Month: May 2008

  • Twitter Jaiku meetup in Dublin May 10

    Later this week, I’m travelling to Dublin to speak at the annual conference of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland on May 9. As I’ll be in Dublin over the weekend as well, it’s a great opportunity to meet up…

  • Microsoft and Yahoo: The end of a chapter

    The tech business news this weekend has been all about the collapse of the Microsoft takeover bid for Yahoo. Every shade of opinion on what it all means has been offered during the past 24 hours, as the Techmeme bubble…

  • Boris no longer the joker in the pack

    Who gets the last laugh? asks Nick Robinson, the BBC’s political editor, in a summary yesterday of the campaign and result of the 2008 election for London mayor. As everyone now knows, Boris Johnson won the contest and officially takes…

  • FIR Speakers & Speeches: Employees Are the Brand – Apr 23, 2008

    Content summary: Shel Holtz presents a breakout session on the blurring lines between internal and external communications at the Society for New Communications Research New Communications Forum in Santa Rosa, California, on April 23, 2008. The session delves into internal…

  • FIR Speakers & Speeches: ROI of Online Press Releases – Apr 23, 2008

    Content summary: Dr Mihaela Vorvoreanu, with Clemson University’s Department of Communication Studies, presents the results of research conducted into the ROI of online press releases at the recent New Communication Forum in Santa Rosa, California. The study was developed by…