Dominick Albano
@dominickalbano.bsky.social
Business savvy mind. Public impact heart.
Data-driven social impact. #CSR #DEI #ESG
https://sites.google.com/view/a3d-marketingcommunications
Data-driven social impact. #CSR #DEI #ESG
https://sites.google.com/view/a3d-marketingcommunications
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An #autumn favourite for the #SensoryArt theme #Seasons. I must have walked past this hollow, weathered limestone boulder dozens or even hundreds of times but this time there was a perfect arrangement of autumn Maple leaves in hollow.
#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
An #autumn favourite for the #SensoryArt theme #Seasons. I must have walked past this hollow, weathered limestone boulder dozens or even hundreds of times but this time there was a perfect arrangement of autumn Maple leaves in hollow.
#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography
Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter' recognizes 121 honorees that have successfully staked out their spot at the intersection of business and culture. From Amtrak to Crayola, from Netflix to Urban Outfitters, they prove they have a place in consumers’ lives.
Brands That Matter in 2025
Brands That Matter also honors10 CMOs of the Year who have been integral to shaping their brands’ presence in the lives of fans and future fans.
www.fastcompany.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter' recognizes 121 honorees that have successfully staked out their spot at the intersection of business and culture. From Amtrak to Crayola, from Netflix to Urban Outfitters, they prove they have a place in consumers’ lives.
Automation is disproportionately suppressing wage gains in lower-paid roles, which is contrary to narratives that AI is mostly impacting high-earning, white-collar jobs, says Revelio report. High-wage jobs continue to grow while low wage jobs are replaced by tech.
The wage divide is growing — and AI may be the culprit
Low-wage jobs increased 10%, compared to 30% for high-wage jobs
www.hrdive.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Automation is disproportionately suppressing wage gains in lower-paid roles, which is contrary to narratives that AI is mostly impacting high-earning, white-collar jobs, says Revelio report. High-wage jobs continue to grow while low wage jobs are replaced by tech.
Interacting with a human—even a stranger—significantly reduces loneliness.
While social media is about many connections, it lacks the high-quality conversations that reduce feelings of loneliness. AI companions provide only temporary emotional connection.
While social media is about many connections, it lacks the high-quality conversations that reduce feelings of loneliness. AI companions provide only temporary emotional connection.
Feeling Lonely? An Attentive Listener Is an AI Prompt Away | Working Knowledge
Loneliness is akin to hunger. How and who you connect with matters.
www.library.hbs.edu
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Interacting with a human—even a stranger—significantly reduces loneliness.
While social media is about many connections, it lacks the high-quality conversations that reduce feelings of loneliness. AI companions provide only temporary emotional connection.
While social media is about many connections, it lacks the high-quality conversations that reduce feelings of loneliness. AI companions provide only temporary emotional connection.
FCC strong-arms AT&T to drop DEI:
🛜 Earlier this week AT&T said it was dropping all its DEI policies
🛜 Then the FCC approved its purchase of spectrum from the former USCellular
🛜 All 3 major U.S. wireless operators have ditched their DEI
🛜 Earlier this week AT&T said it was dropping all its DEI policies
🛜 Then the FCC approved its purchase of spectrum from the former USCellular
🛜 All 3 major U.S. wireless operators have ditched their DEI
AT&T commits to ending DEI programs | CNN Business
US wireless carrier AT&T said in a letter to the US telecoms regulator that it had committed to ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a move that comes as it seeks approval from the Trump…
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FCC strong-arms AT&T to drop DEI:
🛜 Earlier this week AT&T said it was dropping all its DEI policies
🛜 Then the FCC approved its purchase of spectrum from the former USCellular
🛜 All 3 major U.S. wireless operators have ditched their DEI
🛜 Earlier this week AT&T said it was dropping all its DEI policies
🛜 Then the FCC approved its purchase of spectrum from the former USCellular
🛜 All 3 major U.S. wireless operators have ditched their DEI
What the 1990s internet panic means for AI:
⛭ Transparency: AI needs its transparency moment
⛭ Ethics: Permission-based opt-in
⛭ Regulations (eventually): Document data sources
⛭ Bias is the new digital divide: Create better-performing campaigns
⛭ Transparency: AI needs its transparency moment
⛭ Ethics: Permission-based opt-in
⛭ Regulations (eventually): Document data sources
⛭ Bias is the new digital divide: Create better-performing campaigns
Why today’s AI panic feels like the 1990s internet all over again | MarTech
The AI debate echoes 1990s internet fears. See what marketers learned last time and how transparency, ethics and readiness can guide this new era.
