Through business groups such as the Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Business Roundtable, businesses coordinated their voices to push common interests. Their preferred tool of influence was cash, typically in the form of campaign contributions. Seeking low taxes and light regulation, corporate donors unsurprisingly tilt conservative and broadly favor Republican candidates. But large corporations routinely contribute to both sides of the aisle to maintain access to incumbents. … [Read more...] about Why Big Tech’s swift reaction to the Capitol riot is a threat to democracy
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Want to succeed in design and business? Support women
Over the course of the assignment, we tackled problems businesses like mine have and figured out what we could do to help smaller brands operate online like the big brands. During this time, Google created a now deprecated pilot program called Accelerate with Google, and I was fortunate to be on the ground with them during its development. Google then created the Google Digital Coaches Program, which lives on today. The program features trained coaches that provide live workshops in-person, and now the program is running online because of the pandemic. The change to an online approach has actually been a blessing for me during the pandemic as this work keeps me grounded and allows me to help more businesses from anywhere in the world understand how to transform their in-person business sales to online experiences. … [Read more...] about Want to succeed in design and business? Support women
The pandemic inspired a new wave of conscious consumerism—but only temporarily
As in years past, when we dug beneath the surface of our results, demographics weren’t very influential in terms of socially responsible behaviors. Our age, income, and education levels don’t really correlate with how much we give back or how consistently we shop for socially conscious products. Our outlook on the world, however, is very much correlated with our commitment to conscious consumerism. In fact, it has the biggest impact of any factor we studied. Those who said the world was getting better in 2020 scored the highest on index of making conscious consumer decisions. Those who said things were getting worse scored lower, and those who said it was staying the same scored the lowest. … [Read more...] about The pandemic inspired a new wave of conscious consumerism—but only temporarily
