Month: July 2013

  • Careless talk can cost you your life

    Belgian communications agency Duval Guillaume Modem is all about big ideas. Only ideas are the carriers of new thoughts and can influence behaviour, the agency says. Ideas are what differentiate human beings from other animals and computers. Ideas originate from…

  • Brian Solis and the evolution of social business

    A guest post by Brian Solis. Businesses are aspiring to find the fountain of truth. Social media professionals believe that transparency and authenticity reveal the way. It does, to some extent. But it doesn’t answer how businesses can earn relevance…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #711: July 8, 2013

    Intro: FIR Speakers and Speeches iConsumerism panel discussion at Imperial College is up, Brian Solis in London July 12: FIR S&S podcast to come; Quick News: Survey shows journalists trust elected officials more than PR people, the “Yellow Pages of…

  • Remembering 7/7

    Eight years ago on this date – on July 7, 2005 – suicide bombers killed over 50 people in London in  a series of terror attacks on  buses and tube trains during the morning rush hour. More than 700 people…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: iConsumerism panel discussion at Imperial College London

    On June 19, 2013, FIR co-host Neville Hobson moderated “iConsumerism,” a panel discussion organized by Imperial College London, and the second of three networking and discussion events exploring the way digital innovations shape the world we live, work and create…