goodness Announces Editorial Calendar

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Romeo and Juliet, Film, Chicago, Bono, Literature, Carolyn B. Maloney, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, The Luce Index, Life Style, Mu Sochua, Photography, SOS Children?S Villages, Josh Silverman, Cancer, HIV & AIDS, Heal the World, Valentines, Performing Arts, Orphan Care, Social Change, Palitha Kohona, Bangladesh, Oprah Winfrey, Social Gospel, Jamaica, Jimmy Carter, India, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Huffington Post, Hinduism, Skype Interviews, Judaism, Economy, Novels, Washington, Gay Rights, South Asia, Better the World, New Delhi, Gay Immigration, Stewardship Report, Jlsr, Port-Au-Prince, John Lee, Women?S Issues, Love, Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Dalai Lama, Wal-Mart, Health, New York City, Muhammad Yunus, Haiti, Orphans Interntional Worldwide, Cambodia, New York Times, Relationships, Going Green, Museums, Buddhism, Dance, Helping the Unfortunate, Europe, Puerto Rico, Human Rights Watch, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Sri Lanka, West Virginia, Universal Human Rights Declaration, Chinese, Episcopal Presiding Bishop, Child Care, Jim Luce, Unions, Dr. Steven Becker, Humanism, Alaska, Food Stamps, Holiday Season, Unsung Heroes, Bettering Humanity, Americas, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Education, Care, Shyam Selvadurai, Christianity, Arianna Huffington, Connecting Goodness, Worldvision, World Affairs, George Bush, Finance, Children, Nhat Thich Hanh, Music, Thought Leaders, United Nations, Arts, Foster Families, Intergenerational Romance, Desmond Tutu, Goodness, Environment, Elie Wiesel, Travel, Federico & Co., Conflict Resolution, Fine Arts, Katharine Jefferts Schori, Religion, Islam, Developing World, Africa, Unicef, Politics, Theater, Mid-East, Global Citizens, Interracial Love, Connectivity, Culture, Gay Marriage, Tikum Olem, Aga Khan, Jon Sirota, Poverty, Asia-Pacific, Media News
Jim Luce

A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still ...

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Haitian Leadership Mentoring Program for Orphans Growing in Leogane

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: N.Y.U. Polytechnic Institute, Raising Global Citizens, Project Leogane, Leogane, Child Sponsorship, Orphan Care, End Orphanages Globally, Connectivity, Haitian Students, College Prep Leadership Training Program, NYU Polytec, Japan, Haiti, Leadership Mentoring, France, Oiww, Hurricane Jeanne, Internet, Israel, U.S.A., Scholarships, Gonaives, Orphans International Worldwide, Refugee Camps, Mentoring Children, Ecole De La Redemption, OIWW Family Care, January 12, World News
Jim Luce

There is no reason for Haiti to be a hell hole. It has abundant and beautiful natural resources, an incredible and indomitable people, and is only tw...

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Trip to Haiti #22: Some Changes at Bottom, Same Old Stuff at Top

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Educational Opportunities, Project Leogane, Orphans, Leogane, Agriculture, English Training, Disaster Relief, Oiww, Haiti Earthquake, U.N., Academic Scholarships, Japanese American Association New York City, Computer Training, Orphan Family Care, Scholarships, Orphaned Children, Mentorship, NYU Poly, Social Net, Connectivity, American Airlines, Haiti, Oxford Ohio, Global Mindset, New Haiti, Haitian-American, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Leadership Training, Orphans International Worldwide, Ecole De La Redemption, January 12, World News
Jim Luce

My 22nd trip to Haiti since 2001, the third since the earthquake of January 12. Probably over 250,000 dead more than six months ago. The exact figur...

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Allure of the Hive: Experts on Connectivity, Social Networking and Social Change

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake Tahoe, Upper East Side, Linkedin, Sunlight Foundation, Nicole Ellison, Thought Leaders, MOUSE.Org, Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination, Global Citizens, Sean Parker, Individual Empowerment, Howard Dean, Simon & Schuster, Modern Life, Social Network, Maine, Bowdoin College, Twitter Age, Americans, Plaxo, Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Brainstorm Brand, Techonomy Conference, Telecommunication, Entrepreneur, Personal Democracy Forum, Politics, Twitter, Information Studies and Media, Social Life, Skype, Connectivity, Mint, Facebook, Fortune, Dr. Dhiraj Murthy, New York City, Aspen, The Benefits of Facebook Friends, Facebook Causes, Andrew Rasiej, Michigan State University, Napster, Internet, The Facebook Effect, Spacex, Relationships, Quantcast, David Kirkpatrick, Connecting Goodness, Danah Boyd, Techonomy, New York News
Jim Luce

A distinguished panel of experts gathered Saturday at the Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination for a standing room-only r...

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Brett King: I'm on the move, therefore I am...HELP!

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Connectivity, Dell, Hong Kong, Citibank, Data Plans, Currency, Blackberry, Mobile Banking, Remittance, Hsbc, Mobile Warrior, Business News
Brett King

Mobility is such a basic requirement for the connected, networked executive today. I travel about half of my time promoting my book, BANK 2.0, and wor...

