Posted on August 29, 2016 3:28 pm by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Brands | Business | Channels | Crisis Communication | Facebook | For Immediate Release | Instant Messaging | Marketing | Podcasting | PR | Social Media | Twitter
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Today’s panel features social media early adopter and veteran marketer C.C. Chapman, Business Wire’s Social and Evolving Media Director Serena Ehrlich, and marketing technology specialist and business strategist Lynette Young. We talked about…
- The Cincinnati Zoo, which has had enough of the critical Harambe memes so it shut down its Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- Apple’s efforts to introduce a…
Posted on August 23, 2016 4:30 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
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Today’s panel features internal communications thought leader Rachel Miller, metrics queen Katie Paine (cousin of an Olympics bronze medalist), and PR veteran Jen Phillips. Our conversations covered…
- The crisis management (or lack thereof) from Ryan Lochte, Olympic gold medalist and gas station restroom vandal
- The less well-known crisis the St. Paul School in New Hampshire is experiencing following…
Posted on August 15, 2016 2:39 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
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Today’s panel features three former IABC chairs: Michael Ambjorn (2015-16), founder of UK-based Align Your Org; Dr. Barbara Gibson (2008-09), principal of Cultural Resolution and lecturer at the University of London; and Brad Whitworth (1989-90), senior marketing and communication manager for the global partner organization at Cisco Systems. Our discussion topics for the day:
- Snapchat is under…
Posted on August 8, 2016 2:36 pm by Shel Holtz | Instagram | For Immediate Release | Marketing | PR | Video
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Today’s panel features “Writing Without Bullshit” author Josh Bernoff, social media traveler Steve Garfield, and SHIFT Communications Marketing Technology Vice President Christopher S. Penn. The stories covered in today’s show:
- A follow-up to last week’s report on Saatchi & Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts’ suspension after offensive remarks about gender equity in the ad business. Roberts has resigned.
- The U.S. Olympic…
Posted on August 1, 2016 1:49 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
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Today’s panel features Stealthmode Partners’ Francine Hardaway, Stone Temple Consulting’s Doug Haslam, and Alabama Power’s Ike Pigott. We talked about the following topics:
- A report from pwc (Price Waterhouse Coopers) identified eight technologies that are about to have a massive global impact across all business sectors. We looked at the communications implications for each of the eight, which…
Posted on May 16, 2016 2:05 pm by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Pinterest | Brands | Channels | Ethics | Facebook | For Immediate Release | Marketing | Monitoring | PR | Social Media | Technology | Twitter
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Today’s panel features DomainSkate COO Howard Greenstein, Scott Monty Strategies founder Scott Monty, and Trafalgar Communications principal Donna Papacosta, along with host Shel Holtz, exploring these topics:
- Facebook’s Trending Topics kerfuffle, what it means for communicators, and the broader implications of trying to get a message across to people who live in the “filter bubble”
- Instagram’s new logo, which…
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