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Table of Experts: Future of the Workforce

3 years 2 months ago
Scott Chadwick, PH.D. Chief of Corporate Partnership Acquisitions, Maryville University MaryvilleWORKS at Maryville University creates tailored workforce development education designed to help companies deliver on their value proposition. Scott began his career as a consultant for Arthur Andersen, after which he became a balance sheet analyst for Firestone, and later designed financial software for Sprint. After earning his PhD in communication and conflict, Scott taught at Oregon State and Iowa…

Mentors, mentees adjust to new workplace realities brought on by The Great Resignation

3 years 2 months ago
Maria Angelidou-Smith has worn different hats during her eight years at Meta Platforms Inc., the former Facebook Inc., starting with work for the company’s investment in creator monetization and continuing to her current role as head of communities. While her title has changed, a common thread in her jobs has been to support and inspire a diverse team of colleagues through mentorship opportunities. “Changes in my roles gave new life to the mentorships because these were new and more senior opportunities…
Anne Stych

Censr: Alt-Right Twitter Alternative Gettr Bans Posts, Accounts Calling One Of Its Backers A Chinese Spy

3 years 2 months ago
As so-called “conservatives” (a decently large number of them appearing to actually be white supremacists and bigots engaged in harassment) complained Big Tech was slanted against them, a host of new services arrived to meet the sudden demand. Gab, Gettr, etc. hit the marketplace of ideas, promising freedom from the “censorship” of “liberal” social media […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: The Complete Video Production Super Bundle

3 years 2 months ago
Aspiring filmmakers, YouTubers, bloggers, and business owners alike can find something to love about the Complete Video Production Super Bundle. Video content is fast changing from the future marketing tool to the present, and in these 10 courses you’ll learn how to make professional videos on any budget. From the absolute basics to the advanced […]
Daily Deal

Putin’s War on Ukraine

3 years 2 months ago
In this episode of Left Anchor (#225), Prospect managing editor Ryan Cooper and Alexi the Greek discuss the context of the invasion with writer David Klion.
Prospect Staff

Why It Makes No Sense To Call Websites 'Common Carriers'

3 years 2 months ago
There’s been an unfortunate movement in the US over the last few years to try to argue that social media should be considered “common carriers.” Mostly this is coming (somewhat ironically) from the Trumpian wing of grifting victims, who are trying to force websites to carry the speech of trolls and extremists claiming, (against all […]
Mike Masnick

70 Years at the St. Louis Arena

3 years 2 months ago
“The Barn,” the loving nickname given to the Arena by St. Louisans, is actually quite appropriate. It opened in 1929 as a proud new home for the National Dairy Show, an annual livestock prize contest. Although it featured the show just once, the name stuck on St. Louis’s huge new entertainment space. For 70 years …
Brittany Krewson

New Right To Repair Bill Targets Obnoxious Auto Industry Behavior

3 years 2 months ago
It’s just no fun being a giant company aspiring to monopolize repair to boost revenues. On both the state and federal level, a flood of new bills are targeting companies’ efforts to monopolize repair by implementing obnoxious DRM, making repair tools and manuals hard to find, bullying independent repair shops (like Apple does), or forcing […]
Karl Bode