I caught a few minutes of President Obama's Google+ Hangout last night as it was streamed on YouTube. If you've done a Google+ Hangout video chat before, you'll be familiar with the format and this was no different. Except, of course, it was the President of the United States plus five lucky citizens chosen by +The White House to hang out live with the Pres in a carefully-controlled setting. Plus the millions of people worldwide who tuned in, as it were, to YouTube to watch and add text … [Read more...] about YouTube: the global TV channel
Archives for January 2012
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #636: January 30, 2012
Content summary: Inaugural FIR Book Club took place on January 27; GaggleAmp webinar January 31; new podcast alert: Jay Baer "Social Pros," featuring "social media practitioners, people doing the real work for companies," features an interview, social media stat of the week and "Work it Out" - first episode due on February 2; News That Fits: blogging declines in business as newer tools rule; Ragan promo; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the year of the dragon on the Chinese calendar … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #636: January 30, 2012
Scroll Excel 7 first look
The market for tablet computers is looking rosy according to any number of research studies and reports in the mainstream media and tech press. It's continuing good news for Apple and its iPad and for the myriad Android tablet-makers; and for satisfying consumers' desire to own the latest affordable tech that gives them the freedom to get at information whenever and wherever they want it. According to one recent report I read by Research and Markets, the expected growth of the tablet … [Read more...] about Scroll Excel 7 first look
Integrated CIPR news on your desktop – shame about mobile
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) launched a social media newsroom on January 23. In their words, it "integrates announcements on our website with our Twitter feed, Facebook and LinkedIn pages and with the CIPR Conversation." It's a good example of an organization evolving how it communicates information about itself (and, in this case, about a profession and its membership) and how it enables easier sharing of its content in ways that are measurable, eg, social-share … [Read more...] about Integrated CIPR news on your desktop – shame about mobile
Social media: word of mouth at scale
Among some compelling metrics about Facebook's contributions to Europe's economies last year - led by $15.3 billion value and 230,000 jobs - is this description of social media by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: [...] She argued that we’re living in the midst of a revolution and said that social media has resulted in three key trends: the shift from anonymity to authentic identity, the shift from wisdom of the crowds to wisdom of the people, and the shift from being receivers of … [Read more...] about Social media: word of mouth at scale
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #635: January 23, 2012
Content summary: FIR Book Review of 'YouTube for Business' is up; reminders: inaugural FIR Book Club on Jan 27 with Christopher Barger, GaggleAmp webinar on Jan 31; new FIR Interviews posted: Bob Fine, Social Media Monthly magazine, and Adam Kmiec, Walgreens; CREWE project to audit Fortune 100 on Wikipedia; News That Fits: of course employees are three times more active on social networks; Ragan promo; Dan York reports on the first battle against SOPA won, and more; could a 'Secret Facebook of … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #635: January 23, 2012
FIR Interview: Walgreens Social Media Director Adam Kmiec
FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz interview Adam Kmiec, director of social media for Walgreens, the largest drug store chain in the US and a Fortune 50 company. Walgreens has engaged in the last 10 days or so in a social media-focused effort to build awareness among customers of alternatives to Express Scripts, the prescription benefit manager through which hundreds of thousands of people in the US pay for their prescription medications. Unable to reach an agreement to renew their … [Read more...] about FIR Interview: Walgreens Social Media Director Adam Kmiec
Pick up the pitchforks
Powerful stuff from +Clay Shirky who describes the US entertainment and media industry thus in his call to 'pick up the pitchforks' re SOPA and PIPA: "[...] This is an industry that demands payment from summer camps if the kids sing Happy Birthday or God Bless America, an industry that issues takedown notices for a 29-second home movie of a toddler dancing to Prince. Traditional American media firms are implacably opposed to any increase in citizens’ ability to create, copy, save, alter, or … [Read more...] about Pick up the pitchforks