Issues/Policies

In the blogosphere, there’s a community for virtually any issue or interest. APCO Worldwide uses a number of industry tools to identify the leaders in many of these communities. Here are the text clouds for June 1st, 2009.

U.S. Health Policy

abortion act administration American article bill breach business Cancer care case clinical Committee companies company conflicts consumer consumers cost costs current data development discussion doctors drug electronic federal financial Gawande government health healthcare high HIT hospital Hospitals industry information insurance interest law likely McAllen medical Medicare medicine million model national News Obama organization organizations part patient patients pay people personal PHR PHRs physician physicians plan policy post president private professor profit provide providers public quality record records reform report research review services state states system systems technology term University vendors Virginia West Women work World year years

Health Care Policy & Marketplace Review, Healthcare Economist, Health Affairs Blog, Managed Care Matters, The Health Care Blog, Healthcare Renewal, Health Beat, Health Policy Watch, Health Law Blog, and Health Care Law Blog.

Global Health & Development:

activities address AIDS American application approach Behavioral benefits billion business care CDC change children communication community company conference countries course Cross current data Design develop Development disease effective emergency evidence financial flu focus food global government group groups health help HIV Human idea improve influenza information Innovation international interventions issues kind level link Malaria marketing media million mobile money national Net Network news Obama opportunity organization organizations part people point population post power practices Present prevention private process Program programs provide public Report Research rest review risk scale science services social story strategies success support Swine technology term tools torture vaccine Value virus work World year years York

The Pump Handle, Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group Blog, Technology Health & Development, Next Billion, Effect Measure, CDG’s Global Health Policy, Global Health Nexus, and On Social Marketing and Social Change.

Corporate Responsibility:

access bank benefits Berlin buildings business carbon case challenges change China clean climate companies Company conference continue contribution corporate Corporation countries CSR data development economic economy efficiency efforts emissions energy environment Environmental Ethical financial firms focus food framework future global government governments green help high impact impacts India industrial industries industry International investment issues jobs level low market markets meeting microfinance money month nations opportunity paper people percent place Policy poor post POVERTY power Prozent question report Responsibility responsible review sector sind Social society solutions start sustainability sustainable technology Trade volume water WBCSD work workers world year years

21st Century Citizen, Audeamus, CSR News, World Business Council for Sustainable Development President’s Blog, World Bank’s Private Sector Development Blog, Development Crossing, Marc Gunther, The Triple Bottom Line, Ethical Corporation, and Capitalism4Good.

Environmentalism:

ACES allowances American amount analysis bill billion Breakthrough business cap capital car carbon cars change China clean CLICK climate Coal companies company continue cost costs Current demand design development Earlier economic economy efficiency electric electricity Emissions energy environmental far federal fuel future gas Generation global government green growth high Home house hybrid hydrogen increase Industrial industry innovation Institute international investments large low major Market million National natural Obama offsets oil peak people percent plant policy Post power President price prices product production products program Projects Renewable report research resources science small Solar standard state States support system systems technologies technology total trade vehicle vehicles water Waxman wind world year years

Treehugger, Worldchanging, Green Options, Eco Geek, Maria Energia, Sustainablog, Gristmill, Triplepundit, Two Steps Forward, The Oil Drum, Jetson Green, Inhabitat, Green Car Congress, and Watthead.

Education:

American article bullying Charter child children choice city class Classroom college common concept conclusion course current direct district districts Duncan education educational educators evidence example examples fact free funding general help high higher idea improve income Information instructional job Kid kids kind knowledge law learn Learning left level low math Mayor mean money number Obama parents part pay people percent place plan policy post president problem program programs provide public quality question reading results rule school schools services skills social spending start state statement states step student students support System taught teach teacher teachers vouchers words work year years

The Quick and the Ed, Eduwonk, Casting Out Nines, DC Education Blog, Joanne Jacobs, Edwize, Teach and Learn, The Chalkboard, D-Ed Reckoning, Conservative Teacher, NYC Educator, From the Trenches of Education, Blue Birds Classroom, and Education Intelligence Agency Intercepts.