State Department and Congressional policymakers, along with nongovernmental organization and technology industry leaders convened in Washington, D.C. Thursday, June 3, 2010 to explore new ways communication technology might be used in global efforts to combat human trafficking. The meeting held at the USC Washington, D.C. Center was organized by USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and Policy in partnership with assistance from the U.S. Department of State. Geoffrey Cowan, CCLP director and USC University Professor, co-chaired the gathering with Alec Ross, Secretary of State Clinton's senior adviser for innovation (pictured right). Ross opened the meeting with remarks about 21st Century……
Day: June 11, 2010
The California Winners: Corporate Power
LOS ANGELES — You can't fool all the people all the time, only about 48 percent. That, rather than the triumph of women billionaires, may be the abiding lesson of California's spring elections this year. Yes, Meg Whitman, formerly of eBay, showed that you can win a Republican primary for governor by spending about $80 a voter. And Carly Fiorina, formerly of Hewlett-Packard, showed that it could be done for only $20 a voter in the same party's Senate primary. Interesting, maybe a corporate takeover of government, but hardly new or surprising. More interesting this year was the defeat of……
Warren Bennis video from Imagining the Future of Leadership
CCLP Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis was a guest of Harvard University and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Bennis imparted his advice to an eager audience during the series Imagining the Future of Leadership hosted at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To watch all the speakers from this series, visit Imagining the Future of Leadership at WorldNews…….