The Register published an interview yesterday with Anoop Gupta, Corporate Vice President of the Real-Time Collaboration Business Unit at Microsoft. Geek-focused stuff. But some interesting things that PR, marketing and other communication professionals should pay attention to. Excerpts: Real-time collaboration is basically anything that involves instant-messenger style presence. And the fact that Bill Gates’ former […]
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Room for changes in internal communication
Earlier this week, I read through New Frontiers in Employee Communications: Current Practices and Future Trends, a report on an employee communication survey published in August by PR firm Edelman. Edeman surveyed communication professionals in companies across North America to learn more about the variety of information channels that companies use to communicate to their […]
The role of PR in CEO blogging
Should PR stay completely out of the picture when the CEO starts a blog for public consumption? Or should PR be an element in planning how and what the CEO blogs? The answer is: It depends. There seems to be a school of thought that says there should be no role for PR in executive […]
Who says CEOs aren’t blogging?
Reading again through New Frontiers in Employee Communications: Current Practices and Future Trends, a survey report published in August by the Edelman PR agency (see my post today with a summary), I was thinking again about the report finding that nearly 20% of the survey respondents said, “My CEO would never blog.” It would be […]
Edelman CEO starts blogging
Just after posting my commentary on Who says CEOs aren’t blogging?, I see that Richard Edelman, the CEO of Edelman PR, started a blog on 29 September. Here’s his mission statement for the blog: My intention is share trends in communications, the issues, lessons and insights that I gather from managing this firm. […] I […]
The dotcom era saved for posterity
All those failed start-ups from the dotcom boom will live on, because the University of Maryland and the US Library of Congress see value in saving their records for posterity in a massive digital archive, InternetWeek.com reports: “We want to let today’s entrepreneurs learn from the mistakes,” said the archive project’s lead researcher, David Kirsch, […]
Hotel WiFi – and blogs
A report from Engadget on developments with wireless network access in hotels in the US: Check in. Go to your hotel room. Get online. Or, more likely, try to get online. Call the front desk. “No WiFi access, sir. We can get you a phone cable so you can plug into your data port.” Great. […]
Firefox security update patch
Neowin reported today that Mozilla has released a security update for the Firefox browser. A notice on the Mozilla website urges users to upgrade to this latest version of the Firefox Preview Release. A patch is available for current Preview Release users. Mozilla | Important Security Update for Firefox Available
Sign up for virtual workshop for bloggers
If you would like to participate in a workshop for bloggers and those who read blogs, and contribute commentary (and essays if you wish), let Shelley Powers at Burningbird know. Shelley’s behind the IT Kitchen which takes place from Monday 25 October until Friday 5 November. It would be especially great to get as many […]
George Soros starts a blog
George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthopist, started a blog on 30 September. In his introductory post, he says: “I have started this website and this blog to hear from you. I am eager to engage in a critical discussion about this [US presidential] election because the stakes are so high, and I welcome your […]
Blogs as part of job search strategies
A number of media articles and blog posts in recent weeks have been discussing the role blogs can play in the job search process, both from the recruiter’s and seeker’s points of view. Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article on how blogs are catching on for recruiters and job seekers (see my […]
Spill your secrets at Workdirt
Loosely continuing today’s theme of blogs and careers, here’s a blog that has a lighter (no, darker) side about the workplace: Workdirt. Self description: We’re here to make it all better because our jobs suck either sometimes or always, or when you-know-who is around. We like to break the rules and share dirty little secrets […]
Oracle getting closer to winning PeopleSoft
Last Friday’s firing of PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway by his company’s board could speed up the what looks like an inevitable outcome in the long-running battle Oracle has waged to acquire PeopleSoft. Conway’s departure as a result of action by his own board looks like good news for Oracle. Many commentators and industry observers are […]
Familiarize yourself with podcasting
Last week, I posted a brief comment about podcasting as an interesting potential channel for internal communication uses such as the CEO of a company recording a message for employees. This is a good example of how it could be used in an organizational communication context. But that’s just a scratch on the surface of […]
TypePad opens in Belgium and Holland
Congratulations, TypePad (the blog hosting service I use), for starting a Dutch/French-language service for Belgium and a Dutch-language service for The Netherlands. This news reported today by Loïc Le Meur, Exec VP and General Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa of Six Apart (the owner of TypePad), in his blog. TypePad now offers five localized […]
Microsoft rules out PeopleSoft bid; SAP not currently on radar screen
The Financial Times reports today that Microsoft on Sunday night ruled itself out of a white knight bid for PeopleSoft, who is fighting a $7.7 billion hostile takeover by Oracle. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told the Financial Times that PeopleSoft did not compare with SAP, the German enterprise software vendor that Microsoft considered buying last […]
US PR association ignores blogging
If professional associations that represent communicators still don’t get it, it’s hardly surprising that there continue to be so many heads in the sand regarding blogging and other ‘new’ technologies that are of direct relevance to organizational communication. The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) – the world’s largest professional organization for PR practitioners, according […]
33% of IT jobs are Microsoft-related
An IDC study commissioned by Microsoft reveals the impact of the software industry on European economies, The Register reports. In 19 countries surveyed (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and the UK) nine million people are employed in the IT […]
Apple’s blog-like website
Take a look at the start page of Apple’s updated website. Very blog like with its chronologically-ordered information and XML buttons for subscribing to RSS webfeeds. Apple | Start While it’s not a blog by the accepted definition (no commenting nor trackbacks, for instance), this is a good indicator of how the current differentiators between […]
Business models for blog technologies
David Teten and Scott Allan of Online Business Networks have written a useful article on Twelve Business Models for Blog Technologies. Some interesting ideas if you’re thinking about business or investment opportunities around blogging. Summary: Traditional businesses leveraging blogs: Individual virtual presence – the use of a blog to enhance your visibility and professional reputation. […]