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Change.org says $15M funding won't change it

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:15:21 -0400

Change.org CEO Ben Rattray this week took the first big investment in the company's history but insists it won't change his mind about traditional venture exits...

With $15M From Omidyar And 35M+ Users, Change.org Wants To Prove Socially-Minded Startups Can Attract Big Numbers

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:59:06 -0400

Change.org got its start in 2007 as a social network for non-profits. For years, growth was slow for the fledgling social action platform, but, over the last year, that changed dramatically. Change.org has grown from six million users in early 2012 to more than 35 million users today, and, as a result, has become one of the largest and fastest growing of its kind.

"Change Your Energy - Change Your Life" US Tour comes to Houston, TX

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:50:54 -0400

MFA Design for Social Innovation at SVA Introduces the Games for Impact Workshop

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:15:00 -0400

Adobe users to Adobe: take your cloud and shove it

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:45:24 -0400

Creative Suite users take to Change.org to petition Adobe to abandon what they call a forced march to the cloud.

Disney kills 'Dia de los Muertos' trademark bid

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:07:01 -0400

“Making More Change Faster” – Michael Kobori, Levi Strauss, Part 2 - CSR Minute for March 25, 2013

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:30:00 -0400

Guest Post: The Moral Arc of the Universe is Long: Creating UnSectored Change Takes Time

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:45:00 -0400

Bus Passenger to Greyhound: Don't Freeze Me, Bro!

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:55:00 -0500

DailyFinance.com: A Greyhound bus passenger who was left outside a locked bus station in sub-zero temperatures for a layover is petitioning the bus service to stop exposing its passengers to the elements. Ankur Singh said that last month he was traveling by bus from ... Read more

Breast Cancer Bra Petition Makes Headway at Victoria's Secret

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:11:00 -0500

DailyFinance.com: An online petition to get Victoria's Secret to make post-mastectomy bras for breast cancer survivors appears to be inching toward success. In January, we told you about Allana Maiden, who started a petition on Change.org asking Victoria's Secret to ... Read more

Petition Urges Victoria's Secret to Make Bras for Breast Cancer Survivors

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:42:00 -0500

DailyFinance.com: A petition on Change.org is calling on Victoria's Secret (LTD) to create a special line of "Survivor" bras for breast cancer survivors who have undergone mastectomies. Allana Maiden, who launched the petition drive, tells us that she was just 6 ... Read more

A Seasoned Mind

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:00:00 -0500

US Mint Testing New Metals to Make Coins Cheaper

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:18:00 -0500

DailyFinance.com: By Joann Loviglio PHILADELPHIA (AP) - When it comes to making coins, the Mint isn't getting its two cents worth. In some cases, it doesn't even get half of that. A penny costs more than two cents and a nickel costs more than 11 cents to make and ... Read more

Guest Post: What a Difference a Year Makes

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0500

Target Responds to Backlash Over Thanksgiving Night Black Friday Sale

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:59:00 -0500

DailyFinance.com: Target is pushing back against complaints that its Thanksgiving evening opening is ruining employees' holiday. The retailer announced on Monday that its Black Friday sale will start the evening before, with doors set to open at 9 p.m. Target (TGT) ... Read more

Facebook’s Testing A Navigation Bar Layout With Notifications On The Right Near Ads And Gifts

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:47:14 -0400

Facebook likes to test things out on the live site, getting feedback in real-time. Sometimes, things make their way to some of your friends, but not to you. Some would call this an "inconsistent experience", but I actually like how Facebook goes about this. I would personally like to see all of the new stuff that the company tests, from a journalist perspective...but hey, you can't have everything. A few tipsters are reporting to TechCrunch that they're seeing a brand new layout for the toolbar on Facebook's website. The new layout shows a complete swap for where the notifications, friend requests and messages sit.

Change.org: 20M users but not a single server

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:20:49 -0400

The online social networking platform for promoting social change handles more than 20 million users, but has a tiny in-house IT footprint thanks to its use of cloud services from Amazon and Rackspace. The key thing, says infrastructure manager Kyle VanderBeek, is flexibility.

Stay-at-Home Spouses Will Once Again Get the Credit They Deserve

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:14:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: Before the Obama administration pushed the creation of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through Congress, one of its finest accomplishments on the the consumer protection front was the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure ... Read more

Stay-At-Home Mom Fights New Credit Card Rule

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:55:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: By Blake Ellis After nearly five years managing her family's finances, Holly McCall, a 34-year old stay-at-home mother of two from Vienna, Va., never thought she would have trouble getting a credit card. She makes the majority of family purchases, ... Read more

Change.org Hits 10 Million Members, Now The “Fastest-Growing Social Action Platform On The Web”

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:04:24 -0400

Change.org launched in 2007 as a social networking site for non-profits. Today, the site looks quite a bit different and has morphed into a petition platform that wants to empower activists around the world through what it calls "people-powered campaigns." While the site only grew rather slowly in its early years, it's on a tear now. According to Change.org's own data, the site just passed 10 million users and is now growing by 2 million members per month. That's quite a difference from last October, when the site was only growing by about 300,000 members per month. This currently makes Change.org the fastest-growing site of its kind.