martech.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What the 1990s internet panic means for AI:
⛭ Transparency: AI needs its transparency moment
⛭ Ethics: Permission-based opt-in
⛭ Regulations (eventually): Document data sources
⛭ Bias is the new digital divide: Create better-performing campaigns
⛭ Transparency: AI needs its transparency moment
⛭ Ethics: Permission-based opt-in
⛭ Regulations (eventually): Document data sources
⛭ Bias is the new digital divide: Create better-performing campaigns
Reposted by Dominick Albano
Famed color factory Pantone released its shade of the upcoming year, or perhaps more appropriately for 2026, its lack of shade.
Pantone unveils 2026 color of the year, and it may surprise you
Famed color factory Pantone released its shade of the upcoming year, or perhaps more appropriately for 2026, its lack of shade.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Famed color factory Pantone released its shade of the upcoming year, or perhaps more appropriately for 2026, its lack of shade.
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index (ECI) fell 7 points to -30 in November, the lowest since a -35 reading in July 2024.
Consumers' holiday spending estimate shrunk by over $200 as economic confidence edges down.
Optimism about jobs is down 8 points from August.
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
Consumers' holiday spending estimate shrunk by over $200 as economic confidence edges down.
Optimism about jobs is down 8 points from August.
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index (ECI) fell 7 points to -30 in November, the lowest since a -35 reading in July 2024.
Consumers' holiday spending estimate shrunk by over $200 as economic confidence edges down.
Optimism about jobs is down 8 points from August.
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
Consumers' holiday spending estimate shrunk by over $200 as economic confidence edges down.
Optimism about jobs is down 8 points from August.
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
App Store Award winners for exceptional innovation, user experience and design:
🗓️ Tiimo: AI visual planner
✍🏽 Detail: AI editing tool
📑 Essayist: formatting academic papers
🗺️ Explore POV: immersive videos on Apple Vision Pro
🏃🏾♂️➡️ Strava: social network app for athletes
🗓️ Tiimo: AI visual planner
✍🏽 Detail: AI editing tool
📑 Essayist: formatting academic papers
🗺️ Explore POV: immersive videos on Apple Vision Pro
🏃🏾♂️➡️ Strava: social network app for athletes
Apple unveils the winners of the 2025 App Store Awards
Apple recognizes 17 apps and games for their technical ingenuity and lasting cultural impact.
www.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
App Store Award winners for exceptional innovation, user experience and design:
🗓️ Tiimo: AI visual planner
✍🏽 Detail: AI editing tool
📑 Essayist: formatting academic papers
🗺️ Explore POV: immersive videos on Apple Vision Pro
🏃🏾♂️➡️ Strava: social network app for athletes
🗓️ Tiimo: AI visual planner
✍🏽 Detail: AI editing tool
📑 Essayist: formatting academic papers
🗺️ Explore POV: immersive videos on Apple Vision Pro
🏃🏾♂️➡️ Strava: social network app for athletes
'Reaching out,' 'follow up,' and 'check in' are the top corporate cliché phrases people can't stop using in their work emails, says Zero Bounce analysis.
Other buzzwords that won’t quit: aligned, please advise, hope you’re doing well, and circle back.
Other buzzwords that won’t quit: aligned, please advise, hope you’re doing well, and circle back.
The 10 Most Overused Buzzwords in Corporate Emails [Infographic]
We all roll our eyes at them. And yet, we keep writing them.
www.marketingprofs.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
'Reaching out,' 'follow up,' and 'check in' are the top corporate cliché phrases people can't stop using in their work emails, says Zero Bounce analysis.
Other buzzwords that won’t quit: aligned, please advise, hope you’re doing well, and circle back.
Other buzzwords that won’t quit: aligned, please advise, hope you’re doing well, and circle back.
