Posted on January 27, 2014 11:35 am by Shel Holtz | Internal | Research
(c) Can Stock PhotoA lot of my client engagements involve an employee survey, so I was alarmed when I read a post on the DecisionWise blog revealing that “26% of your employees either blatantly lie or inadvertently misidentify demographic questions on employee surveys.” At that level of misrepresentation, can you trust the other survey results?
Author Sarah Shirley says the discrepancies are revealed…
Posted on January 24, 2014 8:20 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Pinterest | Blogging | Business | Facebook | Research | Twitter
The Friday Wrap is my weekly collection of stories from the past week that you may have missed but that could influence the way you communicate. I collect stories to consider for the Wrap (as well as for the For Immediate Release podcast I co-host) at my link blog, which you’re welcome to peruse at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
Posted on December 20, 2013 8:52 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Brands | Channels | Customer Service | Marketing | Research | Social Media
You would think the holiday season would mean a slowdown in news, research and reports, but the last week has seen plenty of useful and usable content cross my feeds. Here are some of the stories I found most interesting, even though they didn’t bubble to the top of the trend lists. If you’d like to follow every story I peg for…
Posted on December 6, 2013 10:21 am by Shel Holtz | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Facebook | Gamification | Marketing | Mobile | Research | Social Media | Technology | Twitter
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Posted on November 22, 2013 9:07 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Pinterest | Advertising | Blogging | Business | Content Curation | Crisis Communication | Ethics | Marketing | PR | Research | Social Media
We had a great turnout at the Social Media Breakfast East Bay, with about 75 participants convening on a diner in Oakland to hear Robert Scoble and Shel Israel talk about the Age of Context, the theme of their excellent (and highly recommended) new book. As one of the event co-organizers, I was chuffed (as my British podcast co-host would…
Posted on November 15, 2013 10:00 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Advertising | Brands | Content Curation | Facebook | Gamification | Google+ | Marketing | Research | Twitter
(c) Can Stock PhotoI’m trying out a new format for the wrap that will make it a quicker read for you while allowing me to include more items that you might have missed over the course of the week. Let me know if you like it. I’ll elaborate on two or three stories at the top of the Wrap, then more briefly…
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