Posted on October 31, 2012 9:03 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Monitoring | Social Media | Social networks
The rise of social technologies is shining an ever-brighter spotlight on subject matter experts (SMEs). I’ve written recently about the University of Toronto focusing its journalism training effort on SMEs. Last week, while attending the launch of Cisco Systems’ Social Media Listening Center, I found the company had trained 1,500 SMEs to engage in social channels on the company’s behalf, including responding to…
Posted on October 12, 2012 10:55 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Business | Google+ | Mobile | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoWhat a Friday! I’m taking the rest of the day off to run a bazillion errands in advance of my daughter’s wedding on Sunday. But that won’t stop me from posting the Wrap, my weekly review of tech news of interest to communicators. If you want to see (or subscribe to) the full listing of articles I collect during the…
Posted on September 14, 2012 2:25 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Politics | Social Media | Social networks
Image (c) Can Stock Photo“Thank God it’s Friday,” I hear you shout, since Friday promises another edition of the Friday Wrap. And indeed, here it is! I draw these items from the last seven days of my various feeds. I save the interesting items for consideration in the Wrap (and for Monday’s episode of For Immediate Release) on my link blog, which you’re welcome…
Posted on August 17, 2012 11:15 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Social Media | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe Friday Wrap is a collection of eye-catching items that surfaced in my feeds over the last week. A full blog post on each would have been nice, but time is short, so I summarize them here. You can see everything I collect for Friday Wrap consideration at my link blog.
Would you pay $50 per year for…Posted on July 13, 2012 7:59 am by Shel Holtz | Facebook | Media | PR | Social networks | Technology | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoMy weekly recap of some of the stories I found intriguing while perusing my feeds during the last seven days.
Recruiters using social media, but Facebook monitoring could backfireOnly 8% of U.S. companies aren’t using social media to acquire new talent this year. (These are likely the same companies that block employee online access and maintain a healthy supply of…
Posted on July 6, 2012 8:19 am by Shel Holtz | Augmented Reality | Mobile | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoA review of articles that piqued my interest during the last week, whether or not they were earth-shattering.
Augmented Reality in the Grocery AisleSome people are more deliberate than others when they shop. While many just want to replace that empty box of Candy-Coated Sugar Grenades and other staples, there are those who are intent on finding only…
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