Taking Out the Trash: Sampling Success, Kiplinger.com Makeover, NPR Special Series

What we almost missed this week.

Sampling Success: ABC’s Whitney Kuhn and WaPo’s Avis Thomas Lester were just two of the media types at the 2nd Annual “Taste of Success” event earlier this week. The culinary and beverage tasting at Jones Day law firm was held to benefit StreetWise Partners, a charity dedicated to helping people work their way out of poverty.

Kiplinger.com’s Makeover: Kiplinger unveiled a redesigned website, offering readers an updated look and feel and new features like homepage video display, expanded roster of columnists, rotating editorial ledes, new channels, comments and forums etc. Check it out at Kiplinger.com.

Special Series: NPR News takes the “Pulse of the Nation: A Year After Election ’08.” The week-long series begins Sunday, November 1 and will cross all programs and be available at NPR.org.

Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.