7 Places to Watch Genius
1. TED
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
2. Pushing Beyond
An initiative dedicated to helping professionals and students hone in on their passions and learn what it takes to make the jump towards achieving your dreams.
3. Pop!Tech
PopTech is a unique innovation network - a global community of cutting-edge leaders, thinkers, and doers from many different disciplines, who come together to explore the social impact of new technologies, the forces of change shaping out future, and new approaches to solving the world's most significant challenges.
4. Business Innovation Factory
The Business Innovation Factory is a comunity of innovators coollaborationg to explore and test better ways to deliver value.
http://www.BusinessInnovationFactory.com
5. Good Experience Live (Gel)
Gel is a conference and community exploring good experience in all its forms -- in business, art, society, technology, and life.
6. Breeding. Impromptu. Luminary. (BIL)
BIL is an ad-hoc conference for people changing the world in big ways. It is a place for passionate people to come together to energize, brainstorm, and take action.
7. The Big Think
Big Think is a global online forum connecting people and ideas.
8. ideaCity
ideaCity, also known as "Canada's Premier Meeting of the Minds", is an eclectic gathering of artists, adventurers, authors, cosmologists, doctors, designers, entertainers, filmmakers, inventors, magicians, musicians, scientists and technologists.
Enhancing Genius
Mind Tools
"Essential Skills for an Excellent Career"
MarketingSavant
Leading through Thought. Social Media//Thought Leadership Marketing
http://www.marketingsavant.com
News Resources
BBC
The BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. Its mission is to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain.
http://bbc.com
Economist
The Economist is the premier online resource for the analysis of world business and current affiars.
http://www.economist.com
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) is dedicated to improving the practice of management and its impact in a changing world.
Huffington Post
An online site dedicated to all the latest news.
Associations
WOMMA
WOMMA is the official trade association for the word of mouth marketing industry, pioneering the art and science of amplifying genuine consumer enthusiasm.
American Marketing Association (AMA)
AMA is an international professional organization for people involved in the practice, study, and teaching of marketing.
Online Publishers Association (OPA)
OPA is a not-for-profit trade organization dedicated to representing high-quality online content providers before the advertising community, the press, the government and the public.
http://www.online-publishers.org
World Future Society (WFS)
WFS is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan scientific and educational association of people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the future.
Research Companies
ABI Research
ABI Research maintains global operations supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in broadband and multimedia, RFID & contactless, M2M, wireless connectivity, mobile wireless, transportation, and emerging technologies.
Ball State University Center for Media Design
The Center for Media Design is a research and development facility focused on the creation, testing and practical application of digital technologies for business, classroom, home, and community.
http://bsu.edu/webapps2/cmdreports
eMarketer
Aggregates and analyzes research information from more than 1.400 sources, covering every aspect of e-business, online marketing and the Internet.
Knowledge Networks
Knowledge Networks specializes in high-quality survey research for leaders in government and academia.
http:www.knowledgenetworks.com
Nielsen BuzzMetrics
Nielsen BuzzMetrics measures consumer-generated media and word of mouth.
Nielsen//NetRatings (NNR)
A provider of Internet market research and analysis as well as audience measurement services.
Northwestern University Media Management Center
The Media Management Center conducts executive education and research to address the issues and needs of media organizations worldwide.
http://www.mediamanagementcenter.org
Pew Research
The Pew Internet Project produces reports that explore the social impact of the internet.
