Overflow from FIR #590 on March 14, 2011. Troll, reveal thyself (in support of Facebook’s comment utility, from Slate) The Facebook empire ends here (opposition from Geoff Livingston) Download this podcast (MP3, 3.5Mb; length 8:42) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS…
Content summary: Neville is solo as Shel’s on the road (but we have contributions and conversation); diary reminder: upcoming FIR Interview with RealWire’s Adam Parker on March 21; FIR interviews up: Jackie Mitchell, and David Ferrabee and Robin Block; FIR Speakers and Speeches up: William Amurgis at IntraTeam conference on…
Addressing what Robin Block and David Ferrabee believe is a disconnect between how immersed and digitally-connected employees are outside of the workplace, and how their internal communications are being delivered, is at the heart of “The future of social media within internal communications,”an innovative film being created by Red Sky…
The first ranking of brands in the UK by their "social quotient" was published a few days ago, and the report makes for interesting reading. Published by Headstream consultants, Social Brands 100 ranks some well-known (and not so well-known) brands – from multinationals to small UK-based businesses – by each…
IntraTeam, the Denmark-based organization for intranet managers, held its annual conference in Copenhagen on March 1-3. FIR co-host Shel Holtz was among the speakers and, while there, was able to record the presentation by American Electric Power Internal Communications Manager William Amurgis. The presentation, titled "The intranet as an Employee…
The press release begins, "The American Red Cross is ‘burning’ people’s most precious memories to raise awareness about fire prevention during Red Cross Month. Home fires occur every eighty seconds in the United States, and the Red Cross responds to a fire every eight minutes nationwide. In less than 80…
The following is a guest post by David Murton, a professional writer and blogger with a particular interest in the open source Drupal platform. David has been helping companies build and maintain their online relationships with customers since 2006. He is affiliated with A Small Orange, a web hosting provider,…
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR Interview with the FT is up, Neville was at the FT Digital Media conference in London last week; Speakers & Speeches podcast with AEP’s William Amurgis is coming, upcoming FIR Interview with RealWire’s Adam Parker, FIR Book Review of Curation Nation…
