Bite-sized Friday: Responsible Marketing Lite

For a change of pace, I thought I’d share a few bite-sized Responsible Marketing-related things I’ve come across this week.

• Causes Reports On Its First Year – $2.5 Million For 20,000 Charities And NonProfits. An interesting Facebook application that makes it easy for individuals to donate to non-profits. From TechCrunch.
• List of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Fascinating article that reminds us that responsibility is contextual. Shared by Deston Nokes.
• Four articles from the JediMom blog regarding Marketing to Kids. Topics include: “Latino Kids Are Prey for Junk Food Marketers,” “Webkinz Stirs up Controversy with Movie Ads,” “Kids’ TV Coming to a Shopping Cart Near You,” and “Schools, Parents Blind to McDonald’s Marketing Machine.”
• Barack Obama has reminded us how moving a great orator can be. Here’s a stirring video from Robert F. Kennedy regarding the gross national product (trust me, it’s riveting):

Okay, now go out and add a little shizzle to your razmatazz—but do it responsibly.

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