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How do you bring an old social media brand back from the dead? That’s the challenge for the new owners of Myspace, the once-popular and pioneering social media platform that hit its stride in the mid-2000s, but flamed out thanks to an upstart social …

Many of us were told when we were young to not always take credit for a job well done; to deflect and practice humility.  Don’t put your name in bold letters next to a project. It’s good advice, but has it impaired women’s ability to break throu…

While athletes from around the world were putting their skills to the test in London this summer, the research teams assembled by NBC made an Olympian effort of their own. Leading up to the Games, NBC’s research teams created a survey that would poll…

At my middle school son’s open house last week where we met the teachers and heard about their teaching philosophies, I noticed a trend that just might be applicable to us adults. When the students walk into the classroom every day, they immediat…

When it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR), words are great, but actions are what people remember. The best CSR campaigns are the ones that put companies in the most favorable light, actually make a difference and improve employee morale. T…

The essence of journalism is stained every time a reporter either willingly or unwillingly provides a source with his or her quote for an article before publication.  This deal is sometimes made conditionally before the interview takes place, or as an…

Did you hear? Apple is launching a new iPhone. Of course you heard! Just about everybody around the world heard and they heard it within nanoseconds of the curtain going up on the much-anticipated iPhone 5. The reviews were all over the place. Just loo…

Every Major League baseball player remembers his first at-bat like it was yesterday. He can tell you about the feeling of walking up to the plate, of hearing the crowd, of watching the pitcher wind up, and of course the feeling of that first pitch comi…

The long nightmare that has been haunting sports fans for the past six months is finally over. Football is back. With the Dallas Cowboys opening the season with a win over the New York Giants  on Wednesday, Sept. 5, there will be plenty of story lines…

“Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?” That’s the question Republicans are imploring Americans to answer as they make their way to the voting booths in a few months.  Let’s put politics and party affiliations aside and apply thi…