Year: 2015

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #808: May 18, 2015

    The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #808: May 18, 2015

    Intro: New FIR website (and a hint of more to come), FIR’s new Pinterest account – and a board for sharing books for young communicators; Quick News: How T-Mobile blew $200K on a campaign against Verizon, Domino’s to roll out…

  • A new platform for a new network: the FIR Podcast Network is live

    A new platform for a new network: the FIR Podcast Network is live

    When we introduced For Immediate Release on January 3, 2005, we had no idea we’d still be podcasting more than a decade later. We didn’t know what the state of podcasting would be, that the scope of FIR would expand,…

  • FIR Interview: Julian Mills and Steven Green on social intranets

    FIR Interview: Julian Mills and Steven Green on social intranets

    Communicators struggle to build genuine online engagement among employees using the various social tools available for intranets. Study after study shows that few employees use these tools, regardless of how much they might be engaged with external social media. At…

  • FIR Interview: Harry Hawk interviews Clammr co-founder Parviz Parvizi

    FIR Interview: Harry Hawk interviews Clammr co-founder Parviz Parvizi

    In a recent post to her blog, long-time FIR contributor Donna Papacosta shared her first Clammr recording after learning about the iOS app at New Media Expo in Las Vegas. While at the Expo, Donna heard Mark Ramsay say, “People…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #807: May 11, 2015

    Intro: Boston experiences, ‘Geeks Bearing Gifts’ book review is up, Harry Hawk interview with Clammr CEO Parviz Parvizi is coming; Quick News: There’s nothing fair about fair use at Soundcloud, forgotten wonders of the digital world: Second Life, new data…