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Chasing Goodness · 1w ago

Swinging blind?

It is a story that is played out in many little leagues across the country weekly. There is a young boy (let’s call him Jack) who despite his best efforts is just unable to get a hit. He has certainly made it on base, he’s drawn several walks and even been hit a few times. [...]
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Chasing Goodness · 7M ago

Freedom Don’t Come Free

On my way into work this morning I heard something that moved me….moved me to anger and then tears. The story though begins last week. Last week in Afghanistan one of Georgia’s own Lance Cpl. Scott Harper was killed in action. Yesterday he was honored in a procession as he was brought home to rest [
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Chasing Goodness · 7M ago

How Do You Say Goodbye to a Legend?

That is the question Dr. Shirley Raines, President of the University of Memphis, asked as she opened her tribute to my great aunt, Elma Neal Roane, on Friday September 23, at her memorial service. It was a hard question, and candidly, up until the last few days I was unsure of how to answer it. [...
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Chasing Goodness · 8M ago

Crowdsourcing or Democracy?

[cross-posted on the Ogilvy Fresh Influence blog] Earlier this week we introduced you to SeeClickFix and their model of social business. We talked briefly about how they are using social technologies and process to improve how governments operate and engage their constituents. Today we thought it wo
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Chasing Goodness · 8M ago

Four Score and Seven Tweets Ago

[cross-posted on the Ogilvy Fresh Influence blog] On November 23, 1787 James Madison wrote: “A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.” When he wrote those words, social media was nowhere on the horizon, nor was the
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Chasing Goodness · 9M ago

Community or Collaboration: Google + vs Facebook

[cross-posted on the Ogilvy Fresh Influence blog] Google + vs. Facebook: the debate has begun online and offline, both sides come armed with some pretty strong ammo. Google+ joined the social arena earlier this month with beta testers and changed the game, as some may say, of social networking perma
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Chasing Goodness · 10M ago

2005’s Distractions are Today’s Efficiencies

This being cross-posted from Ogilvy’s Fresh Influence blog. Social Media is no longer the shiny new object, it has become more of an expected medium over time. Think about it, how often do you look for a company’s Facebook page before even visiting their website? As organizations begin to embrace th
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Chasing Goodness · 11M ago

Happy Loving Day

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the day that the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in the case of Loving vs Virginia. Their love story truly changed the heart of a nation. Last year I wrote about their story as a way to commemorate Loving Day. So today to as a small way to [...]
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Chasing Goodness · 1Y ago

#40IN240 The Intrepid E-Book Project

Last summer my friend Todd Schnick asked me to participate in what I think is a pretty cool project. Todd’s idea: create an e-book that is a collection of stories and lessons from 40 people in Atlanta and he kindly invited me to participate. The finished project published early this year is pretty i
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Chasing Goodness · 1Y ago

Are You Game?

This being cross-posted from Ogilvy’s Fresh Influence blog Who among us does not enjoy a good social experiment? As you have probably heard by now one of the themes rising out of this year’s SXSWi is the importance of game mechanics and how people engage when a game layer is added to community. Seth
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