Category Archives: Social Innovation

Founder Interview with Eugene Luskin, CEO of Pure Devices

Posted on by Kristen Tischhauser

Have you ever tried to teach your grandparents how to use a computer? I know I have and yes, it is really frustrating. Eugene Luskin, the CEO of Pure Devices, has created a touch screen tablet which allows your grandparents to connect to the virtual world with a touch of a button. Pure Devices, a [...]

Social Media Olympics

Posted on by Fareesa Dastagir

Social media has played a huge role in this years London 2012 Olympics. It can’t go without mentioning some of the pros and cons. With more mobile devices and smartphones, anyone can find out about the games with a touch of a button. But how does it make those die hard fans feel when they [...]

Make Your App Famous! Six Tips from a Mobile PR Pro

Posted on by Fareesa Dastagir

Our Mobile PR Expert, Rebekah Iliff, Co-founder and CEO of talkTECH Communications, recently wrote a guest post for Appcelerator entitled, “Make Your App Famous! Six Tips from a Mobile PR Pro”. Take her word of advice and follow these six tips to make your app famous!

Journalist’s Guide to Infographics

Posted on by Fareesa Dastagir

Infographics are gaining popularity and are being used more frequently as a compliment to thoughtful content and to increase SEO. Since infographics, usually present complex information or data visualization quickly and clearly, they are a great resource for journalists. As some journalists are still new to utilizing infographics, we wanted to show how it really is [...]

America the basic: a belief in entrepreneurship, education, and effective transformational change

Posted on by Rebekah Iliff

75% of my mindshare these days is spent belaboring trends, data, and culture around technology innovation. To be sure, this fact is not a bad thing and has singlehandedly acted as the inspiration and catalyst of a company I co-founded, whose blog I am proud to be an author and whose team has grown into [...]

Overview: Facebook Timeline for Brands

Posted on by Fareesa Dastagir

Is your brand ready to make the switch? On March 30, all brand pages will be required to switch to the new Facebook Timeline. On March 2, 2012, I attended a Wildfire webinar presented by Victoria Ranson, Founder and CEO of Wilfire Interactive called, “Timeline for Brands: How to Make the Switch” Here are my takeaways [...]

GOOD Provides a Set of Do’s and Don’ts for Social Innovation

Posted on by Kristen Tischhauser

As 2011 draws to a close, everyone is looking to 2012 in preparation, making predictions about what the future holds and how we can collectively better use our talents. In the corporate world and startup environment, there has been renewed interest in social good in the past 15 years. To maintain this legacy innovators are [...]