Monthly Archives: May 2012
Posted on May 31, 2012
Election 2012 – Advocacy Lessons from the Campaign Trail
While most Americans pay little attention to the daily horserace of a presidential election, it’s nearly impossible in Washington not get drawn into the constant analysis of which strategies or tactics employed by the campaigns win the day. This makes … Read More »
Posted on May 29, 2012
Despite national trends, Maine’s newspapers remain strong
The national narrative about newspapers is expressed in two words: they’re dying. Over the past few years, newspaper circulations have declined, staffs have been cut back, budgets have tightened with the shrinking economy and the explosive growth of digital and … Read More »
Posted on May 24, 2012
Mayors Driving the Sustainability Train
This past week corporate leaders paid a call on Capitol Hill to educate Members of Congress about the sustainability movement. For many of the elected elite of Washington, the carefully articulated efforts to better manage operations with an eye equally … Read More »
Posted on May 23, 2012
Congress Gets a Lesson on Sustainability
Recently I attended a fundraising breakfast for my home-state U.S. Senator and listened with interest as each of the dozen or so lobbyist in attendance made their plea for this or that. I was present without a specific agenda at … Read More »
Posted on May 14, 2012
Click and Forget
A new form of activism threatens to leave politics and advocacy devoid of accountability A recent article in the Huffington Post discussed the growing trend of Slactivism, a term used by the author, Mr. Bob McKinnon, to describe the way … Read More »
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Why Infographics?
We live in a digital age, where information moves faster than ever before through the use of social media channels, television, the internet and more. We are constantly bombarded by a fast, yet steady flow of an immense amount of … Read More »
Posted on May 8, 2012
Hope for U.S. cleantech jobs: Bloom Energy plans Delaware factory
Over the last year, the media coverage of clean technology in the United States has been dominated by stories such as the high-profile bankruptcy of solar maker Solyndra and the emergence of China as the leader in the global solar … Read More »
Posted on May 2, 2012
Getting Slimed by Social Media
Sparked by a celebrity TV chef’s outrage over the use of “pink slime” in ground beef, Facebook, Twitter and the blogosphere erupted with grotesque images of the ingredient, and calls for its removal. The images and description of it swayed … Read More »