Year: 2008

  • Have your say in the US election

    A neat idea from The Economist concerning the forthcoming US presidential election: The Economist has redrawn the electoral map to give all 195 of the world’s countries (including the United States) a say in the election’s outcome. As in America,…

  • Win conference tickets in FIR listener contest

    We’re excited to announce an FIR Listener Contest where two listeners to the premier PR podcast can win a free ticket to go to one of two terrific events: Web 2.0 Expo Europe in Berlin, Germany, on October 21-23, 2008…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #382: September 22, 2008

    Content summary: FIR Live recording posted; FIR listener contest announced: win free tickets to 2 conferences; follow-up: Metrolink train crash and crisis communication; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion: new research from Universal McCann on how the internet turned…

  • An acid test for PR practitioners

    I’ve been reflecting on my day in Manchester on Friday at the CIPR Northern Conference at which I led a session on peeking at the future of public relations practice; more on that in a minute. There were some 120…

  • Call me crazy about DreamHost

    “I would run away from DreamHost as far and as fast as you can – to a smaller more responsive company,” said Twitter buddy Stephen Kelly yesterday. Stephen’s comment was typical of many I received during the past few days…