Month: April 2007

  • Push the distributed communication envelope

    Canadian blogger Mark Evans has a thoughtful post about how to communicate better. He talks about the tools – phone, email, SMS, IM, etc – and concludes that face-to-face is the be-all and end-all of communication between people. I don’t…

  • Dear God, no!

    Yesterday’s Dilbert strip. Amusing yet eerily reflective of what actually does happen in some companies. Scott Adams is wickedly perceptive about organizations.

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #235: April 26, 2007

    Content summary: Luke Armour’s virtual PR murder mystery; Shel’s Toronto experiences; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; CIPR asks if PR qualifications are a necessity; are we taking too narrow a view about social media?; Gartner predicts 80% of internet…

  • IABC brings professional development opportunities to China

    As a long-time member of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) with a strong belief in the value of connecting communicators on a global basis, I was very interested to learn that IABC has partnered with the Shanghai Public…

  • Are you a PR darling?

    During last night’s PR Unspun event in London, I kept noticing business cards scattered on various tables at the venue. The cards were promoting PR Darlings, a social networking service that describes itself as “Socialising for the PR Industry. Meet…