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Full story: FIR ZoomChat 7: Conference RibbonsThe seventh weekly Zoom Chat featuring listeners and FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz in conversation took place last Thursday. As with each of these informal chats, we do them live via Zoom, recording each one as we go. The recording is published after the live conversation usually within a few days of the event or, as is the case with this episode, quite a few days later. Whether sooner or later, we hope you enjoy these unstructured, unfiltered,…
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Full story: SDF 35: We would have recorded you a shorter podcast …The May episode of the Small Data Forum podcast gave Sam, Thomas and I a lot of space to get a few things off our chests about the present lockdown status in the UK we’re all experiencing in one form or another. Recorded last week via Zoom, episode 35 is dominated by some big topics. Government communication with daily TV briefings, big-brand marketing and face masks; the politics of priorities in the wrong order; Colonel Tom, and more. It’s actually…
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Full story: FIR ZoomChat 6: Short MemoriesLast Thursday, Shel and I recorded the sixth weekly ZoomChat where we engage in informal discussion with FIR listeners. Each episode is typically up to an hour although I’m usually there only for the first 30 minutes (part of my Zoom fatigue management). This episode is just over the hour. In this episode, the conversation ranged wide as usual, from the fun and games of lockdown life with kids (and without grandkids); views on lockdowns far and wide across the…
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Full story: FIR Zoom Chat 5: How We’ll Get Back to WorkThe fifth weekly Zoom Chat featuring listeners and FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz. Our primary discussion continues to focus on coronavirus and lockdowns, and how communicators, businesses, and whole industries – automotive and airlines to name but two – are managing, although a shift in focus is emerging: getting back to work once this crisis is on the wane. And what might the new normal look like? Watch Now You can also listen to or download the MP3…
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Full story: FIR 194: The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020The April episode of “The Hobson & Holtz Report” continues the coronavirus theme from March with conversations about… Our experience being Zoombombed The role of social media during Covid-19 How toilet paper companies are responding to online criticism over shortages Microsoft’s belief that coronavirus will forever change the way we work and learn The UK Automobile Association’s belief that coronavirus will transform UK work and travel Emojis in the time of coronavirus The big data behind Disney’s magic The good…











