Posted on June 2, 2006 9:56 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
I have live-blogged a couple of events, including the first and second New Communications Forums this year and last. Live-blogging conferences has gotten to be a fairly routine thing these days, making it easy for those who can’t be there to get updates on who said what in pretty close to real time.
As live-blogging from conferences continues to spread in both…
Posted on May 31, 2006 6:10 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | External
Week before last I was in Washington, D.C. to moderate the “Beyond Blogging 2006” symposium sponsored by Fleishman Hillard. I got in a few days early and had a couple meetings at Fleishman’s DC offices, where I met Tony Colandro. Among other things, Tony has been working on a major study Fleishman commissioned to get a handle on how people perceive the notion of…
Posted on May 13, 2006 12:06 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Web
Companies that listen to bloggers have a unique opportunity to improve their reputations and win converts to their business models. Listening, after all, is a critical element of communication, but one that most organizations employing traditional communication practices often ignore.
A case in point arises from an item I posted to this blog earlier this week. In that post, I complained…
Posted on May 9, 2006 4:30 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
ClickZ Stats reports the results of a new study on corporate blogging that shows some progress in recognition of corporate blogging among the top US companies while most businesses remain skeptical, to say the least.
The study—released by the New York-based PR agency Makovsky & Company (which doesn’t even include news of the study on its own site) with research conducted by Harris…
Posted on May 5, 2006 4:42 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Internal
Transparency is the business watchword of the decade; there are no secrets, the saying goes, only information you don’t yet have. When undesirable information leaks, businesses fail and CEOs stand trial.
The need for transparency is as great internally—if not greater—as it is externally, although little attention is paid to employees’ desire and need to understand decisions and the processes employed to make them in their…
Posted on May 5, 2006 11:50 am by Shel Holtz | Business | General | Technology
The blogosphere has been abuzz with the news that Skype has finally released its long-awaited SkypeCast service. In case you hadn’t heard, SkypeCast lets Skype users conduct online meetings with up to 100 people from anywhere in the world for free. Skype has teamed up with SixApart and other companies to create this capability, which many have taken advantage of even in…
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