Holtz Communications + Technology

Washington Technology’s cover story deals with how government contracts have responded to crises—and how they should. The article includes interviews with PR professionals.  The article also features a handy list of do’s and don’ts.

I’ve been getting a ton of spim lately. Spim is spam that targets your instant messager (IM) rather than your e-mail. At least twice a day, my IM client pops up with an invitation to visit a Web site created and maintained entirely by women. I get more irritated every time I have to put a block on the ad which…

I met Jerry Brown once. I was a journalism student at California State University Northridge, and Brown stopped by on a campaign swing during his first run for the California governor’s office. I was lucky enough to draw the straw to interview him. We spent half an hour closeted in a small office at KCSN-FM, the NPR radio station run out of…

There’s a lot of hyperbole flying around about the power of the blogosphere with dismissals of prominent figures by their employers touted as examples. When bloggers unite to bring to light unsavory comments or secrets or foibles by individuals they don’t like, bloggers of one political persuasion or another have been able to unite to bring those individuals down. The blogosphere came…

Several items in rapid succession point to the continued growth of podcasting.

First came word from podcasting pioneer Adam Curry who last week noted that the number of podcasts listed in the ipodder.org directory has passed the 3,000 mark. Not bad for a medium that fundamentally didn’t exist six months ago.

Next, Charles Pizzo forwards a New York Times article on podcasting, “Tired of TiVo?…

I’m working with a company to develop a strategic internal communication plan. Part of the research phase includes a communication-focused survey of employees. One section of the survey asks employees to rate their interest in potential new channels. Podcating is one of the choices.

I’m anxious to see podcasting introduced to the employee communications mix. I’d love to help a company figure out how to do it…