Posted on December 19, 2008 3:52 pm by Shel Holtz | Crisis Communication | New Media | Twitter
The recent (and very civil) disagreement between Thornley Fallis CEO Joe Thornley and CBC Producer Ira Basen over live Twittering of a talk Basen gave has led me to recall my one and only brush with sports reporting.
I was an intern at the Thousand Oaks News-Chronicle (now defunct, folded into the Ventura County Star), a six-day daily (no paper on…
Posted on September 26, 2008 11:59 am by Shel Holtz | New Media
In the world of new media, there are huge conferences that try to be all things to all people, unconferences and camps in which attendees set the agenda, and small events that focus on specific issues and interests. All three have their place, but I’m a particular fan of the latter. Sure, they charge fees, but that allows the organizers to…
Posted on September 2, 2008 5:29 am by Shel Holtz | New Media | SNCR
When you’re well-connected to the community of communicators applying social media to their companies’ and clients’ communication challenges, you come across a lot of truly excellent case studies. If you’ve produced such an effort, why not get recognized for it?
Recognition does far more than boost your ego. When honored for a program you executed that some in your company don’t understand, the fact that an…
Posted on July 5, 2008 3:28 pm by Shel Holtz | Attention | New Media | Pointers
Mitch Joel has tagged me (and several others) after responding to a query from Kevin Behringer, author of the Fly-Over Marketing blog. Here’s Kevin’s question:
How do you manage it all?!?
You read a lot of books, blogs, etc. How do you record it all or track it to actually use it? One of the things I’m struggling with right now.”
The easy answer is that I don’t manage…
Posted on June 13, 2008 8:56 am by Shel Holtz | New Media | Social Media | Wikis
I’m on a real “new media doesn’t kill old media” kick this week.
There has been a lot of interesting commentary in the wake of Encyclopaedia Britannica’s announcement last week. (Disclosure: Britannica has been a client.) In case you missed it, Britannica is broadening its collaborative features, allowing both experts and readers to contribute content without diminishing the authoritative, edited content at the core of its…
Posted on November 5, 2007 10:49 am by Shel Holtz | Marketing | Media | New Media | Social Media | Video
Kevin Dugan tagged me on the MediaSnackers meme, a concept I’ve been digesting (pun fully intended) before juping into well-covered territory. The question: How do you respect MediaSnackers?
By way of background, Jeremiah Owyang started the meme on October 24 by presenting the video from the MediaSnackers site and offering a terse definition:
What???s a mediasnacker? Folks who consume small bits of information, data…
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