Author: Neville Hobson

  • My week in media

    A meme started doing the rounds among some mainstream media types last August on what some people do and read online. I hadn’t seen it until a post by Drew Benvie included me among those he tagged. So in the…

  • The FIR Listener Contest is open

    If you’re wondering about business podcasting – how to start one, where it might fit within your communication planning, or even how to make your current podcast more effective – winning the FIR Listener Contest could be the answer you’re…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #307: January 3, 2008

    Content summary: Today is FIR’s third anniversary; new FIR discussion forum is up; latest IABC Cafe2Go podcast posted; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; announcing the FIR listener contest; GMnext: the launch by General Motors, exclusive FIR Interview posted; the…

  • Risks of pushing a terms of use envelope

    Quite a major kerfuffle has developed in the past 24 hours over Facebook booting Robert Scoble out of the social network. Facebook sent him an email that accused him of running an automated script which is in violation of Facebook’s…

  • FIR Interview: The launch of GMnext – January 3, 2008

    This coming September marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of General Motors Corporation. As part of engaging with broad communities during 2008, GM today launches GMnext, a global communications platform aimed at improving perceptions of GM by employees, consumers…