Author: Neville Hobson

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #309: January 10, 2008

    Content summary: New FIR Interview with ex-FEMA Pat Philbin posted; upcoming FIR Interview with Forrester Research; CIPR event at the House of Lords; update on the FIR Listener Contest; Dan York reports on addressing online attacks on your business and…

  • Shooting the breeze with Euan

    I met up with Euan Semple this afternoon for a coffee and a chat. We talked about things of common interest. What companies are doing with social media. How people are using social media. What’s happening in tech. And related…

  • BA blogs OpenSkies

    British Airways announced the forthcoming launch of a new airline yesterday, and launched a blog to go along with it. British Airways is planning to launch its new US-EU subsidiary airline "OpenSkies" with daily flights from New York to Brussels…

  • Getting started with video

    If you’re interested in using video in your communication plans but don’t really know where to start – what equipment to get or what software you’ll need – three excellent articles published today on Journalism.co.uk will give you some clear…

  • FIR Interview: John "Pat" Philbin, former FEMA Communications Director – January 9, 2008

    One of the bigger PR news stories of 2007 involved a press conference staged by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in October to address the California wildfires. FEMA’s External Affairs Director John "Pat" Philbin was slated to take a new…