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Integrating Media, Marketing, and Technology.
Regular features include S’M (Social Media) Tuesday, Thriv’Able Thursday, and S’Monday (Social Media) Tips.
Getting It: Perspectives
Contributed by Rick DeVan on September 7, 2010 at 5:07 pm ET
Resource: Open House: Are Fans Loyal, Opportunistic or Just Suckers for a Pretty Face?
The NYTimes.com sends both their art critic and Sunday magazine editor to cover the U.S. Open.
Wonderful.
Filed under Getting It, Life, Work, and Society, Media
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Middle Class Is Vanishing, The Next Big Thing Is Still Unseen
Contributed by Rick DeVan on at 7:00 am ET
Job creation will likely remain weak for months or even years. But once employers do step up hiring, some economists expect job openings to fall mainly into two categories of roughly equal numbers:
Professional fields with higher pay. Think lawyers, research scientists and software engineers.
Lower-skill and lower-paying jobs, like home health care aides and store clerks.
And those in between? Their outlook is bleaker. Economists foresee fewer moderately paid factory supervisors, postal workers and office administrators.
Technology spurred job growth after the 1982 and 1991 recessions. The PC became revolutionary in the early 1980s. Internet use exploded after the Mosaic Web browser was introduced in 1994. Housing eventually lifted employment after the 2001 dot-com bust.
“There’s a lack of clarity on what the next big thing is going to be this time,” said David Card, an economics professor at the University of California.
Resource: Weekend Reading: Optimism, Pessimism, Realism… and Opportunity
First, say “Ugh”. Then, find the opportunity. These are not just economic changes.
Filed under Business and Commerce, Life, Work, and Society, Marketing
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Labor Day in the USA
Contributed by Rick DeVan on September 6, 2010 at 7:00 am ET
Resource: The History of Labor Day
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
I started out writing this as a piece of reflection on the good of work, the resiliency of America… and quickly remembered no one reflects on Labor Day.
We take the day off and enjoy it.
Filed under Life, Work, and Society
Tags used: Culture —
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Statistics: Popular Activities
Contributed by Rick DeVan on September 5, 2010 at 7:17 pm ET
Resource: Reading, Board Games Still Most Popular Summer Activities
Most adults (69%) said they read a book, 60% watched fireworks or 59% played games with friends or family members at some point during the summer.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) also had cookouts or barbecues.
The more things change…
Filed under Entertainment, Life, Work, and Society, Statistics
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Thriv’Able Thursday (I): Fairs Are Not an Anachronism
Contributed by Rick DeVan on September 2, 2010 at 7:00 am ET
Resource: As Life Spins On, the Midway Beckons
Resource: The Great Geauga County Fair
In Ohio and many other places across the U.S., state and county fairs are not an anachronism. They are an important part of the way of life and a great way to build community.
Build community… you get the picture.
Filed under Life, Work, and Society, Local Aware, Thrivability
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