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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas.

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“What the Heck Is Wrong With My Leadership?”

YoungUpstarts

Viljakainen, author of “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “ In 1998, I sold part of my company (which I had founded in 1986, when I was 13) to the Finnish IT services firm Tieto. The best score was 100; I had started out, in 1998, in the 90s. It’s not social media. by Pekka A.

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The Steps of the Recruiting Process … and How to Identify Failure Points

www.ere.net

by Dr. John Sullivan May 10, 2010, 12:16 am ET. Smart prospects will also look for information about your firm and what it’s like to work there in places you can’t control, including blogs, ratings sites, and via social media. May 10, 2010 at 6:26 am. May 10, 2010 at 9:39 am. May 10, 2010 at 10:09 am.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

Bekkers and Wiepking (2010) examined why people donate to charities. When we intentionally or unintentionally hurt our relationship partners, we apologize.” ( Estrada-Hollenbeck & Heatherton, 1998 ). Bekkers and Wiepking (2010) analyzed over 500 studies on charitable giving. Include a Breakdown of Donation Spending.

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back – Kids In Danger

crowdSPRING Blog

The organization was founded in 1998 by University of Chicago professors Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar following the death of their son Danny in an unsafe portable crib. We’re thrilled that the crowdSPRING community’s next Give Back project is for Kids In Danger (KID). This accounts for over 46 million recalled units.

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Why I’ll be spending the day at Startup Riot

Jeff Hilimire

If you aren’t familiar with Startup Riot, according to the website its a: …one day conference on February 17, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. I realize that most of the time this blog is focused on social media so I thought I’d give you some reasons why I wouldn’t miss an event like Startup Riot. A startup junkie.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Facebook will succumb to pressure and over time make this available to us to allow us more choice in being part of several social networks without having to spam all of our friends again.