'Gemini' was Google’s top trending search in 2025, followed by 'India vs England' and 'Charlie Kirk.' Check out most searched movies, sports and more.
This is NOT most popular search which would include terms like 'weather,' but rather topics that had a search spike.
This is NOT most popular search which would include terms like 'weather,' but rather topics that had a search spike.
Year in Search 2025: What and how we searched this year
Check out the searches that saw a major spike in interest this year.
blog.google
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
'Gemini' was Google’s top trending search in 2025, followed by 'India vs England' and 'Charlie Kirk.' Check out most searched movies, sports and more.
This is NOT most popular search which would include terms like 'weather,' but rather topics that had a search spike.
This is NOT most popular search which would include terms like 'weather,' but rather topics that had a search spike.
Reposted by Dominick Albano
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Dominick Albano
The Red Ornaments on 50th St at Sixth Avenue are so beautiful! New York City
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Red Ornaments on 50th St at Sixth Avenue are so beautiful! New York City
Reposted by Dominick Albano
This year's global top artist on Spotify is Bad Bunny!
To celebrate, Spotify created a congratulatory video and will host experiences for fans in locations including Bogota, Madrid, and his home of Puerto Rico. https://bit.ly/441JSVF
To celebrate, Spotify created a congratulatory video and will host experiences for fans in locations including Bogota, Madrid, and his home of Puerto Rico. https://bit.ly/441JSVF
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This year's global top artist on Spotify is Bad Bunny!
To celebrate, Spotify created a congratulatory video and will host experiences for fans in locations including Bogota, Madrid, and his home of Puerto Rico. https://bit.ly/441JSVF
To celebrate, Spotify created a congratulatory video and will host experiences for fans in locations including Bogota, Madrid, and his home of Puerto Rico. https://bit.ly/441JSVF
"We’re seeing a labor market that’s stabilizing around new priorities: flexibility, fit and the kind of skilled work that can’t be automated," said HireQuest CEO Rick Hermanns in a new 2026 US labor survey. Construction, healthcare and life sciences plan new hires.
Layoff resets, reskilling and equilibrium among 2026 US labor market predictions
“2026 won’t be defined by a hiring boom or a bust but by more balance,” HireQuest’s CEO said.
www.hrdive.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"We’re seeing a labor market that’s stabilizing around new priorities: flexibility, fit and the kind of skilled work that can’t be automated," said HireQuest CEO Rick Hermanns in a new 2026 US labor survey. Construction, healthcare and life sciences plan new hires.
59% of U.S. adults say they don’t want to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, according to Pew Research.
63% say the changes in CDC vaccine recommendations have no influence on their decision whether to get an updated vaccine.
63% say the changes in CDC vaccine recommendations have no influence on their decision whether to get an updated vaccine.
Have changes to CDC guidelines influenced Americans’ COVID-19 vaccine decisions?
44% of Democrats want an updated vaccine; 20% of Dems already got one
www.pewresearch.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
59% of U.S. adults say they don’t want to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, according to Pew Research.
63% say the changes in CDC vaccine recommendations have no influence on their decision whether to get an updated vaccine.
63% say the changes in CDC vaccine recommendations have no influence on their decision whether to get an updated vaccine.
Onboarding process to help external hires add value quickly:
→Schedule new hire to meet key stakeholders to establish expectations
→Teach about your culture & history explicitly
→Prioritize projects for new hires to work across the organization, and more
→Schedule new hire to meet key stakeholders to establish expectations
→Teach about your culture & history explicitly
→Prioritize projects for new hires to work across the organization, and more
Onboarding Best Practices: Maximum Value From New Hires
In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton’s Matthew Bidwell offers six steps for creating an onboarding process that maximizes the chances of success for external hires.
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Onboarding process to help external hires add value quickly:
→Schedule new hire to meet key stakeholders to establish expectations
→Teach about your culture & history explicitly
→Prioritize projects for new hires to work across the organization, and more
→Schedule new hire to meet key stakeholders to establish expectations
→Teach about your culture & history explicitly
→Prioritize projects for new hires to work across the organization, and more
Costco is going to court to demand refunds on the tariffs they’ve paid after the U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Trump’s import taxes are illegal. Those cases are now before the Supreme Court although a decision could take months.
