Year: 2012

  • Setting a standard for event infographics

    Last week, the first Global PR Summit took place in Miami, Florida. Organized by the Holmes Group (best known for its Holmes Report and the SABRE Awards), the summit was billed as “a high-level event designed for senior practitioners to…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #676: November 5, 2012

    Listen Now: Intro: FIR Interview with Lee LeFever is up; SNCR Symposium is this week; update on Apple’s court-mandated ‘apology ad’ in the UK; Quick News: IPR launches free online research center for social media science, Facebook tests free wifi…

  • As it turns out, Apple isn’t above the law (and which is a bit behind the times)

    When Apple posted an apology on its UK website last month as part of the price it paid in losing a lawsuit brought by Samsung, it didn’t endear itself well to the High Court. The lawsuit was filed by Samsung…

  • FIR Interview: Lee LeFever of Common Craft

    Listen Now: Lee LeFever, founder of explainer video company Common Craft, is out with a new book, The Art of Explanation. Far too few explanations are included in most communication and marketing efforts; the focus is on selling instead of…

  • Why share if you reserve all rights?

    Channel 4 News posted a collection of dramatic photos to its Google+ page of the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy in New York City and elsewhere on the US east coast. My second thought was why post these pics with…