Archive for June 2010

Nicole Provonchee photo

Nicole Provonchee

Happy Social Media Day!

Are you aware that it is Social Media Day? While not yet a national holiday, the website Mashable is trying to promote social media to the masses by declaring an unofficial holiday to "celebrate the revolution of media becoming social."

READ MORE »


Nicole Provonchee photo

Nicole Provonchee

Parthenon Launches Rascal Flatts/JFI “B1″ Website

This week, Parthenon launched a new website that represents a partnership between the country music group Rascal Flatts and The Jason Foundation, Inc., an organization working to prevent teen suicide. The new site promotes the B1 Project, an effort to educate youth and students on recognizing the warning signs of youth suicide and how to help a friend.

READ MORE »


Nancy Henderson photo

Nancy Henderson

Top Ten Words

Merriam-Webster's Top Ten Words lists cover a slew of fun subjects.

READ MORE »


Laura Pack photo

Laura Pack

Poll: Consumers and Online Privacy Expectations

A weekly poll currently on the American Marketing Association's website asks: "Should consumers expect unrestricted online privacy?" The results (as of this morning)…

READ MORE »


Matt Bigelow photo

Matt Bigelow

Parthenon Develops Website for Flood Recovery

When I found out that Parthenon had decided to offer its employees one paid vacation day to help with flood recovery here in Nashville, my first thought was how generous that was. My second thought was to ask myself what was the most effective way I could help my neighbors given one full day to help.

READ MORE »


Becky Henson photo

Becky Henson

Link Wars

I think about the links in articles on the Web, especially when I'm blogging. I purposefully put links in my writing and put them in for a reason. When I'm reading content, I click on a headline to read an article, then I am sent to another source of information, and maybe even another story. I may never make it back to the original content that I intended to read.

READ MORE »


Candace Price photo

Candace Price

Taking the Google Brain Offline

When I don't know something, I Google it. I seek answers on the Internet at home, at work and in the grocery store. It's instant gratification to get the answer quickly and move on.

READ MORE »


Chrissy Sievers photo

Chrissy Sievers

The Hidden Influence of Social Networks

Could sustained emotion spread over a large group of people? This is a question that Nicholas Christakis has been asking for years now, and has some great theories on.

READ MORE »


Heather Newman photo

Heather Newman

Getting Behind the Wheel of a Big Rig

Last week, I traded in my writing notepad to get behind the wheel of a 2010 Volvo truck for a test drive. It was my first time driving anything bigger than a pickup truck, and I have to admit, it was a lot of fun!

READ MORE »


Nicole Provonchee photo

Nicole Provonchee

Websites You Could Not Live Without

Every once in a while, I like to take a poll around the office to try and learn just a bit more about my co-workers. And, this week's poll was "What are the top three websites you could not WORK without or LIVE without?"

READ MORE »