Monthly Archives: May 2008

• Diversity, Gen Y, and the New American Workplace

  Posted on May 26, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Diversity, Gen Y, Politics, Public Relations

  After taking a couple days off and finally catching up with my google reader, I came across Tiffany R. Warren’s Ad Age piece Are Diversity Initiatives Obama-Proof? : Taking the White House Might Give the Impression It’s OK to Cut Back on Diversity Programs. Being a young, black professional in the DC area, Warren’s title [...]

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  Viral Ads and the Gen Y Mind

  Posted on May 19, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Gen Y, Public Relations, Social Networking

  Many thanks to David Cutler and Chris Brogan for spreading this nice ad by Adidas. I found my way to Chris’ post through a link he posted on twitter and pleasantly surprised by the ad. I didn’t get distracted once. When was the last time an online ad really engaged you? Adidas really hit the [...]

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  Where is the Love? Thoughts on Facebook and Work Life.

  Posted on May 15, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Gen Y, Social Media, Social Networking

  While watching VH1 Soul and catching up on the Google reader, I came across a Fortune story that caught my eye: Finding cracks in Facebook. Fortune writer Jessie Hempel sets the stage for the story with an interesting lead paragraph: “Late last year Mark Zuckerberg, the 24-year-old CEO of social-networking phenomenon Facebook, got onstage before [...]

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• Hunter College – Coach Fiasco

  Posted on May 8, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Gen Y, Public Relations, Social Initiatives, Social Media

  Ok so I’m a little late on this one, but I chose to write about it because while there has been a lot of talk about how terrible the campaign was, I have yet to see any posts providing constructive criticism with suggestions of what the students at Hunter College could have done instead. In [...]

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