Month: October 2010

  • The success of the Ealing Tweetup

    If you’ve been to a tweetup, you know the kind of thing it typically is: an informal get-together of like-minded people, usually in a pub or other social venue, who sign up on Twtvite to say ‘yes’ or ‘maybe’ they’d…

  • FIR Interview: Ashley Howland on Baylor Health Care unblocking employee access to social media

    Media Relations Manager Ashley Howland speaks with FIR co-host Shel Holtz about successful efforts to unblock employee access to social media properties, notably Facebook, at Baylor Health Care System in Texas. Get this podcast: Download the MP3 file (9.72Mb, 24:12)…

  • Top German firms ban Facebook and Twitter

    Most of the 30 blue-chip firms listed in Germany’s DAX stock market index are banning employee use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter according to a report in the German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, as reported in the…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #570: October 25, 2010

    Content summary: Jeff Eggen interview and David Spinks video interview are up, Joseph Jaffe interview coming Oct 29; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: The Guardian offers social media guidance to its journalists while the Washington Post offers prohibition,…

  • FIR Interview: BlogDash Co-Creator David Spinks

    David Spinks, co-founder of BlogDash – a new resource to aid in blogger outreach – conducts a brief video demo of the site during BlogWorld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, USA, on Friday, October 15, 2010. Get this…