The Week's Best, 1 February 2010

• An Inconvenient PR Truth, via Stephen Davies; and An Inconvenient PR Truth or an Inconvenient Solution?, Rachel Kay
• Don't Be Evil, Or At Least Try Not to Be, and Fail, Jed Hallam
• iBetThereWereNoWomenInvolvedInNamingThat, Lindsey M. Allen
• Edelman Trust Barometer 2010 and Edelman's Trust Survey Interrogated, Paul Seaman
• The Jamie Sanders Experiment (registration req'd), Garrett Alan Pace
• Your Brain Can't Handle Your Facebook Friends, Stan Shroeder (via @Florina_B)
• Service of Interns, J M Byington & Associates (via @davidreich
• Crisis in Haiti: Where Do We Go from Here? (audio), Knowledge@Wharton

Comments

[Jeanne Byington]

Thanks for listing my intern post as one of your favorites of this week. Most of the comments about intern abuse were from angry adults, not interns although I received emails from some recent graduates who asked me not to post their comments.

It's frustrating how some exploit a good concept--spoil it--and get away with it.

[Karen Russell]

I think the volunteer intern is great for first-time students and employers that really can't afford to pay (nonprofits, education, etc.). But I think the agencies and big companies that bill clients or otherwise earn money based on students' work and don't pay them for it are exploiting a good concept.

Aside from that -- organizations that pay well get the best interns!

Thanks for initiating an important conversations, Jeanne.