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Full story: 2006 Podcast Awards – Results
The results for the 2006 Podcast Awards contest were announced late yesterday and the list of nearly all winners posted. FIR was a contender for the Best Business Podcast award – but we didn’t win. Winner of this category was Manager Tools, a weekly podcast focused on helping you become a more effective manager and leader, hosted by Mark Hortsman and Michael Auzenne. A worthy competitor and a worthy winner. We don’t know how FIR fared in the contest as…
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Full story: 10 cool websites to add to Time’s 50
Time magazine just published their latest list of the 50 coolest websites. They say they evaluate hundreds of candidates, some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year’s choices are shining examples of Web 2.0, Time says – next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips. It’s quite an…
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Full story: Dell’s reputation tipping point
All sorts of opinions are flying around about Dell’s recall of over four million laptop computer batteries announced yesterday. A quick scan of blog posts in Technorati show some people saying it’s the largest product recall in consumer electronics history. Others say Dell has issued a recall for the computers themselves (no, it’s just the batteries). Many posts I see make reference to the recent cases where Dell laptops have burst into flames, events that clearly triggered the recall announcement.…
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Full story: Employee engagement and the bottom line
If you need evidence of the relationship between how employees feel about their employer – part of the way of looking at ’employee engagement’ – and the company’s financial performance, the Financial Times has a case study feature that illustrates that relationship. The FT analyzes the experience of life insurance company Standard Life and how employee surveys conducted by Gallup have helped the company understand whether employees felt part of the business, understood its goals and were willing and able…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #163: August 14, 2006
Content summary: Thanks for voting in the Podcast Awards 2006; first looks at Windows Live Writer and TypePad Mobile; add your suggestions to Dana Vanden Heuvel’s mavens of modern marketing; 12 reasons why UK companies don’t blog; blogger relations efforts going mainstream; Steve Rubel suggests reinventing the media interview; Lee Hopkins reports on innovation; an opening discussion on PR ethics; listeners’ comments discussion; congratulations Antony Mayfield and Niall Cook for being proud new fathers; FIR Frappr community update; FIR in…
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