At the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival, Quincy Jones III and his Feel Rich team talk about the health-conscious enterprise and promoting healthy living in urban communities
Producer and digital mogul Quincy Jones III has found a way to combine healthy living…
By Winston Ford
Female power players in tech provide tips for mentorship and career success at SXSW Interactive
Founder of Tech by Superwomen Cathryn Posey and panelists explore the keys to fostering a…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
The 'How To Be Black' author's 2012 SXSW keynote address delivers jokes in defiance
Baratunde Thurston gave keynote address entitled “How to Read the World” at the 2012 South…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Advertising and marketing execs at 2012 South by Southwest Interactive were all ears at the “Y Rappers Are Better Marketers Than U” panel held on Saturday
The “Y Rappers Are Better Than You” panel held Saturday morning was packed with advertising…
By Winston Ford
The coalition recognizes game changers in the technology space
The Blacks in Technology meetup, a networking event for African Americans at SXSW Interactive, has…
By Winston Ford
Posted: March 10, 2012
Tags: 2012 South by Southwest, Baratunde Thurston, Black In America 4: The New Promised Land - Silicon Valley, blacks in technology, George Washington Carver Museum, iGotEm app, Joel Williams Jr, Marcia Wade Talbert, Mario Armstrong, Sharon Simmons Hodge, Soledad O’Brien, SXSW
Founder/producer of Southern Fried Filmworks and Big Shade Tree Trevite Willis reveals how big-name brands are successfully reaching out to diverse communities and what you can learn from their techniques
“Mining Diversity: Developing a Community of Color” panelist Trevite Willis discusses best practices for businesses…
By Winston Ford
Posted: March 9, 2012
Tags: 2012 South by Southwest, American Airlines, AOL, BET, Big Shade Tree, Black Atlas, Centric, My Black Is Beautiful, Social media, Southern Fried Filmworks, SXSW, Trevite Willis
Participants from Summer 2011 class of NewMe describe their experience and provide updates on their progress
CNN’s Black in America / Silicon Valley: Aftermath was one of SXSW’s most anticipated panels…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Posted: March 9, 2012
Tags: 2012 South by Southwest, Angela Benton, Black In America 4, Black In America 4: The New Promised Land - Silicon Valley, Google, Hajj Flemings, Hank Williams, LinkedIn, Michael Arrington, NewMe Accelerator, Soledad O’Brien, STEM, SXSW, Wayne Sutton
Blogging While Brown founder Gina McCauley talks digital content monetization and brand awareness at her panel during 2012 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive
The SXSW 2012 panel “Social Media Sharecropping: Black Tech Adoption” focused on creating an online…
By Winston Ford
Posted: March 9, 2012
Tags: 2012 South by Southwest, Black and Married with Kids, Blogging While Brown, Eventbrite, Facebook, Gina McCauley, Kickstarter, Mark Zuckerberg, Social media, SXSW, Twitter
On the eve of his keynote address to techies at the annual South by Southwest conference, the author/comedian talks politics, technology and blackness
On the eve of his keynote address to techies at the annual South by Southwest…
By Danielle Belton
Dell and Austin's Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce (CCAACC) host pre-SXSW welcome reception to kickoff the annual festival
The Capital City African American Chamber of Congress kicked off a pre-South by South West…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Posted: March 9, 2012
Tags: 2012 South by Southwest, Central.ly, Cheryl Contee, Chris Bennett, Dell, Dell Computers, Deone R. Wilhite, Dusty McCormick, GoKit.me, Hajj Flemings, HP, McCombs School of Business, Michael Dell, Natalie Madeira Cofield, National Black MBA Association, NewMe Accelerator, Nnamdi Orakwue, Samsung, South By South West, SXSW, SXSW Interactive, University of Texas at Austin, Wayne Sutton