Stop corporate abuse, change the world, live in Boston
One of the first big international campaigns to ever hit my radar was the Nestlé boycott: a successful mobilization of consumer outrage over Nestlé’s aggressive — and destructive — marketing of breastmilk substitutes to mothers in poor countries....Would you like intrusion with your pizza?
The ACLU has a hilarious Flash flick (seriously, check it out – you’ll never order another pizza) with a serious undercurrent: your private, personal information is being stored in a lot of government and corporate databases, and they’re starting to...Reporters Without Borders helps bloggers without rights
The fine folks at Reporters Without Borders have written what they call a handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents: Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure. Only they provide independent...CBC lockout may be the first ever Web 2.0 labour campaign
It’s going to be really, really good to have the CBC back. But I’ll miss the highly personal style of CBCUnlocked. The corporation’s web team would do well to take a close look at what made that site work so well. And I’ll also miss the...A neverending river of dumb
William Bennett, former Republican education secretary and anti-drug crusader: If you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose — you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down. That would be an...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
