influentials

But there are an awful lot of the "influentials" - those community leaders whose opinions help direct many other voters-whose organizations have benefited from Goode's earmarks and who will have a hard time letting go of a known like Goode for an unknown like Perriello.

George Loper's Website 2008

Chevron says that's the point: They're aimed not at people at the pump, but at policy makers, "thought leaders" and "influentials" -- constituencies whose goodwill is crucial for major energy companies seeking new opportunities to drill for oil.

Chevron Pitch: Climate Is Its Concern, Too 2007

I'd be willing to bet that, although advertisers can certainly reach a growing audience of so-called influentials - 40 percent of whom have family incomes of over $90K - advertisers would scoff at the notion that a blog ad buy is comparable to a Washpost ad buy.

Henry the Huckster? Blogads's Copeland Gnaws WashPost's Heel 2005

"18 - Relationship-based diplomacy with elites and 'influentials' - An effective barrier against delegitimization is a network of personal relationships.

Window Into Palestine dannyd 2010

Afghanistan have had limited success in bringing together the full span of 'influentials' in each society, including those supportive of government and insurgent leadership, secular civil society movements and conservative religious institutions, youth and elders.

Jim Luce: Peace Through Moderation: U.S.-Muslim Engagement Initiative's Work with Pakistan at Harvard Club Jim Luce 2010

Another view of influence and social networks crossed my desk a month ago: Duncan Watts, Columbia sociologist and principal research scientist for Yahoo, told Fast Company magazine his opinion of the idea that a subgroup of "influentials" is largely responsible for trend-setting: "It sort of sounds cool, but it's wonderfully persuasive only for as long as you don't think about it."

Archive 2009-08-01 Bruce Hoppe 2009

Project Interchange brings new delegations of "influentials" to Israel twice 


Karin Kloosterman: American College Reporters See Israel Up Close In The Editors Screened Tomorrow in DC 2009

We women in tech should be promoting ourselves as experts by blogging and posting articles in our areas of expertise, showcasing our successes, submitting panel ideas to conferences, and ramping up our networking with "influentials".

Allyson Kapin: Giving Tech a Bad Name 2009

We were helped in this goal by a recent report by the Erdos & Morgan firm, which every two years surveys so-called "influentials" nationally and in Washington about their media consumption habits.

The Morning After: What Happens at Politico? 2008

Consider it a small step, but maybe if the Washington Post's advertisers start asking just who subscribes to the newspaper anymore, and they see that it's fewer and fewer "influentials," maybe just maybe the Republicans running the new Washington Post may decide to finally balance their coverage and stop being the FOX News of the dead-tree world.

03/21/2006 2006