New online resource for internal communicators

Melcrum Publishing, the global communication publisher, today launched The Hub, a new online knowledge resource for internal communicators with hundreds of resources to help communicators do their jobs more effectively. The first of its kind in the UK according to Melcrum, The Hub provides members with resources that include networking, news and analysis, learning guides […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #75: October 10, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (employee engagement; bad PR gimmick with a fake blog; how to stimulate blog comments); Cillit Bang PR debacle update; helping victims of the Pakistan earthquake; US court ruling on not identifying an anonymous blogger; Yahoo! Podcasts launches; Google’s RSS reader; CBC employee lockout follow-up; Lee Hopkins’ report; the new FIR […]

Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 11-Oct-05

Blogging slips down the priority list How to speak at a tech conference I Want the Blooker Prize IBM and the Future of Our Past Lockergnome Releases Gada.Be Metasearch Service Meeting Steve Ballmer in Munich… Phil Gomes – A Rough Early PR Blog Timeline PR Week Debuts Column by Dan Gillmor Selling the BlogoSphere Part […]

Speaking at E-Day Amsterdam

Heading off to the Emerce E-Day conference taking place today in Amsterdam. I’m participating in a panel discussion broadly titled Public Relations in The Blogosphere. My fellow panelists are Scott Rafer, Frank Janssen, Paul Molenaar and Hans Mestrum. We hope to have a stimulating and dynamic multi-lingual discussion (Dutch and English) on issues and strategies […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #76: October 12, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments, Emerce Eday in Amsterdam, RSS use study, Microsoft’s proposed RSS logos, Skype cordless handset, Microsoft and Yahoo link IM clients, Google Library project update, The Spinfluencer interviews Ron Bloom, reactive vs. proactive communication, Apple launches video iPod, the anonymous Publix employee blogger, and more. Show notes for October 12, 2005 Welcome […]

eWeek podcasting

Another mainstream medium starts podcasting – eWeek: eWEEK, the Enterprise Newsweekly, brings you a weekly roundup of the top stories from its latest issue. Hosted by Executive Editor Stan Gibson, the eWEEK Podcast also includes reports from eWEEK editors, a product review from eWEEK Labs, commentary from columnists including Technology Editor Peter Coffee, and the […]

Compelling Memeorandum

For the past few weeks, I’ve been reading tech news from a new (to me) website – Memeorandum. I’m not wholly sure what it is about Memeorandum – whether it’s the content or the buzz, or both – but I find it a totally compelling resource. It’s the place (RSS feed) I now check first […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #77: October 17, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (more on, and from, the anonymous Publix blogger; loving the new FIR logo; transcribing show notes; proactive vs. reactive again); IABC’s new website; software to help eliminate jargon from writing; Technorati’s latest state of the blogosphere; Lee Hopkins’ report; The Conference Board Europe’s communications meeting; no podosphere PR yet; PR […]

Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 19-Oct-05

Blog Spammers Take Aim at Google Bloglines Losing Early Adopters to Rojo, Newsgator, and Google? (IACI, GOOG) Blogs are too easy to create says Wall Street Journal: Blog spam is the result Blogs of a Different Color E Ink and LG.Philips LCD build 10.1-inch flexible display Flat Yahoo Profit Tops Expectations FTC Asked to Address […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #78: October 20, 2005

Content summary: Splogs and Blogspot, questionable observations from IABC’s Canada conference, an intimidating panel, a new publisher lawsuit against Google, LA Podcasters’ Freeway Series, Dan York’s contribution, a fake Harriet Miers blog, two blogging studies, listener comments, and more. Show notes for October 20, 2005 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, […]

The here and now of participatory communication

On Thursday, I travelled to Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the 50th anniversary conference of FEIEA, the federation of European business communicators’ associations. My role was to make a presentation on new media communication channels (blogs, RSS, etc) and participatory communication as a constituent part of FEIEA’s theme for this first day of their 2-day […]

What is ‘it’?

Designed by German engineers and developed in Sweden by renowned Japanese scientists. It can hold 2,500 of your favourite songs. It has sleek design and incredible handling. It can even cook chicken. What is it? No spoiler in this post – visit What Is It? to find out. Oh alright, a little hint: clever online […]