Posted on November 30, 2005 12:08 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Web
How many great and noble accomplishments can one company chalk up to a single effort? If the company is IBM, the list is impressive: a shining example of corporate social responsibility, an innovative first-ever use of a technology formerly reserved for internal use, a proof-of-concept for large-scale global collaboration on the web…
The effort is Habitat Jam, the first time IBM has…
Posted on November 29, 2005 7:55 am by Shel Holtz | Business
Hysteria in the form of statistics is making another appearance, and no doubt thousands of business leaders will jerk their Italian suit-covered knees and take steps to do something about it. This time, the frothing mouths are spewing forth warnings about employees shopping online when they should be working. According to a story on CNNMoney.com, Cyber Monday is the online…
Posted on November 22, 2005 4:34 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
The answer to the question I posed earlier today, as presented by Laurie Mayers of Haas MS&L Blogworks, the PR firm that developed GM’s blogs—is a resounding no. GM is not censoring comments to the GM Fastlane blog to preclude conversation about the recently announced layoffs and other drastic measures the company is taking. I had searched on a number of terms, but…
Posted on October 28, 2005 10:27 am by Shel Holtz | Business
The folks from Council of PR Firms generously invited me to stick around for the luncheon speaker and afternoon panel at “Critical Issues Forum 2005” after my morning panel wrapped up. My flight wasn’t until the evening, and the luncheon speaker seemed interesting (and didn’t disappoint). The afternoon panel dealt with attracting new blood into the PR profession and retaining talent that’s already there.…
Posted on October 26, 2005 6:08 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
If you’re behind a company firewall, there’s an increasing chance that you’re not able to read this—or any other—blog.
A few months back, while working with a client, I entered the URL of a blog that contained information that would be useful to the task at hand. Instead of getting to the blog, the screen displayed one of those corporate security notices that I was trying to access…
Posted on October 14, 2005 9:57 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | Podcasting
In his wonderful Corporate Hallucinations blog, Steve Crescenzo reports on how McDonalds’ COO is using blogs and podcasts. I particularly liked the COO’s advice on how to get these new media past the lawyers:
Bring them into it early and often. Make them feel a part of the process. The truth is, you probably have the policies in place already, if you have…
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