After opening comments by event MC Max Kalehoff, the keynote address was delivered by Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at the Huffington Post.  She believes that social media is changing everything, from the way we consume media, to how we buy products, and even how we choose political candidates.

(This is the second part of my review on last week’s L2 GenerationNext Forum.  Check out the first part here.) Jared Cohen, a member of the U.S. State Department, spoke about how the Internet is affecting foreign policy and How Gen Y & Technology Are Changing the Course of History.  Projects like the “Text Haiti to 90999” donation drive are well-known examples of how people are now using [...]

One opportunity that unemployment affords me is the ability to check out events when I would otherwise be chained to a desk.  Yesterday, I attended Rutgers University’s “Social Media Primer for the Public Sector” seminar.  While I’m not a public sector or not-for-profit employee, I was interested in seeing who in this area was doing social media well.  I also hoped to pick up a few tips [...]