Published on April 27, 2012 · 12:17 pm UK
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in Communication, Events, Marketing, Reputation, Social Media, Society, Software, Spam, Trends, Twitter, Web
One of the most useful features of Twitter for events like conferences and tweet chats is the hashtag. A hashtag – a keyword preceded by the ‘#’ symbol – enables conference-goers, the event organizer and anyone else interested in the event to see all tweets that include the hashtag. It enables anyone to listen to [...]
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Published on April 23, 2012 · 1:06 pm UK
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in Communication, Europe, Law, Mainstream Media, Politics, Social Media, Society, Trends, Twitter, Web
The first round in the French presidential election ended yesterday with the result that Socialist Party challenger François Hollande narrowly edged in front of incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy by the slim margin of just over 1 percent of the vote. Both men will compete in a second round run-off, due to be held on May [...]
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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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I’m hooked watching The Voice UK, the reality talent show with a difference that the BBC started broadcasting in primetime on Saturday nights a few weeks ago. I’m not a fan of talent, reality or any other such TV show. I’ve never seen a complete episode of Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor, Celebrity Whatever, [...]
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The New York Times publishes an extraordinary op-ed today – the text of a resignation letter by Greg Smith, a Goldman Sachs executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It’s a sobering read that describes a morally-bankrupt organization and may well be definitive [...]
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A milestone has been reached in the evolution of factual reference information with news that probably the most famous of all general reference works in the English language, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, will stop making the printed encyclopedia after 244 years of uninterrupted publishing. From the Britannica Blog: For 244 years, the thick volumes of the [...]
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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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The search for a new way of defining what ‘public relations’ means has come to a conclusion after a lengthy public consultation process, a short list of three candidates from which to choose a winner, and the final public vote. The contest was organized and spearheaded by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and [...]
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I bought a copy of the first edition of the Sun on Sunday to see what the fuss is all about. A multiple first – it’s also the first time I’ve ever bought The Sun. It looks and feels like the Monday-Saturday paper – one of their goals, I would imagine, not to look different. [...]
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Published on January 31, 2012 · 7:22 am UK
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in Communication, Entertainment, Google+, Innovation, Online Media, Politics, Social Media, Social Networks, Society, Technology, Television, Trends, Web
I caught a few minutes of President Obama’s Google+ Hangout last night as it was streamed on YouTube. If you’ve done a Google+ Hangout video chat before, you’ll be familiar with the format and this was no different. Except, of course, it was the President of the United States plus five lucky citizens chosen by [...]
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