Feb 16, 2010
One of my favorite people in the zone of Social Media-meets-idealism, Nancy Lublin of Do Something introduces 3 trends to watch in 2010 for the use of Social Media for activism: 1- Crowdsourced philanthropy enables “the crowd” to decide to whom organizations and companies grant money. As the advisor of both Chase Community Giving and
Jan 29, 2010
Matthew Bishop of The Economist gives his take on the 3 hottest issues being discussed in the hallways of the Congress Center in Davos this week: 1- The banking sector: Will we be able to regulate the banking system to help the world economy instead of destroying it? 2- Haiti: How can we rebuild Haiti
Jun 9, 2009
The World Economic Forum (Disclosure: Ogilvy client) is keen to find exciting Asian tech start-ups or companies in their early stages that should be considered for the WEF Technology Pioneer Award. As someone who has been fortunate enough to have been invited to attend the WEF annual meeting in Davos for many years, I can
Feb 22, 2009
Recently caught up with Randi Zuckerberg, marketing director of Facebook, to hear how she is helping other politicians follow Obama’s lead into cyberspace. Net, a friend who also works for Facebook, described how Israel’s politicians were the latest to use Facebook Connect prominently.
Feb 16, 2009
Recently met with the founder of the business-focused social network LinkedIn to discuss how the crisis has affected online social networking and how brands can best interact with such sites. Video below this quick summary. For those searching for a job, Reid gave a few tips on how to work with social networking sites: Digital
Feb 7, 2009
A study by Edelman PR showed that trust is hitting an all time in many institutions. This video includes quick discussions with: Jeff Jarvis – who thinks that the Davos crowd really does not appreciate how much trust in them has slipped. Richard Edelman of Edelman PR – describes the details of the report. Lionel
Feb 6, 2009
Former professional ice hockey player and serial entrepreneur Rich Stromback seems best known in Davos as the last man standing – at night in the piano bar, that is. In fact, this year at Davos he celebrated his 40th birthday in the piano bar with Richard Branson, more than 100 grandees and magnums of champagne
Feb 6, 2009
Everyone attending Davos seems to end up at the piano bar around 3am at least one night during the week. Barry Colson has played at the piano bar for 12 years during the WEF meeting and seen more than his share of late-night scandals, including prominent people who seem to love dancing on top of
Feb 5, 2009
To save you the cost of a hotel room and airplane ticket, Matthew Bishop of The Economist kindly summarized what he found after a week in the Swiss mountains. Mainly, it was pretty depressing and will likely get worse!
Feb 4, 2009
One great pleasure of Davos and DLD this year was hanging out with uber-blogger Jeff Jarvis. He has a great sense of humor, outlook and fantastic new book that I read on the flight back to Hong Kong: What Would Google Do? In his book, Jeff does an intellectual road test of what a variety
Jan 31, 2009
The most amazing session I attended this year in Davos was a 2-hour Dignity Day event in a local school auditorium. Speakers included the schoolchildren, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel, who sang Biko a capella. Hearing Desmond Tutu speak was an incredible experience. I have rarely seen someone captivate and hold an
Jan 30, 2009
Pascale Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization, briefly describes the competing pressures he has felt here in Davos. Government leaders are feeling pushed towards protectionism while business leaders fear protectionism will hurt their business. Who will win? Lamy said he is neither optimist, nor pessimist, but activist.
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
