WRVS have published distinctive research into the socio-economic contribution of older people in the UK. The report, Gold age pensioners , claims that people over 65 made a net contribution to the UK economy of £40 billion last year, even allowing for the costs of pensions, welfare and health services. MORE >>

Zara People! Recently, Zara enhanced their street watcher strategy by creating Zara People! This web site allows people to upload photos of themselves wearing their products. Zara selects the best and features the actual real-people photos on their website as part of their merchandising strategy. Who doesn't love fashion? MORE >>

Implementing enterprise social software platforms is changing organizations but that's a topic not being discussed widely in adopting companies because people don't like change. . is about People. W00t!". captured the abundant spirit of Enterpise 2.0 Summit Fankfurt, (convened by Kongress Media in Frankfurt October 27-28). MORE >>

The fact is that even though people monitor each others’ content in the networks, it takes them to cross a certain barrier to start commenting, making contact with the authors, becoming really involved in the networks with people, not with artifacts only. From content to people: What trends are there??? Why is it so low? MORE >>

The Occupy Movement means different things to different people. The first similarity between the Tea Party and the Occupy Movement is that both provide an easy-to-understand frame to explain why so many people in this country are struggling so badly right now. And that is a very useful starting place. Bigger Frame for Social Change. MORE >>