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What About Including Women in Africa's Transformation?

Kristine Pearson | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Education, Social Innovation, Information, Africa, Social Entrepreneurship, African Women, African Economy, African Development, Impact News
Kristine Pearson

South Africa's minister of finance delivered heartfelt remarks, reminding us that there are a billion lives that need to benefit from Africa's transformation. Little did I realize how swiftly and significantly Minister Gordhan's words would touch me.

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The Media Message Is a Blur

Warren Adler | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Government, Media, Information, News, Economy, Internet, Message, Media News
Warren Adler

The days of leisurely contemplating and observing our world through the morning and evening newspapers is long gone. The reassuring news coverage of the fixed-time network news has disappeared. We are living in a 24/7 world.

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Why Do Obvious Reforms Never Happen? The Political Economy of Things

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Leadership, Europe, Poverty, Information, Africa, Economic Development, Oil, Crises, Reform, Latin-America, Asia, Subsidies, Technology, Unions, World News
Marcelo Giugale

Why is it that obvious reforms don't get done? Because behind every status-quo, there is a complex cobweb of vested interests of people, institutions, and corporations -- "actors" -- who would be hurt by change, so they stop it.

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You Know Far More Than You Know You Know!

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Emerson, Wisdom, Authentic Power, Consciousness, Information, Books, Confidence, Infinite Intelligence, Universal Mind, Knowledge, Healthy Living News
Dennis Merritt Jones

When you read (or hear) something that finds deep resonance with your soul it's not because you are receiving anything new; you are remembering something that you already know at some level.

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Lucas Kavner

Can The American Library Survive?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Libraries in Crisis, Libraries-in-Crisis, Libraries, E-Books, Evanston Library, Jefferson County Library, Local Libraries, Digital Information, South Branch Library, Information, Public Libraries, Chicago, Detroit, Missouri, Michigan, Books News

This is part of our new ongoing series, Libraries in Crisis. To read more about the series, click here. At the Gilpin County Public Library in Colo...

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The Innovator: Steve Jobs

Michael Carmichael | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Vision, Steve Jobs, Images, Information, Apple, Death of Steve Jobs, Computers, Silicon Valley, Visionary, Computer, Technology News
Michael Carmichael

He never lingered over the fact that he was dying. Visions swirled into his mind surrounding him with the urgency of a prophet. A new medium for mem...

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Love Scenes

Jeff Klima | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Crotch, Funny, Lists, Dirty, Relationships, Writing, Books, Klima, Authors, Knowledge, Information, Crude, Sex, Naughty, Jeff, Love, Comedy, Learning, Comedy News
Jeff Klima

Like deadly sins, dwarves, or even deadly sins committed with dwarves, there are seven rules for writing good, compelling sex scenes. Seven. Sure some...

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Google+ Is Not Punk Rock

Steven Nereo | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Data Farming, Information, Facebook, Privacy, Google+, Online Safety, Social Media, Online Security, Internet Privacy, Web Security, Internet, Web Safety, Online Privacy, Technology News
Steven Nereo

Let's just get a few things straight: Google isn't your friend just like Facebook isn't your friend. When your phone wants to sync with Facebook -- or Google -- assume they are getting something out of it, because they are. Nothing is free and your information is the currency.

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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for My Newsletter + Giveaway

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Maria Rodale, Information, Blog, Newsletter, Women News
Maria Rodale

I've been blogging for about two years now, and it's time to step up my game--with a newsletter! I really love blogging. It's the perfect creative out...

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Chinese Consumers Becoming More Sophisticated: Report

Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Booz & Co., Internet, Sales, Purchasing Power, Information, Consumer Goods Companies, American Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Middle Class, Travel, E-Commerce, Pepsico, Business News

SHANGHAI (AP) — Chinese consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their tastes and expect a wider range of better products, according to ...

