Holtz Communications + Technology

A lot of hype accompanied the launch of Unthink. Most major news outlets carried the story of a decently-funded social network launching with the intention of being the iconoclast on the block, the one network that ensured your data was always your own. Unthink not only put Facebook in its sights, but Google+, too.

I asked around and found few people…

More than once, I’ve heard tales of executives rejecting social media platforms because they personally dislike them. In one instance, a communicator recommend the company adopt FourSquare, but the executive dismissed it saying, “I just hate the concept that you’re letting burglars know your house is empty.”

Here’s a simple guideline for anyone evaluating social channels for their organization to embrace: It’s not about you. It’s about what…

It must have been 1995 or so when my friend Charles Pizzo was on a train somewhere. Neither of our memories are able to retrieve the precise route of that train, but we do remember that Charles got off at a stop to use a pay phone to check in with his office.

At the time, he and his colleague…

I was interviewing the CEO of a Silicon Valley company as part of an internal communications audit. “How does knowledge move most effectively through your organization?” I asked.

He pondered the question for a minute, then said, “If you really want to know, step outside and hang out with the smokers.”

I haven’t had a cigarette in 20 years, but I remember well the outdoor smoking circle.…

The social media world erupted with speculation when Peter Shankman blogged that Morton’s Steakhouse had read his tweet (written in jest) and delivered to him, via tuxedo’d staffer, a porterhouse steak at baggage claim after he’d landed. It was a PR stunt, many claimed, and nothing more. Others argued that the only reason Shankman got special treatment was because of his 100,000-plus…

I’m speaking later this month at the Social Intranet Summit—keynoting it, in fact—and I’m thrilled to be able to ofer a discount code so you can get in for a lower price.

Register using the promo code SISVSHEL and you’ll get a 20% discount. The price is $599, but it’ll cost you about $120 less than that.

That’s a great deal to hear the lineup of great speakers the folks…