Category: For Immediate Release

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: Shel Holtz on open employee access to social media

    FIR co-host Shel Holtz delivered a presentation at Blogworld and New Media Expo 2011 in Los Angeles on November 5, 2011, on why organizational leaders should love, not block, employee social media access. This is the audio, recorded by the…

  • FIR Cut: Lawsuit could end medical gags against bad online reviews

    Overflow from FIR #628 on December 5, 2011. Vitals on msnbc.com: Toothache lawsuit may stifle medical gag orders against online rants Download this podcast (MP3, 2.53Mb; length 6:15) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #628: December 5, 2011

    Content summary: Update on PRSA’s #PRDefined campaign; News That Fits: Carrier IQ and the FUD factor; Dan York reports on Facebook buying Gowalla, Indian government asks Google and Facebook to block content, and more; Ragan promo; Atos Origin CEO bans…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #627: November 28, 2011

    Content summary: FIR Interview with Ragy Thomas postponed; update on PRSA’s #PRDefined campaign; News That Fits: US military takes to social media to rebut extremists; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on foreign direct investment in Indonesia, the Olympus scandal in…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #626: November 21, 2011

    Content summary: On this day in 1980; good result for Tony Loftis (FIR Interview last week): his missing daughter Allie found safe; two FIR Interviews coming: Peter Espersen of Lego and Sprinklr Founder/CEO Ragy Thomas; Speakers & Speeches from the…