Category: For Immediate Release

  • FIR Book Review: The Social Media Strategist by Christopher Barger

    The Social Media Strategist: Build a Successful Program from the Inside Out, by Christopher Barger, is the latest book to be reviewed by FIR Book Review editor Bob LeDrew. From the book description: “In today’s fast-paced professional climate, large companies…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #634: January 16, 2012

    Content summary: Update on SOPA; FIR Interviews posted: with John Clemons, interim IABC Executive Director, and a Google+ Hangout video interview with Stuart Bruce and Phil Gomes on Wikipedia and PR; inaugural FIR Book Club date reminder: January 27; review…

  • FIR Interview: Stuart Bruce and Phil Gomes on PR and Wikipedia

    FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz host a Google+ Hangout with Stuart Bruce, principal, Stuart Bruce Associates, and Phil Gomes, Sr. VP, Edelman Digital, to discuss efforts to improve the ability of corporate representatives to make ethical, transparent, disclosed…

  • FIR Interview: John Clemons, Interim Executive Director, IABC

    Leading a professional association that represents about 15,000 business communication professionals in over 80 countries is a challenging opportunity for a visionary leader. It’s a challenge that John Clemons, ABC, APR, has grasped with alacrity following his appointment as  Interim…

  • Free webinar on GaggleAmp set for January 31

    At FIR, we’ve been talking about GaggleAMP since last autumn. Since we started using GaggleAMP, over 100 of our listeners have joined our Gaggle and, with their help, we have achieved a message reach of over 2.25 million. Based on…