Category: Communication

  • If the approach is right, you get results

    Getting people’s attention to support a worthy cause is a tricky business these days. Whatever the cause, you’re competing for that attention amongst so many other causes, all undoubtedly worthy. And you have to consider compassion fatigue, especially if you’re…

  • A real passion for wine

    Just ask and you might get. An email from Olivier Magny in Paris about his new video blog Wine Rendezvous says: […] I’m trying to spread the word about it! Im trying to have a bit of a different approach…

  • The interactive way to be a leader

    Whenever the subject comes up of how a CEO should engage directly with people via social media and social networks, an inevitable comment I often hear is along the lines of a CEO has better things to do with his…

  • Track the changing communication landscape with Media Bullseye

    A new information resource for communicators launched today – Media Bullseye, the latest venture from serial entrepreneur Chip Griffin. Chip, who is also CEO of CustomScoop – one of the sponsors of the FIR podcast I co-present with Shel Holtz…

  • Trust is essential for social networks

    2008 will be the year of business networking, says Bernard Lunn, who offers six predictions about some of the social networks that are getting a lot of attention at the moment – Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing and Plaxo. He also mentions…