Content summary: Shel Holtz was part of the "All-Star" track at the annual world conference of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), presenting on the role of the news release in the social media era on June 9, 2009. The talk covered both the traditional news release and the…
Content summary: Neville’s back in the UK and Shel’s in Washington, DC; review of the IABC World Conference and FIR Listener Dinner, both in San Francisco; Dan York reports on Facebook user names, Apple’s new products, the future of PR, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That…
I’ve been in two minds all week about whether to post this photo here or not. It seemed too much like own-horn tooting or trumpet-blowing. But today I thought, what the heck, it’s a milestone event, let’s just get it up there! So here it is – yours truly last…
When I arrived at San Francisco International airport on Saturday after a 10-hour flight from London, I switched on my Nokia N95 8GB mobile phone. This is my primary phone, on an account with Vodafone UK. I had a few SMS messages, one of which being a text message from…
Even thought it’s Wednesday and mid week, my mind is still full of thoughts about an amazing long weekend that concluded for me yesterday after a whirlwind 10,700-mile round trip to San Francisco and the IABC 2009 World Conference. As the conference ends today, many people’s thoughts will be on…
Content summary: Recorded live from the IABC World Conference in San Francisco, this episode includes conversations with Barbara Gibson (2008-2009 IABC Chair), Mark Schumann (2009-2010 IABC Chair), Lee Hopkins, Allan Jenkins, Bryan Person, Suzanne Salvo, Les Potter, Paula Cassin, Bill Spaniel, Sheri Rosen; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media…
On Saturday morning, I’ll be on a plane from London Heathrow to San Francisco to take part in the 2009 IABC World Conference. The prime reason I’m going is because I’m receiving the 2009 Chairman’s Award on Sunday evening, a singular honour for an IABC member which, frankly, I’m thrilled…
Palm launches its newest mobile device in the USA tomorrow – the Palm Pre – which some people see as the closest thing yet to an iPhone killer. Here are the two gadgets compared side by side. If you’re not in the USA, or in a country where either device…
