Dillon and I LOVED listening to “Project Mulberry,” a novel by Linda Sue Park, read by actress/narrator Mina Kim. We started the 4+ hour, 4 CD set on the way back to Chicago from St. Louis, and then ended up listening to it over the course of the next week, on the way to school…
DetailsAs soon as this June, if you don’t like how ads are representing you, it may be time for a personality overhaul. NPR reports today about new technologies that will allow for smart advertising…TV ads that are targeted to you, your buying habits and individual tastes. What would your ads look like? To which spectrum…
DetailsThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Moment of Zen – Rob Riggle Promotion thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor I was surprised by a piece on NPR today that said “Rob Riggle is best known as a comedy “news” correspondent on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.…
DetailsI was reminded of the Human Genone Project during a conference session today looking at “intra-disciplinary” and “inter-disciplinary” approaches to “advancing service science with cultural considerations.” The conference, funded by the National Science Foundation and presented by the International Services System Engineering Research Lab (ISSER) at the University of Puerto Rico, looks at how “the outcome…
DetailsIn setting up a web-presence for your company via social media, there’s an obvious time money continuum: Either you’ll spend oodles of time creating profiles, links, etc. at low or no cost to you, or you can save time and pay someone else to do it. Basically, when one goes up, the other goes down. …
DetailsIn field of Diversity and Intercultural Communications it’s all about action. What is your company’s recruitment strategy? Do you have a Supplier Diversity Program? What about mentoring? Internships? What faces are featured in your internal and external communications? Take a look at this photo (by Charlie Gesell, AP) from MSNBC of students this week…
Details(Originally posted on Illinois Arts Alliance “One State” Conference Blog, 5-12-09) I’m presenting at a conference at the University of Puerto Rico on “Representations of Race and Culture in Advertising and Marketing” next week. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the conference will look at the influence of cultural identity on service delivery, and is…
DetailsSometimes I think the best way to avoid perpetuating racial or cultural stereotypes in advertising is to purposely mix it up, which is why I liked the new “Let a Stranger Take You Home” ad for Heineken by Wieden + Kennedy, Portland. The spot opens with an Asian looking young man singing along to a…
DetailsI met an interesting woman the other day, founder and owner of Workforce Language Services, who has a PhD in Linguistics and Anthropology. We were talking about the ongoing challenge as practitioners to prove the business case for diversity, and she told me about a language training project she had done for a client in…
DetailsAfter much whining during our trip to see family in Brazil last week, my eight year old son announced that he was behaving badly because “everyone here is being mean to me.” Knowing that nothing could be further from the truth, I immediately went from being (annoyed) mother to ethnographer: This was culture shock…a gut…
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