John S. Wolfe

An acquaintance of Hispanic descent shared his opinion about Arizona’s new immigration law: “Pedro” said he is not concerned about the racism or profiling aspect. He believes there won’t be profiling. He is more concerned about the economic impact on the state. He related that his friends south of the border will no longer seek [...]

Speaking at the Economic Outlook event at the April 22 Economic Club of Phoenix luncheon were, from left, Arizona State University professors Dr. Lee McPheters and Dennis Hoffman and John Arnold of the Arizona Governor’s Office. If the challenge of improving Arizona’s economy was analogous to a hike, we would all be at the bottom [...]

The title of this post is consciously inflammatory. The motivation is to get Americans of all backgrounds to reject the rhetoric and theatrics of political “leaders” and acknowledge that, while racism may still exist in some forms, most maltreatment of individuals by other individuals is based on a slew of other factors. Let’s look at [...]

An interesting piece on social media “influencers” from MediaPost.com: Social Media: A Framework To Reach Mass Influencers by Laurie Sullivan, Yesterday, 10:24 PM Social influencers cannot be ignored. They band together — billions strong — and can make or break a campaign, tarnish a brand, or catapult a product line to the top of the “I must have” [...]

The signing by Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona’s new immigration law is one group of lawmakers’ action to confront a festering issue in the state. As could be predicted, a different set of lawmakers and activists is criticizing it, shouting racism, condemning law enforcement and urging a boycott of Arizona business and tourism. What’s going [...]

Here’s an interesting story from the Austin American-Statesman on how social media is reshaping journalism. As explained by Social Media Editor Robert Quigley, tools like Twitter and Facebook are expanding two-way information flow between news outlets and the public.

Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask explains the difference between Email Marketing 1.0 and 2.0 to about 100 members of the Arizona Internet Marketing Association April 13 at the Tempe Mission Palms hotel. For some small businesses, email marketing is essentially a special-sale “blast” sent to all of its accumulated customers once a week or once a [...]

This is an interesting analysis by Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker, the “Queen of the Internet,” at gigaom.com. The intro: Mary Meeker: Mobile Internet Will Soon Overtake Fixed Internet By Mathew Ingram Apr. 12, 2010 Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley isn’t just any Internet analyst. She was covering the sector when the brokerage firm was the lead [...]

Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally poses with a photo of ASU W.P. Carey School of Business students following his April 1 speech as the Dean’s Council of 100′s Executive of the Year. Speaking to the Dean’s Council of 100 of the W.P. Carey School of Business April 1, Ford Motor Co. President and CEO [...]