Archives for November 2010

Overflow from FIR #575 on November 29, 2010. InformationWeek: Smartphones To Ring Up 28% Of Holiday Shopping in the US Download this podcast (MP3, 1.106Mb, length 2:40) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?) … [Read more...] about FIR Cut: Smartphones to ring up 28 percent of holiday shopping

Content summary: Kristin Brandt from Manic Mommies is guest co-host; FIR Live on BP Gulf oil spill set for December 11; listener comments; Ragan promo on Corporate Editors and Writers Conference; Kristin and Shel discuss mommy blogging; News That Fits: major retailers offer holiday deals on social networks, Neville's commentary on PR spam, Michael Netzley's Asia report, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, new data on employee brand evangelists, Pollstream, Dan York's report; music from … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #575: November 29, 2010

FIR Live #20 Saturday, December 11, 2010 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT Participate or listen in The next episode of FIR Live will look at the communication efforts surrounding the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year - the worst in US history. Our guests are: Gerald Baron, who authors the Crisisblogger blog and wrote Now is Too Late 2, one of the best books available on crisis communication in the digital era. Gerald is a … [Read more...] about FIR Live on December 11: BP oil spill communications

Overflow from FIR #574 on November 22, 2010. New Scientist: Storytelling 2.0: Exploring the news game Download this podcast (MP3, 3.06Mb, length 7:34) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?) … [Read more...] about FIR Cut: Are video games the future of journalism?

Content summary: Two FIR Interviews posted: with CC Chapman and Ann Handley, and with Mitch Joel; the next FIR Live will be on Dec 11 with Neil Chapman of BP and Gerald Baron on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and crisis communications; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: the TSA full-body scans pat-downs and social media, Dan York reports on Facebook Messaging and more, ten investor relations Twitter accounts revisited, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, comScore state … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #574: November 22, 2010