Starbucks Lovers Bug Out Over Creepy Frappuccino Ingredient

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:05:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: Strawberry Frappuccinos are a summertime favorite at Starbucks (SBUX). Too bad word's out that the lovely strawberry color is actually derived from "cochineal extract" -- dried, crushed bug carcasses. Talk about a buzzkill. A Change.org petition has ... Read more

RT and Fight Injustice #Trayvon #STOPKony

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:46:35 -0400

Image from: Existenceisresistance.org Social media has been the culprit behind a lot of recent justice issues. From #KONY2012 to the backlash on Rush Limbaugh’s inappropriate comment, Twitter is where people are going to have conversations on these issues, or at the very least, to share and promote opinions. These issues are complex and I doubt [...]

Protests against iPhone factory conditions planned Thursday for Apple Stores

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:38:54 -0500

Representatives from Change.org and SumOfUs.org will deliver petitions to Apple stores in several major cities Thursday with the names of 250,000 people who want the iPhone maker to develop "a worker protection strategy" covering the people who build its devices in China.

How Business Defines Innovation?

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:07:00 -0500

How to Deal With Gut-Wrenching Change

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:25:26 -0400

We're seeing an upheaval across the tech world like never before, huge changes at IBM, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, First Solar, everywhere. Here's how the pros deal with chaos.

How to Compare and Merge Different Versions of a PowerPoint Deck

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:30:34 -0400

It might not be obvious, but you can solicit and incorporate feedback in PowerPoint 2010 almost as easily as you can in Word.

Get Customers to Buy Now, Not Later

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:25:01 -0400

When you've gotten to the point where a customer settles on a price and then backs out of the deal, something is amiss. Find out what it is so you can figure out if you're wasting your time.

Activists Target Trader Joe's Over a Trashy, Tragic Practice

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:30:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: Lots of people adore funky grocer Trader Joe's. Its vegan pad thai is apparently so delicious that it sparked a smackdown between two women in the frozen-food aisle of a Manhattan location in January. However, the activists at Change.org want to pick ... Read more

Is Your Business a Force for Good?

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:42:30 -0400

Increasingly, consumers want to give their money to businesses that are philanthropic. How to tap this market.

If You Want to Survive, Reinvent Your Company

Thu, 26 May 2011 09:10:59 -0400

Business isn't just changing at Internet speed, the rate of change is accelerating. That means companies have to continuously reinvent themselves to survive, and that impacts everyone.

Change? Not Unless Your Life Depends on It

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:43:10 -0400

Unless you're in deep trouble and feel a sense of crisis - that your survival is at stake - you won't change. This powerful axiom is true of people, organizations, even large enterprises.

Egypt's Mubarak Wouldn't Resign, But Should You?

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:04:22 -0500

Most leaders fail to change, even when business is in the tank. Here's why--and how to finally become the inspiring manager your troops want.

Can Leaders Change Their Spots?

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:04:22 -0500

When confronted with undeniable evidence of failure and ineffectiveness, most leaders can't or won't change. Here's why and what factors define great leaders who are capable of adapting.

Change at the top for RWE IT

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:24:32 -0500

With effect from 1 February 2011, Michael Neff takes over as Chairman of the RWE IT Management Board and assumes the role of the CIO (Chief Information Officer) for the RWE Group. He succeeds Chittur S. Ramakrishnan who retired at the end of January 2011.

How to Create Positive Changes in Your Business

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:57:47 -0500

Kodak's CMO, Jeff Hayzlett talks about how to achieve positive change at a large company. He says it starts with four key areas, focus, accountability, simplicity and trust.

Dear President Obama …

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:43:30 -0400

Dear Mr. President, here’s the deal as I see it: Most of the country – and I know I – voted for you to *change* the course from an America that was too fueled by anger and intolerance and too little support for the disadvantaged. We knew you’d bring a great deal of intelligence and [...]

National Golf Emporium (IDLM.OB) Announces Name Change to Idle Media, Inc.

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:30:23 -0400

National Golf Emporium, a technology company that supplies a range of Internet and communications services through its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, recently announced its corporate name change to Idle Media. As of yesterday, the company is trading under its new stock symbol IDLM.OB. This name change better reflects the company’s business operations as the company [...]

