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The Nature of Fear: Wes Carven at TEDxMidwest
October 25, 2011
Written By: Zack Zaban When you think of a technology and education conference, you most likely wouldn’t associate the line “One, Two, Freddie’s Coming for You” with a speech from one of the speakers. This notable quote comes from one of the greatest horror movies of the 20th century: A Nightmare on Elm Street. When [...]
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Lessons from Mount Everest: Allison Levine at TEDxMidwest
October 17, 2011
Post submitted by Zack Zaban, Search Analyst, Starcom USA If you told me that I would relate to a woman who climbed Mount Everest twice, I would say that you’re crazy. Allison Levine That was until last Thursday night when I heard Alison Levine, Team Captain of the First American Women’s Everest Expedition, talk at [...]
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How Social is Democratizing Media #smwchicago
September 23, 2011
Post Submitted by Eric Meister Social Media Week is almost wrapped up, but if there is one common theme emanating from the speakers and attendees, it’s that social has democratized media. That’s not exactly an unheard of concept, but if it wasn’t the majority opinion before, it is now. Following the “Social Media to Social [...]
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Social Media: A Tool for Anthropological Field Study #smwchicago
September 21, 2011
Yesterday, I attended The State of Social Media: Presented by NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey Company with Tom O’Brien. It was actually fantastic. He share a ton of really great research and brought the data to life by sharing real examples of when social media has enhanced this research Top nuggets of information from this session. [...]
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Bury My Heart in Conference Room B
September 10, 2011
Blog by Renee’ Parratore, Associate Director, Human Resources In mid-July I had the opportunity to attend an external conference focused on employee commitment and the keynote speaker at this conference was Stan Slap. Stan is a best selling author of the book “Bury My Heart at Conference Room B” and a corporate strategy consultant. I [...]
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