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10 Things You May Not Have Known About Turkey

Ronen Paldi | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Country, Islam, Tourism, Turkey, Information, Luxury, Travel, Vacation, Women's Rights, Roman Empire, Turkish History, Istanbul, Whirling Dervishes, Constantinople, Troy, Hittites, Travel News
Ronen Paldi

Turkey is one of the most beautiful and exotic locations on earth. However, many people don't know just how amazing this land is, or they just have misconceptions about it.

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Libya -- Oil, Water, Gold Are the Real Issues

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Investors, Management, International, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, Imf, Sanctions, Eia, Opec, Eu, Goldman Sachs, Risk, Foreign Minister, Information, Energy Agency, Import, Middle East, Volatility, Supply, German, Investment, Asset, Bubble, Demand, Iea, Gold, Reserves, Administration, Returns, Commodities, Oil, Wealth, Government, Markets, Population, Investing, Irrigation, Allocation, Bloomberg, Libya, Water, Dividends, Sentiment, Economy, Export, Turmoil, Vaults, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

The oil price has skyrocketed over the past few months and the finger often points to Libya and claims of supply disruptions have dominated the press. However, are these claims grounded in fact or are we watching yet another sentiment driven bubble?

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The Global Brain, Chaos Theory, and the Power of Real-Time Social Media

Beverly Macy | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Google, Global Brain, Social Media, Twitter, Information, Data, Chaos Theory, New Media, Information Technology, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Book Excerpt, Technology News
Beverly Macy

As a connected global society, people are sharing opinions, reviews, thoughts, and movements with one another all day, every day. That in itself is remarkable. We call it the real-time global brain.

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Digital Stories Dramatize Information's Role in the Lives of People and Communities

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter M. Shane, Peter Shane, Information Stories, Knight Commission, Information, Digital Narratives, Knight Foundation, Aspen Institute, Digital Storytelling, #Infostories, News, Journalism, Liv Gjestvang, Media News
Peter M. Shane

My hope is that the online stories will help motivate activists around the country to pay attention to their local information ecologies.

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The New Information Theology

Victor Stenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theology, Religion and Science, Information, Quantum Computers, Religion News
Victor Stenger

Far from providing aid and comfort to those who seek evidence for a Creator, the quantum computer universe makes not only the existence of a Creator unnecessary, it makes it unlikely.

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Power and Information in Egypt -- and Beyond

Joseph Nye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Information, Power, Egypt Protests, Social Media, Twitter, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Social Networking, Soft Power, Facebook, Egypt Riots, Egypt Internet, Foreign Policy, World News
Joseph Nye

An information world will require new policies that combine hard and soft power resources into smart power strategies. This is proving a difficult task as the administration tries to walk a tightrope in the Middle East today.

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How to Repair a Damaged Online Reputation

Dorie Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Linkedin, Information, Tweet, Online Reputation, Negative Attacks, Online, Reputation Management, Twitter, Youtube, Crisis Communications, Facebook, Technology News
Dorie Clark

What can you do if your online reputation has been damaged, whether by others or your own mistakes? Here are four strategies to hasten your comeback.

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How To Defend Yourself Against The Media’s Fear Tactics

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Consumer, Awareness, Connection, Consciousness, Information, Advertising, Economy, War, Sustainability, Media, Consumption, Motivation, Happiness, Media Influence, The Balanced Life, Influence of Media, Unplug and Recharge, Media Advertising, Influence of Advertising, Healthy Living News
Judith Acosta

Has it really become that hard? Is there no place quiet in the world? Have the media and the golden arches made their presences felt everywhere?

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Be an Oprah/Oprah-ette: Steps to Branding and Thought Leadership in 2011

April Rudin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thought Leader, Web 2.0, Publishing, Oprah Winfrey, Information, E-Books, Branding, Personal Branding, Expertise, Thought Leaders, Brands, Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Gayle King, Business News
April Rudin

On the brink of a New Year, its timely to think about "out with the old and in with the new." It's important housekeeping for us whether we are talki...

