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Flash Mobs Go Social in India

Waxing UnLyrical

What the iPhone is to smart phones, flash mobs are to marketing. While a slew of such campaigns have taken place in India, one that caught the fancy of many is the recent flash mob organized by the IBM OnDemand Community. Flash mobs have a way of engaging the audience. Flash Mobs Go Social in India.

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Capturing Attention: The First Step to Action

Waxing UnLyrical

This past weekend, my friend Ken Mueller shared a video he’d taken of a Christmas flash mob at the Lancaster Central Market, singing the Hallelujah Chorus. I love flash mobs – who doesn’t, right? plus, I think they’re in my DNA, since no one can flash mob like Bollywood can – so I watched it.

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How a Video Breathed Life into a Michigan City

Ari Herzog

The beauty of flash mobs is when people come together in public places to entertain others. Train stations and outdoor plazas are typical locales of flash mobs due to their vast performance spaces and pedestrian-friendly hubs. But what happened in Grand Rapids, Michigan in January 2011 was the exception.

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It’s a Book: How Give to the Max Day Could Help Kids Read

Waxing UnLyrical

That’s a G2MD flash mob from last week; thanks to Geoff Livingston for allowing me to use his photo. I live in Montgomery County and happen to be, along with FOLMC’s Executive Director, Ari Brooks, a volunteer for the 2011 Montgomery County Executive’s Ball. And on Nov. So I know they’re good people.

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When The Media Plays Scrooge

Waxing UnLyrical

perhaps the Washington Post should have sent out a flash mob alert. Because that’s what will happen this afternoon, at various Metro stations from 5 pm or so onwards. I’m going to be one of what I suspect will be at least 100 people singing Christmas carols and holiday songs as folks wend their way home after work.

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Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup

Laurel Papworth

Facebook talks like a pirate.

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