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Media Salad’s recipe for ‘Bags of Hope’
We're based in Colorado, a state that is seeing sharp spikes in homeless people, many struggling with addiction and/or mental illness. So, our team members and many friends of our company have become expert bargain hunters who fill gallon-size, re-sealable, plastic...
Kids in Kenya make Media Salad
Media Salad supports many nonprofit organizations, and we're especially pleased to count youth groups in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi among them. We recently supported a teen forum that attracted more than 100 Kenyan youth wanting to learn more about how to make...
Make the most of your online video
Online audiences are spending more time watching, rather than reading, their news and information, so the Society of Professional Journalists and CNN Newsource recently teamed to present a webinar about best uses of video. Here's a quick look at some of the...
Norwex sales and a new way to clean
We're often inspired by our clients' success -- and count Pam Altendorf of rural Goodhue, Minn., among the most talented executives with whom we've had the privilege to work. She's a senior vice president sales leader for Norwex, an experienced sales consultant -- and...
‘Clearing The Haze’ guides parents through adolescent addiction
Media Salad Founder and CEO Christine Tatum and her husband Dr. Christian Thurstone's advocacy for better addressing adolescent mental health and substance abuse issues has culminated in an important and informative new book "Clearing The Haze: Helping Families Face...
Media Salad needs your help warming up the homeless
Media Salad's communications build business -- and community. So, we're collaborating with two of our friends in metro Denver -- commercial construction company Gilmore Construction Corp. and the nonprofit JLThompson Dance Ensemble Ministry to warm up the homeless...
Mental Health Month, Kenya — and us
It's May -- also known as Mental Health Month in the United States -- and a great time for us to share that we're big believers in: more mental wellness, which would transform our world and make it a far better place. greater access to affordable mental healthcare,...
Chinese social media in brief
While visiting China's three largest cities over the past two weeks -- Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou -- it has been easy to see that many Chinese people quietly use Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, to evade government censorship and tap into websites and social...
Effective communication is smartly managed
In the media battle of push/pull, push is winning big time -- but do you really have the right team in place to reach the right person with the right message at the right time? Many news organizations are reporting declining visits to their home pages, section fronts...
Introducing NewzyBee.com
Media Salad has teamed with prominent journalists throughout India to build an online news hub aimed initially at helping Indian youth develop the skills and confidence they need to share their stories. NewzyBee.com is still a work in progress, but it's ready to...