Posted on October 20, 2004 8:35 am by Shel Holtz | Internal
Nevon features an item on the need for company policies on employee blogging. Neville cites Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg. Gartenberg’s response to a post on Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble’s blog points out the risks inherent in employee blogging without a policy.
Posted on October 18, 2004 7:41 am by Shel Holtz | Internal
The lead story at SaveDisney.com—an activist shareholder site supported by disgruntled former board member Roy Disney—has taken what I consider to be a cheap shot at the company’s employee communications.
The article, titled “Inhuman Resources,” recounts the numerous ways Disney allegedly mistreats employees. “Never known (in recent years) as the most humble or friendly of places to work (its reputation as ‘Mouschwitz’ is well known in the entertainment industry),…
Posted on October 15, 2004 2:13 pm by Shel Holtz | Internal
Steve Crescenzo is probably the sagest observer of employee communications and related issues. And the funniest. I’ve spent the last five minutes laughing so hard I couldn’t type. I was reading an entry in Steve’s brand-spanking-new blog, Corporate Hallucinations. In this particular post, Steve comments on a new position established at a company, a Corporate Concerns Coordinator. You don’t think that’s fodder for the funniest…
Posted on October 15, 2004 1:13 pm by Shel Holtz | Internal
I’m still waiting for online social networking to take off. I’ve been on LinkedIn for many months and, while my network has grown (342,300+), I’ve received maybe two messages and never really accomplished anything.
So I was intrigued by a story in The Register about the launch of a Web site called Yelp. Started by Paypal founder Max Levchin’s incubator company, Yelp helps people find…
Posted on October 14, 2004 9:12 am by Shel Holtz | Internal
Global Knowledge Review is a new magazine from the UK that will cost you a couple hundred bucks for a year’s subscription, but the first issue is available as a free PDF download from the magazine’s Web site. Looks interesting. Among the debut issue’s article is a piece on “What Knowledge Workers Want.”
I’ve maintained for years that employee communications departments should be fully engaged in their…
Posted on October 11, 2004 7:38 am by Shel Holtz | Internal
A study released today by IRS Employment Review (that’s a human resources publishing group in the UK, not a revenue collection agency in the US) reveals that most British companies aren’t anywhere near ready to comply with a European Community communications directive or the UK regulations associated with it.
The Information and Consultation of Employees (ICE) Directive becomes law next April for larger…
Read The Full Post »