Humanitarian disaster… in Russia
This deserves a lot more attention. Daniel Regelbrugge, a contributor to Matthew Good’s Mblog, warns of the horrific conditions facing millions of Russian children: Yesterday, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Rashid Nurgaliev stated that even the...Extreme Democracy: the book for networked activists
By way of Nancy White, here’s Extreme Democracy – a book for changing the world the wired way. (Although not, I’m hoping, the Wired(TM) way.) Extreme democracy, taking a cue from the recent evolution of software development towards a practice known...Taking our ball and going home
Never get into a pissing match with people who buy ink by the barrel, the saying goes. In other words, you can’t win an argument with the media because, well, they’re the media, and they get to frame the argument. But maybe there’s another option:...For the record(ing)
Life is full of odd little coincidences. Take the fact that on the same day that ‘Deep Throat’ is unmasked, Gurmant Grewal has finally released his collection of Dosanjh and Murphy bootlegs. (Well, maybe it’s a mix tape. At least one blogger is...Just when you thought they couldn’t be any worse, the tobacco industry outdoes itself.
CBC News reports on a Harvard study, based on documents obtained thanks to a settlement in a massive lawsuit against Big Tobacco; the upshot is nicely summed up in the headline, Tobacco companies designed cigarettes to addict women, study says: “These internal...
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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.
