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Backstage Pass- Jeff Saperstein

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Traveling GeeksJeff Saperstein is a marketing expert, writer, educator, and consultant to governments, companies and NGOs. Building on his contacts with people around the world, he connects experts, investors and students alike with new ideas and resources. In 2002 he wrote Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy, which focuses on a regional basis, on how innovative practices can lead to the formation of regional wealth. Jeff co-founded Traveling Geeks and will be leading the charge in London as well as a featured speaker at Reboot Britain.

Backstage Pass- Craig Newmark

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Traveling GeeksCraig Newmark, founder of Craig’s list is one of the dozen Traveling Geeks on their way to London and Cambridge to find out what’s happening in social media and technology during July 2009. Craig is particularly interested in how online services are changing the way government (in the broadest sense of the word) works. See what Craig is looking forward to doing in London!

Backstage Pass- JD Lasica

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Traveling GeeksJD Lasica must have superpowers to do, and see, and interview all of the people that he does in any given month! Interested in all aspects of online social media, his new site socialbrite.org is tag-lined Social Tools for Social Change. If the word tools brings up an image of shovels or software for you, forget it! This site really has quite a range. It’s way more than just profiling online tools and sites.

SocialBrite also focuses on people to organizations, showing you how to apply those online tools to support the social activities that’ll help you build your organization for social good. JD has assembled a team of a half dozen experts who will help grow this site. Hey geeks, add SocialBrite to your RSS feed reader now!

Also see:
[1] Socialbrite.org
[2] Netsquared.org
[3] JD Lasica also on socialmedia.biz

Barbara Ehrenreich’s message to journalism grads

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UC BerkeleyBarbara Ehrenreich’s message to journalism school (j-school) graduates at UC Berekeley on May 16 2009 [1] is that they’re entering a dying industry.

Yeah, I guess that’s the case if you’re looking for a secure job in the newsroom of the 1950s, but I would actually encourage j-school graduates to look at this as an opportunity. In fact, I would encourage college Freshmen to consider specializing in journalism! Why? [Read more…]