Posted on December 15, 2017 9:36 am by Shel Holtz | Chatbots | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Audio | Brands | Business | Facebook | Instant Messaging | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | Podcasting | Politics | PR | Research | Technology | Trust | Twitter
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Storify is shutting down—Storify, the curation tool that made it drop-dead easy to curate content around breaking news or issues, will shut down permanently on May 16. Users can still access Storify 2 if they…
Posted on November 22, 2017 6:17 am by Shel Holtz | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Instagram | Pinterest | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Facebook | Legal | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Politics | PR | QR Codes | Research | Social Media | Technology | Trust | Twitter
It’s the Wednesday Wrap! Knowing the holiday weekend is upon us, I decided to combine the items that would have appeared in a Friday Wrap last week with those I have collected so far this week (so there will be no Wrap on Friday). I extract items for the Wrap from my link blog, which youre welcome to follow. To make sure…
Posted on November 1, 2017 4:21 pm by Shel Holtz | Chatbots | Podcasting | Technology
If you said “podbot” or “chatcast,” very funny. But I’m being serious here.
While riding on BART this morning, listening to the latest episode of the Reveal, I heard this mashup in action.
Reveal is the podcast from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Alex Leston usually hosts the show but Anna Sale—host of WNYC’s Death, Sex + Money podcast—took over hosting duties for this episode. The focus was on the…
Posted on October 27, 2017 4:35 pm by Shel Holtz | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Brands | Business | Facebook | Marketing | Media | PR | Publishing | Social networks | Technology | Twitter
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After 21 years as an independent consultant (which followed 19 years in the corporate world), I have re-entered the corporate world. As of Tuesday, I am director of Internal Communications at Webcor, one of…
Posted on September 21, 2017 7:37 am by Shel Holtz | Business | PR | Technology | Transparency | Trust

Not everybody succumbs to the allure of every new technology.
In fact, the rapid introduction of new technology can leave people feeling overwhelmed and left behind. Believing that business is more interested in the revenue it can earn from these technologies than the impact they have on people creates suspicion and mistrust.
“The implications of the global trust crisis are deep and…
Posted on September 15, 2017 5:00 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Augmented Reality | Blogging | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Facebook | Instant Messaging | Marketing | Measurement | Media | Mobile | Podcasting | PR | Publishing | Search | Social Media | Social networks | Technology | Twitter | Video
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Unleash your superhero with AI—“Every PR person who manages to surf the new AI wave will get instant superpowers, including the ability to predict the future,” according to this VentureBeat piece. The article gives a…
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