• Today the IABC 2007 international conference formally kicks off in New Orleans, USA, running through this Wednesday. I couldn’t be there this year but I will be following the happenings at In Session, the official conference blog, and posts that might appear at the IABC Cafe. I’ll also be tracking blog posts via Technorati (although it’s a pity there’s no common tag for posts that everyone would use). There’s also the IABC groups in MyRagan.com and the Melcrum Communicators’ Network.…

    Full story: IABC conference gets underway
  • Content summary: Shel’s in Newfoundland, Neville’s in transit; thanks to the crew for show 251; a leftover comment from Bryan Person; Media Monitoring Minute; Neville on his consulting gig and Shel’s follow-up; the book is out; One-Minute News: IM comes to Myspace, Motorola’s intranet goes Web 2.0, IBM offers intranet social media suites, Flickr protest on Flickr, Whole Foods CEO blogs differences with FTC; listener comments; the music; and more. [Message from our sponsor: Save time with the CustomScoop online…

    Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #251: June 21, 2007
  • It’s the final stage in a week of valuable learning experiences that’s taken me from Milan, Italy, to Detroit, USA, in the space of a few days, all to do with helping two global organizations get a clearer understanding about social media and how and where that fits into organizational communication. Because of Shel‘s and my different schedules, I’m not live with him in today’s FIR. I did record a segment last night which I hope he manages to include in the…

    Full story: Reflecting on experiences
  • Heading to Heathrow to catch a flight to Milan, Italy, where I’ll be until Wednesday evening. First visit to that city in over 15 years. It’s a whirlwind week as after Milan, I fly to Detroit, USA. As I’ll be back here at the end of the week, that is literally a flying visit. I won’t be live on Thursday’s FIR with Shel so I will endeavour to get a recording to him in good time. All this means little…

    Full story: On the road again
  • I don’t blush that often but I’ve been doing a lot of that this evening after listening to today’s episode 250 of For Immediate Release. This is the one where Shel and I had nothing to do with content or production. All of that was planned and executed by a trio of FIR community regulars – Lee Hopkins, Dan York and Sallie Goetsch. So many tributes from so many people with commentaries on what they’ve got out of FIR. Truly…

    Full story: FIR is all about community