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WikiLeaks and the Disconnectivity of the Web

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Relationship, Trust, Empathy, Johnfkennedy, Politicians, Paradox, War, Anarchism, Democracy, Diplomacy, Diaries, Peacejournalism Agendas, Wikileaks, Journalism, Privacy, Disinformation, Secrecy, Internet, Soldiers, Information, Conflict, Narcissism, Julian Assange, Iraq, Softpower, Jfk, Politics News
Indra Adnan

I am ambivalent about WikiLeaks. While I go with the undisputed righteousness of principles like freedom of speech, I feel I am being dragged into a fight that is not my own.

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Public Diplomacy: "Out" for the U.S., "In" Overseas?

John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlotte Beers, Gastrodiplomacy, Michael Kaiser, Pentagon, Cultural Diplomacy, Jesse Helms, Smith-Mundt Act, Joseph Duffey, Modern Art, Cold War, China, Hasbara, Internet, Digital Media, People-to-People Exchanges, Bruce Gregory, Barry Zorthian, Soft Power, Marketing, Karen Hughes, Development, James Glassman, Nicholas Cull, Heritage Foundation, Business for Diplomatic Action, Edmund Gullion, Keith Reinhard, Kristin Lord, U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, Propaganda, Engagement, Confucius Institutes, State Department, Jan Melissen, Matt Armstrong, Communism, Global War, Information, Ngos, Branding, Strategic Communications, India, George C. Marshall, Judith McHale, Kim ANdrew Elliott, Public Diplomacy, Usaid, Kenya, Paul Rockower, apps4africa, Louis Menand, International Broadcasting, End of History, World News
John Brown

China and India's public diplomacy activities have grown extensively in our new century, even as the United States is seemingly abandoning the foreign policy tool.

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PHOTOS: CARTOGRAPHY: From Transport To Mouse Clicks, Gorgeous Information Design

Patricia Brizzio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mapping, Cartography, Patterns, Architecture, Network Architecture, Indexical Architecture, Parametric Design, Design, Spatial Arrangements, Design Tools, Diagram, Information, Data, Graphic Representation, Digital Design, Material Organizations, Cognitive Mapping, Tracking, Slidepollajax, Algorithmic Architecture, Visual-Complexity, Information Design, Arts News
Patricia Brizzio

Some radical forms of mapping, representation and analysis are being developed through a cartography that renders visible the fast-growing amount of d...

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Beware of Bank ATM "Skimmers"

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Lobbies, Pin, Leaflet Holder, Wireless Camera, Thieves, Steal, ATM Card Number, Video Surveillance, Spy Camera, Card Slot, Accounts, ATM Pin, Flashing Light, Organized Criminals, Information, ?€œSkimmer?, Thief, Tampering, Wireless, Bank ATMs, Keypad, Equipment, Business News
Iris Mack

  Organized criminals are installing equipment on legitimate bank ATMs to steal both the ATM card number and the PIN. The team of criminals s...

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What's Right with America? Let Me List the Books

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Global Game, Whole System, Reflective Practice, Stabilization, Decision-Support, Self-Determination, Web of Knowledge, Secession, Community, Collective Intelligence, Innovtion, Future, World Brain, Integrity, Peace, World Mind, Civilization, Culture, Voices, History, Global Brain, Liberty, Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Natural Capitalism, Values, Bio-Economics, Africa, Analysis, Freedom, Epoch B, Deliberative Dialog, Clarity, Systemic Inquiry, Technology, Common Wealth, Reconciliation, Strategy, Goodness, Bio-Mimicry, Social Capitalism, Reconstruction, Human Scale, Ecological Economics, Compassion, Conscious Evolution, Evolutionary Activism, Web 2.0, Atlases, Philosophy Priorities, Information, Health, Web 4.0, Integral Consciousness, Cosmos, Diversity, China, Truth, Universe, Politics News
Robert David Steele

I became the #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction [or 32/216 overall including movies, software, and fiction) quite by accident, loading 300 reviews fr...

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Lucia Graves

Markey Tells BP To Stop Stonewalling On Well Dat

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Markey, Sea Floor Leaks, Information, Wellbore, Hoarding Data, Macondo, Politics News

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) demanded Wednesday that BP release information on the integrity of the wellbore and sea floor leaks, after efforts to ...

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