11 Thursday Oct 2012

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Randomly Ravishing

There have been many corporations that have encountered a PR crisis recently, however, the one that has affected me, personally, is Starbucks.  Now, I am not sure if this is considered a “crisis” just yet because it has not gone into effect yet, but Starbucks has decided to change their gold rewards policy.

Currently, the gold card rewards program entitled its members to a free drink (any kind or size) after 15 stars as well as free soy and syrups and a free tall beverage with the purchase of a bag of ground coffee.  This is no longer case.  Last week, the company sent an email to all registered card members explaining the changes that will be made to the rewards program – and customers are not happy – myself included! 

According to the email, gold card members will receive a free drink or food item after only 12 stars…

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11 Thursday Oct 2012

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Through My Eyes

This past year, KONY 2012 formed a movement and took the social media by storm. The entire point of Kony 2012 was to inform the world of the wanted Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony. The movement’s phenomenal success online also sparked some big questions.

With the overwhelming support of Kony 2012, some people started to question the Invisible Children Organization, the ones who started the revolution in the first place. In efforts to “Cover the Night” to make the wanted Kony famous, the organization produced and sold kits to assist people making Joseph Kony recognizable, a push to end his injustice by enslaving children as soldiers in Uganda.

In this production and distributing of kits, some rose and attacked the organization of merely wanting to make profit, and not actually take a move in the right direction. After more accusations like this rose, the Invisible Children Organization took action.

The organization…

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