Year: 2013

  • Courage and the future of communication

    It’s interesting how the word ‘courage‘ crops up a great deal when I talk about communication. I frequently use it when considering what I believe communicators must do in organizations – the ones they work in or those of their…

  • Twitter on the launchpad #TWTR

    Today, Twitter is on the cusp of becoming a publicly-listed company with an initial equity valuation of $18 billion, according to some analysis. At 9.30am US Eastern time, 2.30pm GMT, the sound of the opening bell on the New York…

  • Results you can measure when you have a content marketing strategy

    If the real challenge of content marketing is when you don’t have a strategy – like the 50% and more of companies in recent surveys in the US who don’t – imagine the possibilities when you do have a strategy.…

  • For wearable technologies, bandwidth matters (and other things)

    Today, UK mobile operator EE is launching what it describes as “the world’s fastest 4G network” in part of London. The company says that the network – running LTE Advanced technology, capable of reaching 300Mbps speeds – will initially cover…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #728: November 4, 2013

    Intro: FIR On Strategy with Andrea Vascellari #6 is up, as is the FIR Speakers and Speeches podcast of Robert Scoble and Shel Israel in London on Oct 28; results from the FIR 2013 Listener Survey coming later this week;…