This has got to be one of the most challenging, interesting, influential and professionally-fulfilling senior communication jobs around, arguably anywhere in world right now. The British government is advertising for a Director of Digital Engagement, a new role in the Cabinet Office at the very heart of central government. Whoever…
I don’t know about you but I get confused every time I watch the news on TV, hear it on the radio or read about it online. It’s that ‘e’ word – the economy. Every time it’s mentioned, I get more confused. We’re in trouble, right? I understand that bit:…
Sir Richard Branson isn’t just a guy with a beard and a penchant for sweaters, balloons and boat racing. He’s also the man behind one of the most successful brands in the world: Virgin. So starts the bio page that describes Richard Branson on Virgin’s corporate website. It’s a good,…
A whole industry has sprung up around Twitter, the microblogging service that attracts lots of money but isn’t yet too concerned with making any itself. Leave that to other entrepreneurs to monetize Twitter with the imagination to create something that others might be willing to pay for. Like Twitter Mosaic…
Content summary: Twestival raises $250k and counting; upcoming FIR Interview; Shel’s in Vancouver, Canada; Dan York reports on the Facebook terms of service kerfuffle, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: How not to respond to local bloggers if you’re a newspaper, PR firm drops client…
Possibly the most interesting news so far to come out of the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week is that there seems to be clear agreement among mobile operators and equipment manufacturers to develop and bring to market a universal mobile phone charger. Imagine: a tool to…
Interesting stats from comScore, the internet information provider, on the growth and penetration of social networks in 16 European countries in 2008. I made the chart above (for use in a PPT deck) that interprets the tabular data in comScore’s press release today showing the total unique visitors per European…
Content summary: Music CD giveaway from Runaway Dorothy for two FIR listeners; Shel’s trip to Kansas City and the IABC Kansas City Business Communicators Summit; Neville’s impressions of the Reading Twestival; upcoming FIR Interview; Michael Netzley reports on developments with mobile and social networks in North and South Korea and…
