A neat idea from The Economist concerning the forthcoming US presidential election: The Economist has redrawn the electoral map to give all 195 of the world’s countries (including the United States) a say in the election’s outcome. As in America, each country has been allocated a minimum of three electoral-college…
We’re excited to announce an FIR Listener Contest where two listeners to the premier PR podcast can win a free ticket to go to one of two terrific events: Web 2.0 Expo Europe in Berlin, Germany, on October 21-23, 2008 – the 3-day conference and exhibition for designers and developers,…
Content summary: FIR Live recording posted; FIR listener contest announced: win free tickets to 2 conferences; follow-up: Metrolink train crash and crisis communication; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion: new research from Universal McCann on how the internet turned us all into influencers; News That Fits – making the…
I’ve been reflecting on my day in Manchester on Friday at the CIPR Northern Conference at which I led a session on peeking at the future of public relations practice; more on that in a minute. There were some 120 people at the conference – a number far higher than…
“I would run away from DreamHost as far and as fast as you can – to a smaller more responsive company,†said Twitter buddy Stephen Kelly yesterday. Stephen’s comment was typical of many I received during the past few days following the disappearance on Thursday morning of all the sites…
Content summary: The live call-in episode on BlogTalk Radio. Our topic: The relationship between intranets and strong strategic internal communications. Discussion topic prompted by Craig Thomler: “I’ve often wondered about the strength of the relationship between an organisation’s commitment to internal communications and its commitment to an effective intranet. I…
I’m in Manchester today to take part in the seventh annual CIPR Northern Conference, a one-day event of professional development and networking opportunities for PR practitioners in the north-west of England. I’ll be leading a Masterclass session this afternoon that the organizers have labelled ‘Futurology’ and what I call ‘Next:…
Content summary: Shel’s in Minneapolis; Neville’s traveling but web woes kept him from contributing items for today’s show; the live call-in show is this Saturday; David Phillips’ interview with Jane Rowe is up; Eric Schwartzman is hosting an online video conference; Dan York’s report; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits:…
