Content summary: FIR Listener Contest results in next Monday’s show; two FIR Interviews posted; Dan York reports on the use of video and other communication tools in the US presidential campaigns; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – senators act to restrict random laptop searches at US borders, volunteer-run non-profit PR agency Bright One launches; The Knight News Challenge Real Winners: Heidi Miller interviews Adrian Holovaty; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about next…

Francois Gossieaux, from Beeline Labs, joined forces with Deloitte to study online business communities – what works, what doesn’t, and why – in a research project supported by the Society for New Communication Research. In this FIR Interview, Francois shares the highlights of the study’s results. Listen to this podcast now: [display_podcast] Get this podcast: Download the MP3 file (16Mb, 34:52) Get the show on iTunes Subscribe to the FIR Interviews RSS feed About our Conversation Partner Francois Gossieaux is…

More and more companies are implementing social software for employee use, and many more that aren’t find that employees are taking advantage of services that exist outside the firewall in order to do their work more collaboratively. One of the first books to appear on this subject is Enterprise 2.0: How Social Software Will Change the Future of Work, by Niall Cook of Hill & Knowlton, the global PR agency. In this FIR Interview, Niall provides an overview of the…

Content summary: FIR Listener Contest closes for entries, review begins; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the melamine food contamination case and also PodCamp Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – brands enter the blogosphere, CIPR seeks views on social media guidelines, GM’s Olympic-sized PR blunder, iSense: ‘Welcome to Targeting 2.0′; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about the next three shows; music from The Alice Project; and more. Listen to FIR now:…