The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) welcomed Chris Sorek as its new executive director effective July 1. (Read the press release.) Sorek’s appointment follows a lengthy search to replace Julie Freeman, ABC, APR, who left the post after 10 years at the helm. Founded in 1970, IABC provides a…
Content summary: FIR Interview with Philip Sheldrake and Stephen Waddington on “Share This” published; interview with Chris Sorek, IABC executive director, coming; how to run an effective tweetup: #EalingTU shows the way; Ragan promo; News That Fits: how social should business leaders be, or how much more do you need…
“Social media has become an invaluable tool in my PR armoury by giving me a direct voice to speak directly to members of the media and the general public,” says Lord Sugar. “This book is a useful guide to using social media effectively.” Gaining such a glowing endorsement for a…
In May, the Financial Times went on record to say with some confidence that they expect to see more paying subscribers to the paper’s digital edition by the end of 2012 than to its traditional printed newspaper. In a post on the FT’s Press Office Blog on July 27, the…
#OpeningCeremony – 9:00pm UK July 27, 2012. Experience it live (or go here if you’re in the US). #London2012 | #Olympics
What’s funny to you or I may not be to anyone else. Case in point – SpecSavers‘ press ad in the UK today over the Korean flag mixup at #London2012. I can see the humour certainly. But I wonder how the Koreas might especially with both flags portrayed together like…
When Starbucks announced recently that an Android app is now available in the UK to let you pay for your coffee and other products in store with that app, I was looking forward to trying it out. And I finally did that yesterday at Starbucks in Hammersmith Broadway, west London,…
As someone who only recently discovered Instagram when the Android version of the popular iPhone app was released a few months ago, I’m a compulsive snapper at any moment that I can whip out my smartphone. The beauty of Instagram is the amateur-ish treatment of photography with the app’s so-simple…
