Of Muppets And 10% Activism
My Dinner With Elmo: From A Syrian Refugee Camp to 10% Activism with Sesame Street No matter your politics, age, gender, social class, or background, if you’ve got a TV or computer screen and a heart in your chest, you probably love Sesame Street. Sesame Street celebrates its 50-year anniversary this year. Way back in […]
Dont Read the Comments: Katie Rosman Survival Guide to Journalism in the Social Media Age
Award-winning NY Times features reporter Katie Rosman writes about some of the most “now” issues that her paper will cover- scrums on Twitter, the fleeting fame of influencers, and flare-out fashion trends. But she’s also hosted “news clubs” and other social events designed to not only foster meaningful dialogue among those who consume news in […]
Matt Scanlan – Disruptive Fair Trade: How Naadam Is Getting the Cashmere Industry’s Goat
Matt Scanlan walked into Mongolia with $2.5M in cash and almost no plan besides buying cashmere directly from the herders scattered across the countryside. He chronicled his month-long stay in the Mongolian desert in a video that made his startup, Naadam, explode onto the world stage. Today, Naadam is disrupting the billion-dollar cashmere industry by […]