Thursday, November 20, 2008
FIR Cut: Perspectives on the BNP members list leak
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #399: November 20, 2008
Content summary: Next Thursday’s show and listener contributions; about ‘Tactical Transparency’; update on Chuck Hester interview; follow-up discussion: what to learn from the speed and scale of the Motrin storm; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on social media convergence in Minneapolis, and more; News That Fits - interesting new sites: New Media for Internal Corporate Communicators, Common Craft Explainer Network, MicroPR Personalizes Public Relations; listeners’ comments discussion; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 20, 2008: A 60-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #398: November 17, 2008
Content summary: Plans for show #401 on Thanksgiving Day; Shel on a Media Bullseye panel; Neville reflects on a Windows Live briefing in London from Microsoft; FIR Interview with Chuck Hester coming; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on internet addiction in China, IBM’s Virtual Forbidden City and more; discussion 1: Chris Brogan’s tale of ‘Fortune 500 Bob’ and lines crossed with social media; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion 2: Motrin advertising and a social media firestorm from offended MotrinMoms.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 17, 2008: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
FIR Cut: Random Twitter updates
- Random Twitter updates, cut from FIR #397, November 13, 2008
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #397: November 13, 2008
Content summary: Shel’s in Boston for SNCR; Neville’s getting a briefing on Windows Live; more iTunes problems for FIR; interview is up on AT&T research into enterprise social networks in Europe; follow-up on Microsoft laptop giveaway; Dan York reports from San Francisco; Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: CPRF study argues PR agencies must adopt social media; CEOs are divided on the value of social media; the impact of the recession on employee communications; the recession hasn’t hit Second Life; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; listener’s comments, including FriendFeed room roundup; music from Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 10, 2008: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
FIR Interview: Martin Silman, AT&T, on Corporate Social Networking in Europe
A major survey released today by AT&T shows that the use of social networking tools as part of everyday working life has led to an increase in efficiency.
“Enterprise 2.0,” a pan-European survey of more than 2,500 people in five countries - Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands - shows that of those employees using social networking tools in the workplace, 65% say that it has made them and/or their colleagues more efficient. In addition, 46% say that it has sparked ideas and creativity for them personally.
In this exclusive FIR Interview, Martin Silman, Executive Director, AT&T Global Concept Marketing, discusses some of the survey’s key findings including how employees with first-hand experience of using social networks at work on a daily basis recognise the benefits, explains two major negatives that emerged from the survey, headhunting via social networks across Europe, and offers some advice for organizations.
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About our Conversation Partner
Martin Silman graduated in Computer Science in Portsmouth, England, back in the days when computers required whole buildings to house them. As a member of the British Computer Society and an International Chartered Engineer with a post-grad diploma in marketing, Martin worked with IBM for 15 years, initially as part of their software development division and latterly as a consultant focused on business process re-engineering using EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and similar technologies. During that time, he had a number of works published, including the EDI User Guide written for and published by the UK government.
Since joining AT&T in 1998, Martin has held a number of product management and marketing roles and has been responsible, initially, for the introduction of AT&T’s Global Managed Internet Service and AT&T Managed Data Networking Services, and more recently, for the MPLS based Enhanced VPN Services and until recently, he led the non-US product organisation that has been responsible for developing and introducing many of AT&T’s retail products available in the global marketplace today.
His current role is focused on initiatives which confirm AT&T as a leader in the telecoms market space, such as the Formula 1 motor racing initiative which provides state of the art communications to racing teams and other players in that arena.
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #396: November 10, 2008
Content summary: FIR Live recording posted; two more podcasts coming; on Eric Schwartzman and cheesy music; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion follow-up from FIR Live on Chip Griffin’s post: do tech start-up CEOs need PR?; News That Fits - emergency managers slow to understand communication changes, would Obama have won the US election without the internet?, unfiltered message still the main draw for corporate bloggers, conference networking with LinkedIn Events; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about Thursday’s show; music from Cantinero; and more.
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