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The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #234: April 23, 2007

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23 April 2007

Content summary: Neville’s 24-hour cold and the Vista effect on recording; Shel on the social outcomes from social media; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; reputation damage and the GMTV phone quiz ‘irregularity’; borrowing social media ideas for Accenture’s intranet; Second Life Business Communicators meet at Edelman Island; Alex Bellinger: EU threatens online retailers; UK survey on online investor communication; Lee Hopkins reports; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more. [Message from our sponsor: Save time with the CustomScoop online…
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Business, Employee Communication, Investor Relations, Public Relations, Social Media, Weblogs, Workplace

Keeping the conversation going

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23 April 2007

If you followed the Stowe Boyd kerfuffle a few months ago – the one in which he says, broadly, that PR people don’t “get it” regarding social media – you’ll be interested in listening to Stowe talking to Eric Schwartzman in the latest episode of the On The Record Online podcast. You can listen and form your own opinion but let me say right now that he doesn’t convince me that the social media press release is a complete waste of…
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Employee Communication, Workplace

Defining employee engagement

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22 April 2007

Does anyone agree what employee engagement is? asks David Ferrabee. It’s a very good question. ‘Employee engagement’ is a phrase that appears frequently in media articles and blogs, yet it seems to me that people tend to use the phrase when they really mean ’employee communication’ or something else. Communication is not the same as engagement. Nor are balloons, barbecues and CEO breakfasts (read David’s post to see what that’s about). The best definition I’ve seen comes from the Wikipedia entry.…
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For Immediate Release

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #233: April 19, 2007

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20 April 2007

Content summary: Shel on The Engaging Brand; CustomScoop’s new promo spots; Neville on organizational culture; Dan York’s report; Neville on website measurement; Sallie Goetsch’s report; listener comments; the music; and more. [Message from our sponsor: Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir.] Show notes for April 19, 2007 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 71:40-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and almost live…
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Events, Investor Relations, Professional Development, Social Media, Technology

Speaking at the IRS conference

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19 April 2007

About to head in to central London for the Investor Relations Society 2007 conference. I’ll be joining a panel to address a topic interestingly-described as “Technological download – Multimedia, XBRL, blogging and the like.” As my session is at about the same time that Shel and I normally record FIR, I won’t be live on today’s show. I did email Shel a couple of contributions I recorded last night. No live blogging from the conference but I might manage to…
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