Posted on January 23, 2006 9:36 am by Shel Holtz | Business | External
Defenders of Wildlife wants your money. There are several ways to give your money to the Washington, D.C. based organization that is dedicated to “the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities.” Problem is, if you give them your money, they could become one of the major annoyances in your life.
At least, that’s my wife’s experience. Three…
Posted on January 17, 2006 10:07 am by Shel Holtz | Business
How many meetings do you attend that could be offloaded to a wiki or some other online mechanism? The kneejerk reaction to such a suggestion is that online community is reducing the amount of face-to-face contact we have and that’s a bad idea. We’ve been hearing this since message boards first gained popularity.
I’ve never bought this argument. I’ve met more people online whom I have…
Posted on November 30, 2005 12:08 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Web
How many great and noble accomplishments can one company chalk up to a single effort? If the company is IBM, the list is impressive: a shining example of corporate social responsibility, an innovative first-ever use of a technology formerly reserved for internal use, a proof-of-concept for large-scale global collaboration on the web…
The effort is Habitat Jam, the first time IBM has…
Posted on November 29, 2005 7:55 am by Shel Holtz | Business
Hysteria in the form of statistics is making another appearance, and no doubt thousands of business leaders will jerk their Italian suit-covered knees and take steps to do something about it. This time, the frothing mouths are spewing forth warnings about employees shopping online when they should be working. According to a story on CNNMoney.com, Cyber Monday is the online…
Posted on November 22, 2005 4:34 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
The answer to the question I posed earlier today, as presented by Laurie Mayers of Haas MS&L Blogworks, the PR firm that developed GM’s blogs—is a resounding no. GM is not censoring comments to the GM Fastlane blog to preclude conversation about the recently announced layoffs and other drastic measures the company is taking. I had searched on a number of terms, but…
Posted on October 28, 2005 10:27 am by Shel Holtz | Business
The folks from Council of PR Firms generously invited me to stick around for the luncheon speaker and afternoon panel at “Critical Issues Forum 2005” after my morning panel wrapped up. My flight wasn’t until the evening, and the luncheon speaker seemed interesting (and didn’t disappoint). The afternoon panel dealt with attracting new blood into the PR profession and retaining talent that’s already there.…
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