Year: 2008

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #356: June 23, 2008

    Content summary: Shel’s at the IABC conference in New York; two new interviews are up, including one from PR Junction; Michael Netzley reports on apologies in South Korea; Media Monitoring Minute; One-Minute News is gone, it’s now ‘News That Fits’:…

  • IABC 2008 conference kicks off

    More than 1,700 communicators from around the world are in New York to participate in the 2008 IABC International Conference, the flagship professional development and networking event of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). This has to be IABC’s…

  • DVD video from Animoto

    In May, I discovered Animoto and learned how easy it can be to create compelling videos from static images and a soundtrack. I’ve done a few and, as I went for a paid account ($30 a year), I can create…

  • FIR Interview: PR Junction podcast – Jon Hoel interviews Shel Holtz

    Jon Hoel recently interviewed Shel Holtz for his PR Junction podcast, but technical difficulties have prevented him from presenting the interview, or any other episodes of PR Junction. Jon asked if FIR could distribute the interview through the FIR interviews…

  • FIR Interview: Susanne Dirks, IBM, on the 2008 Global CEO Study

    In May 2008, IBM published the 2008 Global CEO Study, the largest study of chief executives ever conducted. Based on face-to-face interviews with over 1,100 CEOs from 40 countries across 32 industries, the study is designed to capture insights on…