The EU Observer reports that the European Parliament is looking at how its 736 deputies and 6,000 staff should prepare for novelties such as internet-politics, multi-lateralism and enhanced legal powers. [...] A recent example of the power of the internet for deputies was the mobilising effect it had on opponents of Acta – a controversial [...]
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Published on April 16, 2012 · 6:04 pm UK
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in Business, Communication, Events, For Immediate Release, Podcasting, Presentations, Professional Development, Social Media, Virtual Communities, Workplace
Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz co-presented a session on the second day of Ragan Communications’ Public Relations and Social Media Summit at ING House in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on April 12, 2012. The session covered how a podcast can transform independent listeners into an engaged community. The presentation included audio clips of familiar FIR voices [...]
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Best Buy is a company I’ve been paying attention to ever since I heard CEO Brian Dunn speak about leadership and communication at the IABC international conference in 2009. Dunn was the recipient of the IABC EXCEL Award for 2009. The award recognizes leaders who foster excellence in communication and contribute to the development and [...]
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Last week, I asked “Who ‘owns’ social?” as part of my preparation for moderating a panel discussion with that title at The Social Customer 2012 conference that took place in London yesterday. The post attracted a handful of great comments from Adam Tinworth, Shel Holtz, David B. Thomas and David Terrar, each of whose views [...]
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If you moderate or participate in tweet chats, you know how frantic they can be. In a lively discussion, you can get a constant firehose of tweets pouring at you over the course of the chat, often an hour or so. Capturing the full flood of Twitter chat is no easy task. There are workarounds [...]
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It seems to me that everyone is trying to figure out the role of social media for their organization, whatever size it is. As more people become become more clued-up about the potential of what social media tools and channels can enable them them do – as well as not do – so the need [...]
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Next week, I’m moderating a panel discussion at The Social Customer conference in London on this very topic. Some smart people will be on that panel: Katy Howell (Managing Director, Immediate Future); Nick Sharples (Corporate Communications Consultant), Martin Hill-Wilson (Brainfood Consulting), Aaron Stewart (Product Marketing Manager, KANA Software) From the event description: In most organisations, [...]
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One of the startling metrics in a global survey on how technology businesses use social media is one that shows one in five technology industry executives – that’s 20 percent of those surveyed – saying that a job candidate’s social media profile has caused them not to hire that person. This metric reinforces the reality [...]
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I’m a subscriber and +The Economist is the only publication where I get the print version each week and also read it digitally: online on the website, via the Android app on any of my mobile devices, and listening to the audio version (usually in the car) Each of those consumption methods depend on many [...]
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Published on March 9, 2012 · 7:27 am UK
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in Communication, Events, Marketing, Reputation, Social Media, Society, Software, Spam, Trends, Twitter, Web
One of the most useful engagement tools for a conference is a Twitter hashtag. This little device, where a word is connected to the hash symbol (#) – known as a pound sign in the US – is a useful tool for event organizers as it enables anyone to connect to your event and see [...]
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