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Live from Leogane: Orphans International Partners with Haitian School Founded by Orphan

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Education Teachers, N.Y.U. Polytechnic Institute, Earthquake, Raising Global Citizens, Seth Louis Jacques, Philippe Beauliere, OIWW Global Standards, Masoud Ghandehari, York College, Brooklyn, Leogane, Mathew?S Rule, Skype, Queens, Connectivity, Creole, Child Psychologists, Volunteers, Haiti, France, Carl Skelton, Oiww, Rainy Season, Practicum Abroad, Haitian School, Haitian Orphan, Orphans International Worldwide, American School System, University of Quebec, Ecole De La Redemption, January 12, World News
Jim Luce

"My father, Ambroise Beauliere, wrote our school's mission statement forty years ago to provide private education at the best possible quality at the ...

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Live from Leogane: College Prep Leadership Training Begins for Orphan Mentors

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, University Scholarship Programs, Raising Global Citizens, Minustah, Psychological Trauma, Brooklyn, United Nations, Sri Lanka, Leogane, Internet Connectivity, Canadian Red Cross, America, Carl Skelton, Seattle, Renaissance, Oiww, Indonesia, Evens Anozine, Orphans, Social Responsibility, Port-Au-Prince, Wasantha Herath, Haitian Prime Minister, Leadership Training, N.Y.U. Polytechnic, Skype, Connectivity, Barack Obama, Haiti, New York City, Mentorship Program, Tsunami, New Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Yes We Can!, Ecole De La Redemption, January 12, Austrian Red Cross, World News
Jim Luce

The College Prep Leadership Training Program of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) Haiti launched this week at l'Ecole de la Redemption in Leogane...

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Cornell's President Calls for a National Suicide Dialogue

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Connectivity, National Public Health Crisis, Suicide National Dialogue, Multiple Suicides, Cornell University, foreverinvictus.com, Smartphones, Suicide, Twitter, Cornell's President, David Skorton, Facebook, Cornell, David J. Skorton, Skorton, Open Letter, New York Times, Impact News
Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

Those who have the power to open up and expand the dialogue about suicide need to step in and step up. David Skorton, Cornell's University President, is calling for a national dialogue about the subject.

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Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multi-National Corporations, Switzerland, Brooklyn, XO Machine, Technology, Western Union, Notebook Industry, Automated Banking, Vital Wave Consulting, Cell Phone, Singapore, Manhattan, Haiti Earthquake, Dr. Andreas Stehmann, Jurgen Samuel, Wincor Nixdorf, Evens Anozine, Cash Remittance Transfer, Classmate PC, Mobile Phone, Moneygram, One Laptop Per Child, Barcelona, Developing-Country Markets, Turkey, Philippines, Germany, Automated Check-Out, GSM Association, Brooke Partridge, Education, Intel, Sicap AG, Haitian Diaspora, Second-Order Impact, Queens, Cam, Connectivity, Healthcare, New York City, France, Fonkoze, Palo Alto, Un-Banked, Atm, Mobile Technology, Senegal, Cash Remittances, Ncr, Business News
Jim Luce

Cash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the eart...

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Peter Buffett and Angelique Kidjo Release Single to Support Girls in Africa

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benin, Celebs Gone Good, Batonga Foundation, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, World Bank, Omaha, Bono, Girls, Asia, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Warren Buffet, IsThereSomethingICanDo.Com, Human Trafficking, Ethiopia, Alexandria, Jim Luce, Mobile Phone, YourCause.Com, Yoruba, Technology, Swahili, Barcelona, Malaika, Philanthropy, Life Is What You Make It, Connectivity, Angelique Kidjo, Peter Buffett, Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, Mali, Ning, Kenya, Egypt, United Nations, Native Americans, Dar Es Salaam, Thought Leaders, Random House, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Paris, Girl Effect, Cellular Connectivity, Melinda Gates, West Africa, Tanzania, U.N. Day Concert, Earth Institute, Cameroon, Bill Clinton, Do Something, Africa, Bill Gates, Kofi Annan, Blood Into Gold, Facebook, Rockefeller Foundation, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Haiti, New York City, Charity, Cell Phone Technology, Artist, A Song for Everyone, Ann Veneman, Gates Foundation, Composer, World News
Jim Luce

I have been trying to interview Emmy Award-winning composer/philanthropist Peter Buffett for two years. I wrote about Grammy Award-winning UNICEF G...

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A World On Pause: The Joys Of Being Unplugged At Summer Camp From A 16-Year Old Experiencing It

Cassie Goldring | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unplugging, Television, Connectivity, Children, TV Turnoff, Computers, Nature, Teens, Childhood, Technology, How-to-Unplug, Maine, Teenagers, Healthy Living News
Cassie Goldring

As a 16 year-old girl, turning in my Blackberry to the camp director, not to see or hold it again for 7 weeks, was certainly not my ideal way to begin my summer vacation.

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