Monthly Archives: October 2014

It’s also a First Nation’s Business

The president of the Friends of the Nemiah Valley, Dave Williams, notices how large-scale industrial mining and clear-cut logging would not be allowed in the future Dasiqox Tribal Park.

 This illustrates the common extent up to which an organization is able to plan its business model without receiving an impact from First Nations; however, from here these plans are to adequate their ideas and goals to meet aboriginal’s protective regulations for land and animals.

 It is important to consider that the meaning of flora and fauna for First Nations is a more valuable resource than for many other Canadians. In this sense, organizations are to focus in creating value not only to their prospective customers but also to these peoples from whom they definitely “take away” part of their culture as for all the rituals and ceremonies that are held within the aboriginal places.

This ecosystem was meant to be turned into a  $1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold project. As a result First Nations are set to declare it as a Tribal Park.

This ecosystem was meant to be turned into a $1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold project. As a result First Nations are set to declare it as a Tribal Park.

To create strategic, responsible and conservational plans that give an important attention to the obtaining of permits and licenses from First Nations by, for example, the offering of employment for natives will allow private organizations to arrive in further stages and to not get stuck in the middle of the process as happened with the sudden declaration of a Tribal Park due to the threat First Nations felt when a new mining and clear-cut logging business model was released.


Post linked to: 

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Unilateral+park+declared+Tsilhqot+includes+Prosperity+mine/10192766/story.html

“You are not a product”

Paul Budnitz’s greatest incentive to create Ello, the recently popular social network, was to decrease the advertisement that Facebook keeps showing. However, the feature that allowed Ello to get over 4ooo invitation requests (yes! you have to get an invitation in order to access this site) is the freedom for its exclusive users to choose whatever authentic profile represents them.

Many new Ellos users were booted from Facebook for using "unreal" names.

Many new Ellos users were booted from Facebook for using “unreal” names.

I find Ello to be one great creation. Budnitz hit the spot when he realized that “flaw” that seems to bother many Facebook users: the use of “real names”. It is important to create a specific value for customers and this CEO has that clear. Its conditions and terms clarify that there will not be any collecting nor selling of users’ data, feature that drove many people to already request invitations from Ello website.

 Concerning the validation of an authentic profile, Ello has made the most out of Facebook recent break down where he booted some drag queens for using “fake” names that actually are how they define themselves. Ello made a smart move by opening a door to these unsatisfied costumers who felt discriminated against. To allow “unreal names” gave Ello a big fraction of new users. And as Paul Budnitz says and it is easy to see, they are not competing with Facebook.

"You are not a product" is Ello's biggest catch for new users

“You are not a product” is Ello’s biggest catch for new users

I see future for this new social network… by covering flaws that Facebook came to have by going too far with advertisement and by being more opened towards diverse users, Ello has the potential to create its own place in the social media world.

Links:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2014/10/03/ello-what-is-it-and-why-does-everyone-want-an-invite/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/01/facebook-vs-ello/