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Monthly Archives: June 2010
DC’s Social Media Leaders Gather at APCO
On Wednesday, June 23, APCO's Washington, D.C., office will host the June meeting of the Social Media Club’s (SMC) D.C. chapter. This month’s meeting will focus on “Sports & Social Media,” examining the ways that social technologies are helping fans connect even more closely with their favorite athletes and teams, as well as the forces driving [...]
Posted on June 22, 2010
Categories Online Social Media Best Practices Tagged Anthony Caponiti, DC Social Media Club, Lindsay Czarniak, Liz Chang, Mike Schaffer, Patrick Wixted, Sarah Braesch, SMC, social media, Sports & Social Media Leave a comment
Categories Online Social Media Best Practices Tagged Anthony Caponiti, DC Social Media Club, Lindsay Czarniak, Liz Chang, Mike Schaffer, Patrick Wixted, Sarah Braesch, SMC, social media, Sports & Social Media Leave a comment
Volunteerism in America on the rise
The Corporation for National and Community Service released its annual U.S. volunteerism stats today. Details can be found at www.VolunteeringinAmerica.gov. The study contains lots of rich data, including insights about volunteerism for each state and major city and trends by age cohort.Several points from this year’s report popped out at me: An additional 1.6 million [...]
Posted on June 15, 2010
Categories Community Engagement Tagged community service, Corporation for National and Community Service, millenial, voluneering, VolunteeringinAmerica.gov Leave a comment
Categories Community Engagement Tagged community service, Corporation for National and Community Service, millenial, voluneering, VolunteeringinAmerica.gov Leave a comment
There is Hope in The World
On June 8, 2010, hope burst on the scene, and it couldn’t have come at a better time as the country continues to grapple with oil gushing into the Gulf, an economy continuing to teeter on the edge of recovery, uncertainly over the new health-care law and rising tensions in the Middle East.For the 40,000 [...]
Posted on June 14, 2010
Categories Reputation Tagged baseball, field of dreams, nationals, strasburg Leave a comment
Categories Reputation Tagged baseball, field of dreams, nationals, strasburg Leave a comment
The Politics of Health Care: Part II
Politico had a story on June 9 about the challenges now facing those who opposed the health-care reform bill and are hoping to make it an issue with the public during the November election. Other issues are taking center stage – the Gulf oil spill, rising Middle East tensions and other legislative efforts including financial-services [...]
Posted on June 11, 2010
Categories Health Care Health Policy Tagged energy bill, Health Care, insurance reform, medical loss ratio, november election, politics Leave a comment
Categories Health Care Health Policy Tagged energy bill, Health Care, insurance reform, medical loss ratio, november election, politics Leave a comment
Annual gathering of NHS managers’ eyes Government reform with suspicion and a gathering gloom
Categories Health Care | Tagged UK Coalition Government, UK Conservatives, UK Liberal Democrats | Leave a comment