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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #446: May 7, 2009

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7 May 2009

Content summary: Shel’s on the way to Brazil; FIR Listener contest to win a free ticket to Somesso London 09 closes May 8; FIR Listener Survey results published; Neville guests on Media Bullseye Roundtable podcast; Dan York reports on social media and communicating an addition to the family, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: add your ideas for an IABC international exchange programme for comms pros, CIPR launches online toolkit to help members survive the…
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The influence of the global FIR community

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6 May 2009

In 2006, when we first surveyed the listeners of the For Immediate Release podcast that Shel and Neville started in January 2005, we learned a lot from what they told us. Three years later, we’ve had a new learning experience as the results of the 2009 FIR Listener Survey provide us with some terrific feedback that will help us shape the development of the core FIR podcast, The Hobson and Holtz Report, usually referred to simply as ‘FIR.’ Last month,…
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Communication, Events, Presentations, Professional Development, Public Relations, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology

Spreading the word in May

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5 May 2009

Just updating some details on my list of speaking engagements at events in the coming months as we head into the summer. This month, May, Iâ€™m leading New Media for Old Hands, a popular half-day professional development workshop I developed for the CIPR, first introduced in 2007 and updated for today, in two separate sessions: Wednesday May 6 â€“ London Thursday May 14 â€“ Edinburgh I like to call this workshop â€œA social media rough guide for communicators.â€ Hereâ€™s the…
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Events, Social Media, Software, Weblog Tools

2009 WordCamp UK in July

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5 May 2009

The second annual WordCamp UK takes place in Cardiff over the weekend of July 18-19, 2009. It looks a terrific event, great speakers and attendees. As it largely follows an unconference format, thereâ€™s no fixed agenda but a running order and plenty of content suggestions. I was at the first WordCamp UK last year in Birmingham, and it was just great. This year looks to built on that success, and also has a very special guest participating â€“ Matt Mullenweg,…
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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #445: May 4, 2009

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4 May 2009

Content summary: Shel’s NewComm Forum presentation on crisis communication posted as an FIR Speakers & Speeches episode; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; win a free ticket to Somesso London 09 in the FIR Listener Contest; highlights from the results of the 2009 FIR Listener Survey, to be published this week; Michael Netzley interviews Jeremy Woolf, head of social media at Text 100 about the agency’s global blogger survey; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: New…
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