Peter Shankman applied his skills as a communicator and businessman to create Help A Reporter Out (HARO), an email service that connected journalists looking for people to interview with individuals with the experience or insights to meet the journalist’s needs. The free service was based on sharing and collaboration, principles Shankman brings to the fore [...]

Andrea Weckerle, author of Civility in the Digital Age, is set to take your questions during FIR’s next Book Club, which Book Review Editor Bob LeDrew will host. Friday, April 5, 2013 9am PDT | 11am CDT | 12 pm EDT | 5pm BST FIR Book Club at TalkShoe Andrea is also the founder and [...]

Andrea Weckerle was an FIR Interview guest in January 2010, discussing CiviliNation, the organization she co-founded to promote civil behaviour online. Now, as part of that effort, she has written Civility in the Digital Age, a review of the issues affecting civility online and proposing a “30-Day Action Plan” for restoring civility to your corner [...]

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a lightning rod for controversy, but there is no denying that his entrepreneurial vision led to the creation of one of the most important tools of our time. With over 1 billion active users, Facebook has redefined networking and had a massive influence on branding, marketing and customer [...]

Listen Now: Lee LeFever, founder of explainer video company Common Craft, is out with a new book, The Art of Explanation. Far too few explanations are included in most communication and marketing efforts; the focus is on selling instead of explaining the whats and whys people may be wondering about. Common Craft’s well-known In Plain [...]