Putin’s Embrace of Poland Hard to Explain

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:51:11 -0400

Anne Applebaum takes a stab at explaining Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's sudden change of heart to improve relations with Poland, and recognize the Katyn massacre of 1940. It is certainly not hard to understand why a 70-year-old problem...

Ensco Changes Name – Analyst Blog

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:46:18 -0400

Ensco International plc (ESV) will be known as Ensco plc, effective March 31, 2010. Management said that this name change is part of the company’s move to its new headquarters in London.

Though the company will rename itself, it will continue with the same lines of business and trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the existing ticker symbol “ESV". Ensco is a leading supplier of offshore contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company’s drilling fleet consists of 40 jackup rigs, four ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rigs and one barge rig. Additionally, the company has four ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rigs (Ensco 8500 series) under construction.

Effective December 23, 2009, Ensco has shifted its corporate headquarters from Delaware to the U.K. The change is meant to refocus its business from the U.S. to all of the major markets around the world. In 2009, 77% of the company’s total jackup revenue was generated from outside the Americas.

While the change of domicile to the U.K. will facilitate better service for its customers and enhance overseeing of the company’s worldwide operations, Ensco also expects to save a significant amount of tax expenses. Its 2010 and 2011 effective tax rate is anticipated to be approximately 16%–17% and 15%, respectively, versus 19% in 2009.

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On the Economic Role of Government

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:00:38 -0400

Government’s role in an economy has never been properly explained. We will have a go at it ourselves. In a word, government betrays the future. Government is a profoundly reactionary institution. It always favors its current clients – the present generation of taxpayers – over its clients of the future (who don’t pay taxes and don’t [...]

On the Economic Role of Government originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

Non dom MPs – how difficult is it to change the law?

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:51:59 -0500

Top Tory donor and party chairman Lord Ashcroft has revealed he is still a “non-dom” but says he will at last give up that status. Leaving aside all the political mud-slinging about the timing ...

Global Warning: The ‘Anthropocentric’ Crisis (Part 4)

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:33:28 -0500

The global climate warming fuss is not principally an environmental issue but, rather, it is a manufactured crisis supported by copious amounts of manipulated science, reinforced by opinion leaders and promulgated by the cheerleading of the mass media. Global warming has become the mother of all politically correct issues. Words: 1551

Deutsche Bank and NASDAQ OMX Introduce the DB NASDAQ OMX Clean Tech Index

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0500

NEW YORK - February 10, 2010 - DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA), the climate change investment and research business of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management business,

Price Movement: Noise Versus Not Noise

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:11:00 -0500

BlackRock (BLK), one of the largest money managers in the world, and the owner and manager of the iShares ETF family, pointed out yesterday (February 1) that: “the current weakness (with stocks down around 6.5%) is roughly in line with the 5% to 8% declines we saw periodically last year as stocks climbed 60% from their [...]

How the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act will Affect You

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:02:01 -0500

The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act Of 2009, popularly known as the CARD act, will take effect on February 22nd 2010 and bring sweeping changes in the original credit card policies. What does it mean and how will it affect your credit card rating as well as the cards in your wallet? Words: 343

Stocks down for the day

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:28:00 -0500

Faulty Judgment at Inflection Points in History

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:43:59 -0500

Today the economy and the capital markets are faced with the long-term buildup of public and private credit. Moreover, promises to tax and spend future income may even be the greater influence. How we got here is more a story of what has happened to our culture than it is one of a particular central [...]

Faulty Judgment at Inflection Points in History originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, a FREE daily e-letter, offers a "uniquely refreshing" perspective on the global economy, investing, and today's markets.

Energy Blast – Jan 21, 2010

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:55:07 -0500

The United Nations insists that it wants to keep guiding climate change talks, despite last month's disastrous Copenhagen summit. According to the head of the organization's climate change administration, 'Copenhagen didn't produce the final c...

Do Canada’s Oil Sands Deserve World’s Dirtiest Commodity Label?

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:25:15 -0500

“When you think of Canada, which qualities come to mind: the world’s peace keeper, the friendly nation, a liberal counterweight to the harsher pieties of its southern neighbor, decent, civilized, fair, well-governed? Think again. This country’s government is now behaving with all the sophistication of a chimpanzee’s tea party. From Dudley Do-Right to Corrupt Petro-State? So amazingly [...]

The Lifecycle of Innovation

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:26:00 -0400

References:
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Selected References:
Leading eBook on Creativity and Innovation in Business
Creativity and Innovation Best Practices
Creativity and Innovation Case Studies
The Innovation Index
Top 50 innovative companies in the world