Costco becomes biggest company yet to demand refund of Trump tariffs
Costco is joining Revlon and Bumble Bee Foods that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Costco is going to court to demand refunds on the tariffs they’ve paid after the U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Trump’s import taxes are illegal. Those cases are now before the Supreme Court although a decision could take months.
Reposted by Dominick Albano
Rest in peace to a San Francisco legend, Claude the albino alligator 🐊🤍
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Rest in peace to a San Francisco legend, Claude the albino alligator 🐊🤍
By 2035, data centers will draw 106 gigawatts, up from the 40 gigawatts today, says ne BloombergNEF report. That's nearly triple the sector’s current demand for electricity over the next decade as AI use grows to nearly 40% of total data center compute.
Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035 | TechCrunch
New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.
techcrunch.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
By 2035, data centers will draw 106 gigawatts, up from the 40 gigawatts today, says ne BloombergNEF report. That's nearly triple the sector’s current demand for electricity over the next decade as AI use grows to nearly 40% of total data center compute.
74% of workers said being interviewed by an AI agent would change their perception of the company, with 37% saying it’s “impersonal” and 23% saying it’s “innovative,” according to SHL, a talent insight firm.
59% said they believe AI is making bias worse, not better.
59% said they believe AI is making bias worse, not better.
US workers report a ‘major AI trust gap’ that affects their view of companies
Half of workers said they prefer humans to review job applications, evaluate work performance and make decisions that affect careers, SHL survey results said.
www.esgdive.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
74% of workers said being interviewed by an AI agent would change their perception of the company, with 37% saying it’s “impersonal” and 23% saying it’s “innovative,” according to SHL, a talent insight firm.
59% said they believe AI is making bias worse, not better.
59% said they believe AI is making bias worse, not better.
Social Media Trends for 2026:
◘ AI-Driven Content Creation and Personalization
◘ Search Becoming the New Social Battleground
◘ Unpolished, Real-Time Content
◘ Algorithm-Resistant Content Strategies
◘ Private, Closed, and Micro-Communities, and more
◘ AI-Driven Content Creation and Personalization
◘ Search Becoming the New Social Battleground
◘ Unpolished, Real-Time Content
◘ Algorithm-Resistant Content Strategies
◘ Private, Closed, and Micro-Communities, and more
15 Social Media Marketing Trends for 2026 [Infographic]
Trends from Red Website Design and pointers on what they mean for brands.
www.socialmediatoday.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Social Media Trends for 2026:
◘ AI-Driven Content Creation and Personalization
◘ Search Becoming the New Social Battleground
◘ Unpolished, Real-Time Content
◘ Algorithm-Resistant Content Strategies
◘ Private, Closed, and Micro-Communities, and more
◘ AI-Driven Content Creation and Personalization
◘ Search Becoming the New Social Battleground
◘ Unpolished, Real-Time Content
◘ Algorithm-Resistant Content Strategies
◘ Private, Closed, and Micro-Communities, and more
After Black Friday, Small Biz Saturday and Cyber Monday, the season of giving turns to nonprofit groups on Giving Tuesday. Some nonprofits are leveraging "matching gifts" meaning for every dollar raised today, a foundation or individual will doubling your impact.
What is GivingTuesday? How to donate on the annual day of charitable giving
Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. This year, it falls on Dec.…
abcnews.go.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After Black Friday, Small Biz Saturday and Cyber Monday, the season of giving turns to nonprofit groups on Giving Tuesday. Some nonprofits are leveraging "matching gifts" meaning for every dollar raised today, a foundation or individual will doubling your impact.
Reposted by Dominick Albano
Woah, clouds turned into a red sea serpent.
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Woah, clouds turned into a red sea serpent.
People are generally more willing to give their time to local charities because doing so makes them feel like they are making a more-personal contribution. Nonprofit orgs and social marketers need to highlight the actual impact of cash donations.
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/when...!
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/when...!
When It Comes to Giving, People Value Time over Money
Monetary donations are generally more helpful for charities. So why do people prefer to donate their time instead?
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
People are generally more willing to give their time to local charities because doing so makes them feel like they are making a more-personal contribution. Nonprofit orgs and social marketers need to highlight the actual impact of cash donations.
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/when...!
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/when...!