Author: Neville Hobson

  • Spreading the word in Germany and Sweden

    Adding to the calendar of events I’ll be speaking at during 2006 are two more I’ve agreed to take part in: Podcastday 2006, the first international podcast conference in Germany, takes place in Cologne on 24 May. One of the…

  • The real value of communication

    Headline findings from the 2005/2006 Communication ROI Study from employee benefits and HR consulting firm WatsonWyatt: Companies that communicate effectively have a 19.4 percent higher market premium than companies that do not. Shareholder returns for organizations with the most effective…

  • Spam dunk

    While there might be no easy way to combat blog spam in terms of the sheer volume of stuff that comes your way, now and again a spammer/bot does something blindingly obvious: This was in my comment moderation queue this…

  • IABC launches conference podcast and blog

    For the IABC 2006 international conference in Vancouver, Canada, in June, Shel and I are co-hosting and producing ConferenceCast, the official podcasts of the conference, as we announced in February. The first podcast is now available for download, audio stream,…

  • FIR Interview – Andy Abramson on bloggers breaking news ahead of the media – April 6, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Andy Abramson, CEO of Comunicano, who used his VOIP-focused blog to break the story of RICO charges filed against Skye well ahead of the mainstream…