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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
No CEO blogging: Good analysis or ignorance?
I commented last week on an employee communication survey by the Edelman PR agency entitled New Frontiers in Employee Communications: Current Practices and Future Trends (see post: Room for changes in internal communication). Among the findings in the survey report was this – nearly 20% of the survey respondents said, “My CEO would never blog.” […]
New knowledge portal for communicators launched
Communitelligence.com launched this week as the first global knowledge-sharing portal aimed at improving organizational and human communication. The site is being built and supported by global communication leaders, associations, schools and businesses linked to the common goals of elevating the profession and sharing best practices that can make all forms of communication more effective. The […]
Flexible corporate ethics and diminished trust
In an article on 5 October, eWeek analyzes whether PeopleSoft would consider a takeover by Oracle at the right price and raises questions about PeopleSoft ex-CEO Craig Conway’s integrity. Consider this comment from the article: The [PeopleSoft] board decided to fire CEO Craig Conway because it was dismayed by his display of “situational ethics” when […]
PRSA and IABC: Exercise leadership
Earlier this week, I posted commentary about the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) ignoring blogging. My post referenced commentary from the Business Blog Consulting blog which said that, in the forthcoming PRSA conference that takes place later this month, blogging doesn’t get a mention anywhere. What’s been happening since I posted my commentary is […]
The world of cultured messages
Just been reading a thought-provoking post by Evelyn Rodriguez on her Crossroads Dispatches blog. Core concept: The compartmentalization of business and “the rest of life” is breaking down. How we treat acquaintenances, family, friends, and colleagues can’t be night-and-day different from how we’d treat prospective or current customers. Yes, this seems entirely obvious. But the […]
IABC leader blog to launch
Following my post on Friday re PRSA and IABC, I discovered late on Saturday that a blog by 2004-2005 IABC Chairman, David Kistle, ABC, is imminent as this screenshot indicates. That answers the prime call: To start with, I’d like to see the leaders of the PRSA and IABC with a blog. I want to […]
IABC Chairman blog live
The brand new blog by IABC Chairman David Kistle, ABC, is now live. In an introductory post, Kistle says: I want to be sure to talk about things you want to talk about… so now it’s your turn. Give me some feedback – good and bad – about how we’re doing and what’s important to […]
Two-way blogs and moderated conversations
When Richard Edelman, CEO of the Edelman PR agency, launched his blog in late September, he was welcomed enthusiastically by the PR blogging community. Two weeks on and after Edelman’s second post – he’s committed to posting once a week – some bloggers are a bit twitchy about how he’s blogging and how commenting is […]
Blogging for PR
Widely reported already by a number of bloggers today: Webpronews.com published a review of blogging as a PR tool. Among the communication bloggers and their blogs specifically mentioned in the article are, in order of mention: Steve Rubel’s Micro Persuasion, Steve Hall’s Adrants, John Battelle’s Searchblog, Mike Manuel’s Media Guerilla, Wayne Hurlbert’s Blog Business World, […]
Challenge to PRSA on blogging spreads
The challenge to the leadership of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) to including a track on blogging at the PRSA conference in New York in ten days time is spreading. Following commentary on a number of blogs last week and this, B.L. Ochman makes the challenge crystal clear in a post yesterday: PRSA […]
Conversation is a two-way street
More on two-way blogs and moderated conversations, from Tom Murphy at PR Opinions: Conversation is a two way street.You don’t see companies promoting customer service phone numbers and then not employing anyone to answer the phone (those annoying automated customer service systems at least answer the call). If you’re establishing a blog, you are doing […]
SCO legal website won’t be a blog
Enterprise software vendor SCO Group plans to launch a website to chronicle its legal battles relating to Unix and Linux, as part of an effort to counterbalance Groklaw.net which was set up to poke holes in the company’s legal claims, a CNET News report says. The site, to be called Prosco.net and launching on 1 […]
Lots going on in Sweden
One European PR blog I pay attention to is Media Culpa, written by Swedish PR practitioner Hans Kullin. Hans is the PR blogging beacon on what’s going on in Sweden (and, at times, in Norway and other Nordic countries), and judging from his posts in recent weeks, there’s lots going on there. For example: Swedish […]
Blogger pressure forces change at PRSA
In a remarkable about-turn, blogging will now be included as a workshop at the forthcoming conference of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in New York, which starts on 23 October. B.L. Ochman’s continuing pressure, supported by other bloggers including me, has convinced the PRSA to change its stance and agree to include a […]
Ads start arriving in RSS feeds
It was just a matter of time – RSS webfeeds are now starting to carry advertising. I’ve noticed in the past couple of weeks that some of the feeds I subscribe to contain advertising messages, so far with the message header prefixed with the word ‘AD.’ Engadget now includes an ad message at the end […]
Policies for employee blogging
More fuel for the discussion on why organizations must have clear policies in place concerning employee blogging, from Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg: If you’re an employee, and you identify yourself as such on your weblog, you better know what the ramifications will be at work. Frustration is always the result of expectation and unless […]