When on-line investing bubbled up in the mid-90s, it unlocked the traditional stockbroker/wealthy client hold on investing. Another shift is starting to hit the Venture Capital and Angel Investing structures. Crowdfunding, or the ability of ordinary people to contribute from $10 to $10,000 or more in a project, cause or person, is growing significantly. Kickstarter, [...]

Humans have always had a need to communicate. Consider the Garden of Eden as the first communication gone awry and the ensuing Crisis Management situation. Whom of the four entities would have had been the most influential blogger: Adam; Eve; the serpent; God? As a Social Media Marketer and Adjunct Professor, research is at the [...]

Over a month has passed since our Presidential election on November 6, 2012 but my Social Media Communication and Media and Globalization classes continued to comment about its impact locally and globally long after the results were tallied.  Students in both Woodbury University classes were a mix from the schools of Architecture, Fashion Marketing, Finance, [...]

Sometimes, when situations become so out of whack, one needs to step back and tell certain people  to take a time out in the corner of the kitchen.  I am not a cyclist but drive by many as they train in my hills outside of Los Angeles.  I get winded just looking at them peddle [...]

The summer of 2012 is coming to a close for those of us who teach social media at the university level. With all the noise about “social media” in the “media”, there is a surprising lack of individuals who actually have the practical skills to teach a full upper level semester or term. Very few [...]