Posted on March 22, 2005 10:02 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging
There’s no way in hell I’ll use this blog to express my personal views on the Terri Schiavo case. This blog is about PR and communications. Which is why I’m taking a deep breath and pointing you to a “Save Schiavo” Web hub.
The site, from ProLifeBlogs.com, simply lists bloggers who are writing in support of saving the Florida woman at the center of legal and…
Posted on March 21, 2005 9:57 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
In his “Strategic Public Relations” blog, Kevin Dugan wonders if GM will address its recent surprising forecast and related fallout in its blogs. I hope not.
In case you missed it, GM announced it would lose money in the next quarter and that the company would lay off workers. Says Dugan:
Anyone that has visited the company’s Smallblock Engine and Fastlane blogs knows they do not lend…
Posted on March 18, 2005 9:19 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Internal
Michael Hyatt posted his request on his blog today and already has five comments, most asking specific questions or raising substantive issues. It’s not the comments, though, that make this particular blog post stand out. It’s the nature of the post itself and the man who wrote it.
Hyatt is president and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the publicly traded Christian publishing company…
Posted on March 14, 2005 2:56 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging
A new Gallup poll (reported by Jim Horton) reinforces data collected earlier this year by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Most adult Americans don’t read blogs, and a lot of those don’t even know what they are.
Three-quarters of the U.S. public uses the Internet at work, school, or home, but only one in four Americans are either very familiar or…
Posted on March 9, 2005 10:14 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
If an editorial written by a San Diego State University student in the Daily Aztec is any indication, the next generation of journalists won’t be any better positioned to co-exist with the blogosphere than the current generation.
Consuela Headrick, the student newspaper’s opinion editor, offers a column in today’s issue headlined “Blogs infringe on true journalism.” Some excerpts:
...slowly but surely, the Internet world is infringing on the…
Posted on March 8, 2005 8:34 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Catching up on e-mail (I fell behind while on the road), I found this from Bud Gibson, assistant professor of business information technology at the University of Michigan (I’m in the process of reading Bud’s synopsis, which is fascinating):
I’ve noticed you have an interest in blogging in education from your posts on: blogging at Auburn, the BBC report on the impact of blogging in…
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