Canadian blogger Mark Evans has a thoughtful post about how to communicate better. He talks about the tools – phone, email, SMS, IM, etc – and concludes that face-to-face is the be-all and end-all of communication between people. I don’t disagree, for some of the reasons Mark mentions: […] The…
Yesterday’s Dilbert strip. Amusing yet eerily reflective of what actually does happen in some companies. Scott Adams is wickedly perceptive about organizations.
Content summary: Luke Armour’s virtual PR murder mystery; Shel’s Toronto experiences; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; CIPR asks if PR qualifications are a necessity; are we taking too narrow a view about social media?; Gartner predicts 80% of internet users will use virtual worlds; voice coming to Second Life;…
As a long-time member of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) with a strong belief in the value of connecting communicators on a global basis, I was very interested to learn that IABC has partnered with the Shanghai Public Relations Association (SPRA) to bring IABC’s accreditation programme to China.…
During last night’s PR Unspun event in London, I kept noticing business cards scattered on various tables at the venue. The cards were promoting PR Darlings, a social networking service that describes itself as “Socialising for the PR Industry. Meet PR people, get industry news, find jobs, share photos and…
Nearly 150 people crowded into a private room at the Slug & Lettuce pub in London’s Soho last night for PR Unspun, an event organized by Chinwag Live. I was there as part of the panel which included Jacqui White, Online Communications Director, Edelman UK; Stephanie Bonnet, Director, Burson-Marsteller London;…
So TechCrunch UK is planning to relaunch on June 1. Part of the prep is hiring a new editor. The big TechCrunch falling-out was a lively story in the blogosphere late last year when Michael Arrington shut down the UK site. In the four months since then, former TechCrunch UK…
Content summary: Neville’s 24-hour cold and the Vista effect on recording; Shel on the social outcomes from social media; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; reputation damage and the GMTV phone quiz ‘irregularity’; borrowing social media ideas for Accenture’s intranet; Second Life Business Communicators meet at Edelman Island; Alex Bellinger:…
