Posted on September 25, 2007 7:53 am by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | Social Networking
Shel and Neville will be presenting two FIR episodes together next week during Shel???s UK visit.
Not only that, we???re planning an FIR Geek Dinner on Friday October 5. Both our wives will be there, too.
The dinner will be in Windsor starting at about 7.30pm. Venue not yet fixed—we???ll have it confirmed by the end of this week—but it will be within easy reach…
Posted on September 6, 2007 2:25 pm by Shel Holtz | Mobile | Social Networking | Twitter
At the recommendation of my friend Pete Shinbach, I’ve been playing with Jott, a new online service currently in public beta. So far, I love this service both for its simplicity and the fact that it meets a real need.
Once you have an account, which synchs with your cell phone number, you set up lists of people with whom you want to…
Posted on September 6, 2007 10:54 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | Internal | Intranets | Social Media | Social Networking
Upon returning to Apple in 1997 after years of exile (or so the story goes), Steve Jobs observed that employees were hunkering down in their offices. Wanting a more free-flowing exchange of knowledge, Jobs ordered urns of coffee and boxes of donuts delivered to Apple’s buildings on Fridays. Employees emerged from their offices to enjoy the caffeine and sugar but, while…
Posted on August 30, 2007 10:06 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Social Media | Social Networking
From a business standpoint, one of the critical advantages social media bring to the table is the ability to tap into what important segments of the population are thinking. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, for example, is on the record claiming that the Fastlane blog has provided him with better intelligence than any traditional form of market research.
So now comes…
Posted on August 21, 2007 1:41 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Social Networking
Tony Molloy, from the Bolton Citizens Advice Bureau in the UK, forwarded the latest issue of ILM Newsroom, the online publication from the UK’s Institute of Leadership & Management. The juxtaposition of three articles grabbed my attention.
The first one—the article that prompted Tony to send the site my way—reports that “More than two thirds of employers have banned or restricted the use of Facebook and other…
Posted on August 6, 2007 4:03 pm by Shel Holtz | Internal | Social Networking | Video
Hot on the heels of MyRagan, a social networking site for communicators, Ragan Communications today launched MyRaganTV, a companion site (only a single login is required for both sites) that is a kind of YouTube for communications video content. Like MyRagan, MyRaganTV is free.
The site was populated at launch with a variety of Ragan videos, including interviews with the likes…
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