Blogs About "Facebook"

While reading a half a dozen reviews on Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, I pictured red-faced columnists pounding their keyboards in support For or Against the book’s premise. Granted, most of the writers agree with the opposition on a point or two, making them appear at least temporarily objective and fair, but otherwise, it seems Ms. Sandberg has gotten a lot of people...

Not up for shelling out $100 bucks to message Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg?  Social innovator and marketing thought leader Ekaterina Walter has a much cheaper way to pick the brain of the famed boy wonder.  Her new book, Think Like Zuck: The Five Business Secrets of Facebook's Improbably Brilliant CEO Mark Zuckerberg, examines the success of Facebook and its controversial founder.

Focusing on what Facebook has done right, Walter...

Lessons from the Facebook, Obama and ‘Sandy’ brands

As we’re awaiting the final results of our end of year study to gain a more in-depth understanding of the Zeitgeist, we’ve been discussing what’s next for brands in 2013 based upon our learning from CultureQ over the past Summer and Autumn.  As always, we’ve been reviewing the data from our research in the context of socio-cultural and political events.

The highly anticipated IPO of...

June 27, 2012

What Does Sheryl Sandberg’s New Board Assignment Mean for Women?

by Beth Stewart, CEO, Trewstar Corporate Board Services

I am a glass half full type. But my name is not Pollyanna.

Over the past few days many people have asked for my opinion about Facebook’s newest board member. My response is that Facebook’s totally uninspiring move reinforces status quo in corporate America. Yes, congratulations to Sheryl, but her appointment to the board...

By: Jacki Zehner

Originally posted here: http://www.jackizehner.com/2012/04/03/face-it-facebook/

FACEBOOK.  I feel like it has become a new marker in our society, BF ( before FACEBOOK) and AF ( after FACEBOOK).  BF we relied on email, phone calls,  and in person conversations to stay connected, and now,  we don’t. AF we can now stay connected with hundreds, if not thousands of people by just parking ourselves in front of our MAC. You might think...

Transparency. Supplier relationships. Social responsibility. Privacy.

These terms have all been bouncing about a lot lately whether it be in conjunction with Apple, BP, Google or just general conversation.  And because of that, few people have been surprised that we’ve become more focused on brands as social reformers and been speaking more about brands advocating on behalf of their customers over the past two months.  What has startled several of our clients,...

"There is a huge lack of courage and integrity in our country’s leadership.”   

During this period of sustained economic uncertainty, when people continue to feel insecure about their futures and have little faith in governments, the absence of leadership is apparent.

Interviews for CultureQ, Onesixtyfourth’s study of societal shifts and movements, strongly indicate that Millennials and Baby Boomers in the US...

Last week I wrote a post entitled:  Have Connections? Use Them! One of my readers wrote in “Yeah, well, that doesn’t apply to me; I don’t know anyone.”  I told her it doesn’t matter whether she’s 22 and just out of college, or 32 and changing careers. She has connections. The same goes for...

In a recent YEC/Buzz Marketing study of young professionals, 79% of respondents were interested in entrepreneurship. Anyone, Generation Y or not, who read about Facebook’s suggested IPO market capitalization of up to $100 billion, garnering $28 billion of value for founder Mark Zuckerberg alone, could understandably...

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told global leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos that a "Gender Ambition Gap" is a major barrier to women moving into leadership roles. What can we do to close that gap?