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Christmas wishes to you

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24 December 2007

The moment will soon be here to log off, disconnect, turn off equipment and focus on family and friends as we prepare to celebrate Christmas day tomorrow. Other than fulfilling work obligations during today, plus try and complete a bit of last-minute shopping, the only thing left that I have to do is to record FIR #304 with Shel this evening. We’ll have that show up tonight so you’ll have something to listen to over Christmas :) Wherever you are…
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Business, Communication, Online Media, Politics, Social Media, Technology, Web

Political influencing just had a major shift

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21 December 2007

In the blogosphere, you’ll always hear talk about how people who write blogs or otherwise use social media can wield some influence in affecting the opinions of others. There is plenty of evidence to indicate that social media does have influence on not only the opinions but also the actions of others. The recently-completed New Media, New Influencers and Implications for the PR Profession study from the Society for New Communications Research think-tank (disclosure: I’m an advisory board member) provides…
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For Immediate Release

Seasoned FIR reporter Dan York in action

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20 December 2007

Have you ever wondered how the fearless band of For Immediate Release podcast reporters actually records their contributions to the twice-weekly show? Wonder no more as Dan York, FIR’s correspondent in Burlington, Vermont USA, shows how it’s done. The report Dan’s recording in this seesmic video is included in FIR #303. Nice work, Dan! Dan’s also posted about his video recording experience. (Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
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For Immediate Release

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #303: December 20, 2007

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20 December 2007

Content summary: Discussion: should brands join social networks?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on the Web Awards, Blognation, offline blog editors for Mac; follow-up and discussion on Jonathan Crow’s Great Social Experiment; David Phillips reports on recessions and PR; listeners’ comments including discussion on social networks prompted by Mitch Joel; the music; and more. [Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time…
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Climate Change, Communication, Politics, Social Media, Weblogs

Does the government really want to hear what you think about climate change?

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18 December 2007

An interesting discovery: Phil Woolas, the Minister for Climate Change – I never knew we had someone with this portfolio – writes a blog called Bali Diary. He started it in mid November. Woolas works at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the same government department where Foreign Secretary David Milliband started blogging. (Milliband’s blog is still up. More than just still up, in fact: check it out. And take a look at eight other blogs from…
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