Viral & Buzz Media Archives - Page 26 of 53

Political Paper Dolls & Parodies Galore: Youth Humor 2008

November 4, 2008 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Move over Stardoll, kids can now play Presidential Paper Dolls and you really CAN “cut through all the clutter” this election eve and keep your sense of humor to boot. Print 'em out. Cut 'em up or dress 'em down. Full disclosure, these witty entrepreneurs are friends of mine from ad agency days gone by, now they're both moms that have put their sardonic wit to … [Read more...]

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A Bear Votes.org: Flash Animation Eco-Messages Kids Love!

November 3, 2008 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Yep. Free Range Studios (once again!) produced this cute little animated critter tale. (Pretty soon I'm going to sound like I'm shilling for them!) I've already covered their Uncaged" pig-tale for California's Yes on 2...That said, support for the environment is NOT a partisan issue, and just like the NCLI eco-literacy act, this represents a bipartisan, national coalition for … [Read more...]

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The Age of Conversation 2: A Tribe of 237 Leading Change

October 31, 2008 by Amy Jussel 20 Comments

AOC2--Double the flavor, double the fun! (quick, name that ad!) The ever prolific Seth Godin of Purple Cow fame (yes, I’m proud to be one...moooo!) has a new book out called “Tribes” reinforcing the notion that if you give a loosely connected group a way to communicate, a leader, and an idea, entire movements can take shape with substantive outcomes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 237 authors, Age of Conversation 2, Age-of-Conversation, Alex Steed, AOC2, Authors, Beth-Kanter, branding, brands, Britt-Bravo, change agents, changebloggers, children, Chris Brogan, collaborative effort, digerati, Drew McClellan, ebook, Free the Children, Gavin Heaton, Guy Kawasaki, ideas, ideation, Kids, Me to We, Millennials Changing America, Mindblob, new media, participatory learning, probono, Purple Cow, Robert Scoble, SEO book, Seth Godin, social change, social enterprise, social media tools, social networks, the Childrens Charity, Tribes, Twitterfluence, Variety, Why Don't People Get It, Wikio, Wikio top blogs

Treat Suneet By Voting for Dream Village TODAY At IdeaBlob!

October 31, 2008 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

Crowdsourcing has become quite the ‘thang’ with ideas percolating all over the globe on how to create healthier worldviews for kids online, offline, and bridging both worlds in between! (The much anticipated Elf Island opens Tuesday in beta testing, woohoo! It's an AMAZING online to offline bridge for changemaking in the childrens' media arena, and I've been mum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: affect change, Amy-Jussel, books with meaning, changebloggers, crowdsourcing, Digital Media Learning, Dizzywood, Dream Village, Elf-Island, Environment, gaming for good, Global Water, Hastac, Ideablob, ideas, Izzy-Neis, Kids, living books, Liz Kronenberg, MacArthur-Foundation, Michael-Carter, Play Pumps, Scott Arpajian, social conciousness, social issue games, Social Symmetry, Suneet Bahtt, Teen-Second-Life, tweens, Virtual-Worlds, water shortage, Zookazoo

Toxic Coinage Consumption: Melamine Scare Spooks Parents

October 30, 2008 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Argh, maties! These Sherwood Brands Pirates Gold Coins shiver me timbers! I’m quite accustomed to the annual viral parent panic of tainted candy of some kind or other each year, but this season, Truth or Fiction is even even trickier to discern whether these milk chocolate coins are ‘threat level orange’ or a plink in a bucket long shot, even among the … [Read more...]