Month: December 2007

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #299: December 6, 2007

    Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; Dan York reports from the IETF conference in Vancouver; the media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; new launches: Media Bullseye and The Blog Council; Technorati relaunches; what’s the value from live Twittering an…

  • The interactive way to be a leader

    Whenever the subject comes up of how a CEO should engage directly with people via social media and social networks, an inevitable comment I often hear is along the lines of a CEO has better things to do with his…

  • Track the changing communication landscape with Media Bullseye

    A new information resource for communicators launched today – Media Bullseye, the latest venture from serial entrepreneur Chip Griffin. Chip, who is also CEO of CustomScoop – one of the sponsors of the FIR podcast I co-present with Shel Holtz…

  • FIR Interview with Microsoft’s Paolo Tosolini on Academy Mobile: Dec 3, 2007

    In July 2007, Microsoft introduced Academy Mobile, an internal social computing initiative aimed at creating a knowledge sharing environment among employees through the use of videocasts and podcasts. Academy Mobile is the latest in a series of online learning initiatives…

  • Trust is essential for social networks

    2008 will be the year of business networking, says Bernard Lunn, who offers six predictions about some of the social networks that are getting a lot of attention at the moment – Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing and Plaxo. He also mentions…