Posted on December 6, 2007 8:50 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
Years ago, Myron “Mike” Emmanuel started a forum in which the top internal communicators from some of the biggest companies in the U.S. could get together a few times a year to share issues unique to large organizations. When Mike retired, the group faded until it was reinvigorated last year by ROI Communications. I was fortunate to be part of the group,…
Posted on December 5, 2007 8:42 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Research | Social Media
Rob Cottingham pointed me to a Canadian study that suggests business and marketing leaders believe the importance of social media is eclipsing that of traditional media. The study determined that 46% of respondents say that social media is more important than TV, radio, newspapers and magazines; 85% believe social media have become vital elements of the communication mix.
At the same…
Posted on December 5, 2007 7:57 am by Shel Holtz | Books | Business | Twitter
I’ve been wanting to make this official for some time, but now that the contracts are signed, I can let the cat out of the bag. I’m excited to be co-authoring a new book on the role of communications in promoting business transparency. I’m even more thrilled to be co-writing the book with John C. Havens, lead organizer for PodCampNYC, VP of Business…
Posted on November 30, 2007 11:46 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Social Media | Video
Someone wrote recently—I didn’t make a note of who it was—that social media is an inappropriate venue for business because contracts are the language of business and therefore businesses cannot speak with an informal, authentic, human voice. What reactionary bunk. Corporations may be legal entities but they won’t exist without people. But the business world is populated by a lot of like-minded people who…
Posted on November 10, 2007 3:50 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Video
I’m particularly sensitive right now to the burden carried by U.S. soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Tomorrow, my 26-year-old son, Ben, leaves for 25 days at Ft. Benning followed by 400 days in Iraq. Ben served a three-year enlistment with the 101st Airborne and was in Iraq for a year as part of the invasion force. He’s been out of the Army…
Posted on November 8, 2007 7:13 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Social Networking
Jeremy Burton is my new hero. The guy deserves a medal. At least some recognition.
Burton is CEO of Serena Software, a 800-employee company not too far from here in San Mateo, California. Serena provides a platform that lets businesses create application mashups without writing code or relying on IT. On November 2, Serena issued press release introducing “Facebook Fridays, which encourages…
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