By neville on May 5, 2008 in Events, For Immediate Release | 5 Comments
John Cass started a meme back in March when he asked several bloggers to share their thoughts on five questions related to The Cluetrain Manifesto.
Bloggers including Phil Gomes, Richard Binhammer, Jason Falls and Valeria Maltoni, among others, have shared their answers.
We’ll run down the questions and some answers, offer our own thoughts, and hear [...]
By neville on May 5, 2008 in Events, Public Relations, Social Networks, Travel, Twitter | 2 Comments
Later this week, I’m travelling to Dublin to speak at the annual conference of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland on May 9.
As I’ll be in Dublin over the weekend as well, it’s a great opportunity to meet up on Saturday with the Irish community of bloggers and users of Twitter, Jaiku and any other [...]
By neville on Apr 20, 2008 in Communication, Events, Podcasting, Trends | 18 Comments
Maybe the question is better phrased as: has the desire to learn how to produce podcasts for business died?
I’m wondering this because two public events about podcasting I’d been due to speak at during the next month have been cancelled because of lack of interest.
The first one was a big surprise which I heard about [...]
By neville on Apr 20, 2008 in Communication, Europe, Events, Presentations, Professional Development, Public Relations, Social Media, Web | 1 Comment
One of my reflections on Disruptive Media, the conference in Stockholm last week in which I participated, is that being part of an event where everyone speaks a language that you don’t can present a few challenges.
Luckily, this is Sweden I’m talking about where, just as in the Netherlands, people go out of their [...]
By neville on Apr 14, 2008 in Communication, Events, Professional Development, Social Media, Social Networks | 0 Comments
The next few weeks are a busy time for speaking at events. I’ve just updated my Events page to add new detail to some of the events I’m involved with.
If you’re thinking about participating in a social media-focused conference or workshop during this second half of April, I have a few (entirely subjective) recommendations!
Disruptive Media: [...]
By neville on Apr 8, 2008 in Events, For Immediate Release | 0 Comments
Our correspondent Eric Schwartzman raised an interesting question in FIR episode 333: How can companies get their messages out through social media channels when the participants in social media resist the intrusion of companies trying to deliver messages?
We’ll discuss it on Saturday, April 19, at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern, and 6pm BST (UK time).
Listen [...]
By neville on Apr 7, 2008 in Communication, Europe, Events, IABC, Professional Development | 0 Comments
The 2008 IABC International Conference takes place on June 22-25 in New York City.
Four days of learning and making connections at a professional development event that’s unrivalled anywhere else.
If you’re an IABC member in Europe thinking about going but can’t budget the costs, the IABC Europe Middle East Region has some great news for [...]
By neville on Apr 3, 2008 in Events, Public Relations, Social Networks | 14 Comments
Two names that are well known in the global online PR community are Mike Manuel and Josh Hallett.
Based in the US, both are with Voce Communications, a West-coast PR firm.
Mike and Josh will be in London next week and we’re planning a social get-together in London on Saturday April 12.
The venue’s not yet fully [...]
By neville on Mar 27, 2008 in Communication, Events, Professional Development, Social Media | 0 Comments
I was just updating the list of events I’m either speaking at or participating in as an attendee.
There is an awful lot going on in the next three months with events focused on social media.
Highlighting those I’m involved with in April:
Disruptive Media: From Mass Media to Micro Media. Stockholm, April 16-17, 2008. Keynote speaker on [...]
By neville on Mar 18, 2008 in Events, For Immediate Release, Public Relations | 0 Comments
Is public relations two-way? In a blog post, Forrester Research’s Josh Bernoff suggested both advertising and PR are one-way, rendering them inappropriate for the management of social media in an organization.
Yet public relations students routinely learn that their chosen career involves building and maintaining relationships between an organization and its publics. Blasting press releases: [...]
