Originally posted on the Huffington Post. In my travels around the world, I’ve (over)heard a lot of ways for people to say they’ve reached a point of no return with their frustration, feeling so full of stress that they’re stirred from passive acceptance to action. Some cultures say it’s “the drop that makes the jar [...]
Sep 13, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Politics, Social Media, Youth | Tags: #WakeUpCall, American Dream, anger, Arab Spring, Bob Geldof, brand, capitalism, change, consumer behavior, Crown Prince Haakon, Desmond Tutu, economy, Financial Times, frustration, global business, Howard Schultz, interfaith dialogue, Jamie Oliver, Joseph Stiglitz, leadership, Libya, Main Street, middle class, Middle East, Moammar Gadhafi, Mohamed El-Erian, One Young World, protest, riot, social justice, stress, trendspotter, trendspotting, unemployment, Vanity Fair, Wall Street, Warren Buffett, YouGovStone, Youth | Leave A Comment »
Originally posted on Euro RSCG Worldwide’s Prosumer Report microsite. In recent months, Euro RSCG has commented on how the revolution is not just being televised, but tweeted about, updated on Facebook, and uploaded to YouTube. In our trends preview for 2011, I touched on the new face of anger and how most of us are [...]
Apr 19, 2011 | Categories:Features, Politics, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: anger, change, Egypt, Euro RSCG Worldwide, Facebook, Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, Japan, John McCain, Libya, millennials, MSNBC, Obama, revolution, Social Media, social platforms, sociopolitical activism, Technology, Trends, Tunisia, Yes We Can, young people, YouTube | Leave A Comment »
Like most of America, I spent approximately 75 percent of the time I was awake last weekend watching college basketball. I got in a run, went to the gym, had a bridal shower, but otherwise was in front of the television watching basketball all weekend long. It’s a well-known fact that the men’s NCAA college [...]
Mar 23, 2011 | Categories:Features, Media | Tags: basketball, CBS, current events, Duke Blue Devils, Duke University, ESPN, Grant Hill, Jalen Rose, Libya, March Madness, Maureen Dowd, Middle East, NCAA, TBS, television, The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman, TNT, truTV, TV, viewership | Leave A Comment »
