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Death Loves Everyone. Make Death Wait.

When sharing the Cold, Hard Truth with Western students last night, Kevin O’Leary didn’t speak about non-profit organizations in particular, but rather focused on finding an organization that has great growth potential. If this commercial is indicative of the talent at Heart and Stroke Foundation, then that makes them an organization worth taking seriously as potential future employer – it’s incredible.

Watching TV tonight, there were several commercials that caught my eye as Tumblr Tuesday worthy, but this spot by Heart and Stroke Foundation made the cut.

There is a complementary ad about men, which you can see here. Both ads mark a rare occasion in which the YouTube video is overlaid by an ad that you should actually click.

Spreading their message requires no more than 3 words on the screen at once, and that’s really all it takes for a powerful call to action.

Watch. Donate. Support.

November 22, 2011 by

Inspiration: Sheryl Sandberg

“If you survey men and women in college today in this country, the men are more ambitious than the women. And until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not going to achieve as much as men.”

– Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook

Source: Mashable

November 13, 2011 by

Inspiration: Arianna Huffington

http://embed.5min.com/517198476/

Arianna Huffington

Acceptance Speech

2011 Glamour’s 21st Annual Women of the Year Awards

As one of the most influential women in media, Arianna is a woman to learn from.

Listen to her eloquently speak about how failure is not the opposite of success, but rather, “failure is just a stepping stone to success.”

“Usually you go to events and they suck, but this one meant so much,” Stone told WWD. “Arianna had one of the greatest speeches about success and failure. I felt so connected to her.”

Art history aficionados will also appreciate Arianna’s comments directed at the reknowned Cindy Sherman, whose work deserves to be celebrated as well.

Other award winning women at the event were comedian Chelsea Handler and actress Lea Michele, as well as Gloria Steinem, who took home the Lifetime Achievement Award.

If you see Arianna Huffington listed under “People to Subscribe to” in your Facebook sidebar, perhaps now you’ll better understand why that’d be a good call.

Lost in the big city? Overwhelmed by misleading advice? 

                   

Watch this video and hopefully it’ll provide some reassurance.

Video Source: Huffington Post 

Image: Untitled Film Still 21 – Cindy Sherman

November 12, 2011 by

Goodnight iPad

Is the bird jumping over the moon supposed to be the bird from Twitter’s logo?

I’ve heard about research studies suggesting to unplug from gadgets 1 hour prior to bed to help clear your head of distractions and ease the falling to sleep process. Well, before you close your laptop tonight, watch this video.

This book might just be the best book for the technologically savvy iPad-toting parent who already knows what to expect when you’re expecting. And if you’re childless, pick it up as a coffee table book anyway – it can be a conversation piece when you’re entertaining guests and they look up from their phones to notice your decor.

I fondly remember reading this book, the original classic:

November 6, 2011 by

CBS Social Week

Just in time for my group’s class presentation about The Good Wife, CBS is embracing social media to connect with viewers next week, including The Good Wife fans.

Each show updated fans via Facebook and Twitter today to announce their plans for everyone’s favourite actors to share their own insights via the shows’ official social media accounts beginning Sunday night.

This is hardly the first time shows’ cast and crews are live-tweeting, but usually the official TV show account retweets their commentary, whereas next week CBS is letting its stars gain control over online interactions. I’m curious to see if the stars will use more shorthand or slang than usually seen in the accounts’ messages and I’m sure it’ll depend on which actors are composing the tweets.

Viewers who watch the shows live during their scheduled timeslots (and aren’t distracted by a phone or computer) may have noticed that some shows have a watermark during the first scene featuring a hashtag, such as #HIMYM for How I Met Your Mother.

Bravo’s Lisa Hsia shared with Mashable that “getting talent actively involved with a social media strategy is essential to building greater community engagement,” so this is clearly a calculated attempt to heighten viewer engagement.

I suspect that the initiative will increase check-ins amongst GetGlue users who will be eager to join the live conversation. Personally, I suggest CBS support their initiative with more stickers for GetGlue fans as a token of appreciation.

As for The Good Wife, I’d like to see what Matt Czuchry has to say about Cary’s new promotion in his own words – not just reiterated by a reporter. That was quite a fabulously dramatic ending in last week’s episode and I’m excited to see what happens next this Sunday.

To save space here, you can peek at the network’s full live-tweeting schedule courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter.

November 3, 2011 by