 Barry Libert Chairman The World of WE
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A Better, Smarter Workforce
An interesting new study reported by Inside Higher Ed shows that students are not only open to learning online, but they actually prefer it. According to the study, sponsored by the University of Wisonsin’s E-Bus
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Tue, Oct 07 2008
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Social Media Changes Corporate Culture
I am truly thrilled by all that is happening in the social media and on-line community world – strong investor interest in our next round of financings, continued adoption of our software and service offerings by leading brands, and clear interest by company leaders in discussing how social netwo
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Mon, Sep 29 2008
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Seinfeld: The Original WE Show
Every Thursday evening for nearly 10 years, my family tuned into the Seinfeld show – a show, according to its co-creator, Larry David, was all about nothing. From my family’s perspective, that couldn’t have been further from the truth. In fact, it’s a lot like today, where everyone has the t
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Mon, Sep 22 2008
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Community Raises the Bar for Fundraising
Today, the Wall Street Journal published an article that demonstrates the power of community and it's ability to raise money, provide support, and harness emotions. The article talked about Barack Obama's campaign and how he "raised $66 million from donors in August, shattering his own personal
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Mon, Sep 15 2008
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Individuals Make Community Matter As someone working in the social enterprise space, the word community pops up almost every other sentence. At Mzinga, it's our mission to help businesses understand the value of community, help them build it, and ultimately, help them benefit and profit from it. I could go on for hours about commu
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Wed, Sep 10 2008
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WE 2.0: With our third round of financing getting underway this September along with the conference season ramping up, I decided that it was time to update my WE presentation, which dates back to 2005. This time around, I took a markedly different approach: I let someone else take the lead. The result: A
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Wed, Sep 10 2008
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ME versus WE: McCain versus Obama
I recently returned from my 25th anniversary vacation with my wife and two boys. During my 23 hour flight home, I was struck by a story in Time Magazine called the Off-Line American. It was about the fact that John McCain does not understand the power of the internet (he doesn’t use email) nor so
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Mon, Sep 08 2008
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Old Message, New Audience
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 28th annual Canaccord Adams Global Growth Conference in downtown Boston. There were approximately 240 small and mid-cap companies in attendance, representing the following sectors: Technology, Life Sciences, Real Estate, Consumer, Sustainability a
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Fri, Aug 22 2008
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7 Years of Social Media in the Making
When visitors come to Mzinga offices today, they see a building complex with purple and green painted walls, various conference rooms named after board games, and sections of cubicles within what we playfully call, “The Hive.” |
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The Future of Microsoft
Recently released numbers show fairly solid figures from Microsoft - $60 billion dollars a year in revenue with $15.84 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter. Despite this growth, I find it interesting that I keep observing headlines like the one in today's WSJ that reads, "read more
Fri, Jul 25 2008
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