Posted on June 18, 2015 12:26 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | IABC
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) held its 2015 World Conference in San Francisco this week. Amidst the 
keynote talks, breakout sessions, receptions, and a host of other events, 2014-15 Chair Russell Grossman passed the gavel to 2015-16 Chair Michael Ambjorn. Ambjorn takes over the lead volunteer role as the association continues to recover from some turbulence. In this…
Posted on June 15, 2015 6:54 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Intro: Welcome to FIR B2B co-host Paul Gillin, first episode of Digital India has been published.
Quick News: What does Twitter’s future hold with the departure of CEO Dick Costolo?; marketers should follow The New York Times’ lead, which is closing staff access to the desktop version of the newspaper’s home page, forcing them to use mobile devices; training former NFL players…
Posted on June 8, 2015 9:32 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Intro: Neville’s first show off, welcome Rachel Miller — host of All Things IC — as guest co-host, new interview with Netvibes’ CEO and head of marketing has been published, Digital India will join the FIR Podcast Network lineup;
Quick News: BBC inadvertently tweets about the Queen’s ill health during an “obituary rehearsal,” JPMorgan is dumping voicemail, theme park criticized for horrific roller coast…
Posted on June 1, 2015 1:19 pm by Shel Holtz | Crisis Communication | For Immediate Release
Intro: FIR Interview with Leila Janah coming this week, FIR Podcast Network shows make Cision top 50 PR/Marketing podcasts recommendations;
Intro: FIR Interview with Leila Janah posted, FIR Interview coming with Netvibes CEO Freddy Mini and marketing director Kim Terca; Neville’s taking an “FIR break” in June: what you can expect in the meantime in Shel’s network experiment;
Quick News: Who are Twitter’s verified…
Posted on May 25, 2015 12:50 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
Intro: FIR Interview with Leila Janah coming this week, FIR Podcast Network shows make Cision top 50 PR/Marketing podcasts recommendations;
Quick News: Tweets now appear in Google search results, communication leaders aren’t leading very well, 110 photojournalists run National Geographic’s Instagram account, the immorality of mobile ad blockers; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop:
News That Fits: Tales of failure in communication and…
Posted on May 18, 2015 8:18 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release
When we introduced For Immediate Release on January 5, 2005, we had no idea we’d still be podcasting more than a decade later. We didn’t know what the state of podcasting would be, that the scope of FIR would expand, or that podcast networks would be a thing.
When we started, we just needed a website for show notes and a home for our…
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