Posted on April 15, 2016 10:38 am by Shel Holtz | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Instagram | Brands | Business | Channels | Crisis Communication | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Monitoring | PR | QR Codes | Research | Social Media | Video | Writing and Editing
The Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items that flew under the radar while other stories grabbed big headlines. As always, I collect material from which I select Wrap stories (as well as stories…
Posted on December 4, 2015 8:48 am by Shel Holtz | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Economics | Content | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Channels | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Podcasting | PR | Research | Social Media | Social networks | Twitter | Writing and Editing
The Friday Wrap is back after a Thanksgiving break. I hope your Thanksgiving was as rewarding as mine (with 18 family members gathering at my home). If you’re new to the Wrap, it’s my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items…
Posted on October 2, 2015 5:34 am by Shel Holtz | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Wearables | Blogging | Brands | Business | Facebook | Legal | Marketing | Mobile | PR | Research | Social Media | Social networks | Twitter | Writing and Editing
The Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of news stories, posts, studies, and reports designed to help organizational communicators stay current on the trends and technology that affect their jobs. These may be items that flew under the radar while other stories grabbed big headlines. As always, I collect material from which I select Wrap stories (as well as stories…
Posted on May 15, 2015 7:45 am by Shel Holtz | The Workplace Experience | Economics | Content | Visual Communication | Wearables | Brands | Business | Channels | Facebook | Gamification | Legal | Marketing | Media | Mobile | PR | Search | Social Media | Trust | Twitter | Video | Writing and Editing
A special note on this week’s wrap photo. That adorable newborn wrapped up in a hospital blanket? That’s my granddaughter, Madeleine Ann Holtz, born yesterday. Now, on to business: The Friday Wrap is a review of news, posts, reports, and other items appearing in the last week that will help you stay on top of the forces shaping communication in this…
Posted on April 19, 2015 12:25 pm by Shel Holtz | Internal | Writing and Editing
It was the summer of 1986.
I was halfway through my four-year tenure at Mattel, Inc. Bad times were on the horizon. Soon, the company’s finances would suffer and leadership would implement cost-cutting measures, including a crippling experience with McKinsey & Company’s dreaded Activity Value Analysis. But for now, budgets were still untouched and the Employee Communications Department cranked out a monthly newspaper for…
Posted on January 28, 2015 1:34 pm by Shel Holtz | Marketing | Writing and Editing
A curious trend is proliferating around the web. You arrive on a site and, while reading whatever it is you came to read, a pop-up appears. You look for the prominent X to close it, and instead you see two options. One is the call to action, something like, “Yes, I want to know more!” The other insults and demeans you with a…
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