Posted on August 22, 2013 2:28 am by Shel Holtz | Ethics | For Immediate Release | PR
At the World Public Relations Forum 2012 in Melbourne, Australia, almost 800 public relations practitioners endorsed the Melbourne Mandate, a call to action of new areas of value for public relations and communication management. It was co-created by 1,000 people from 30 countries over the course of a year.
In this FIR Interview, co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz discuss this
Posted on July 26, 2013 8:04 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Ethics | Facebook | Google+ | Marketing | Mobile | Twitter | Web
Image (c) CanStock PhotoYou have undoubtedly already heard about Facebook, which is suddenly a darling among investors again as its mobile advertising platform has taken off, stoking profits more in line with the market’s expectations when the company first went public. Data reveals that Facebook is beating out niche sites for local searches, and the number of mobile users in the U.S.…
Posted on June 13, 2013 11:04 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Crisis Communication | Ethics
Image (c) CanstockBack in 2006, Michael De Kort was a Lockheed Martin engineer working on a Coast Guard contract when he became increasingly convinced that the work his employer was doing left the ships vulnerable to attack. According to De Kort, blind spots in the vessel’s surveillance system would expose the crew, the communications system was vulnerable to eavesdropping, and some of…
Posted on April 16, 2013 10:24 am by Shel Holtz | Ethics | Speaking
As a speaker, I process a lot of speaking invitations, so I was intrigued when I received one from a UK-based church that was hosting an event and wanted me to speak. Other organizations have brought me to international locations, so I responded to this one with questions. Bishop Allan Willson (who signed the email) responded with complete answers. I…
Posted on November 2, 2012 4:59 pm by Shel Holtz | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Ethics | Facebook | Marketing | Mobile | QR Codes | Research
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe weekend approacheth, but not before we look back on the last five days and the posts and articles that made an impression. If you’re interested in the pool from which these items were drawn, you can always dip your toes in at Links From Shel.
If somebody was going to come up with a…
Posted on September 6, 2012 8:44 am by Shel Holtz | Ethics | IABC | PR | Wikis
In the beginning, there was CREWE.
Corporate Representatives for Ethical Wikipedia Engagement is a closed Facebook group dedicated to a thoughtful, high-level discussion among organizational communicators and Wikipedia editors—known as Wikipedians. The goal is to find common ground between these often-adversarial groups’ efforts to ensure accuracyin Wikipedia business entries. The robust discussion has produced several documents, including a flow chart clarifying the process…
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