Thursday, July 15, 2010

FIR Book Review: Open Leadership by Charlene Li

imageOpen Leadership: How Social Technology Can Trasform the Way You Lead is the new book by Charlene Li, founder of The Altimeter Group and co-author of Groundswell.

FIR co-host Shel Holtz and TWI Surveys president Ryan Williams set out to produce a short review of Charlene’s book, but the conversation turned into a longer discussion of leadership. Given that Ryan earned his Master’s Degree in leadership, the review explores various leadership theories and how Charlene has applied them in the book.

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Open Leadership, by Charlene Li
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (a Wiley imprint)
Hardcover: 311 pages
Published May 2010
ISBN-10:0470597267
ISBN-13: 978-0470597262

Purchase at Amazon US, Amazon Canada, or Amazon UK.

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Posted by shel on 07/15 at 10:59 AM
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Monday, July 12, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #555: July 12, 2010

Content summary: The new FIR iPhone app and a contest for free downloads; new FIR interviews posted; review of ‘Open Leadership’ book coming this week; listener comments and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; 5 minutes on… Google Street View cars back on the road, social media phobia, Reader’s Digest launches part-free iPad app, the end of the web as we know it?; News That Fits: Pepsi agitates the science blogging community, Dan York reports on iPhone 4 mobile video and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, the Rothbury manhunt and irresponsible media (mainstream and social)?, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on communication companies looking west; next FIR Live is on August 14; music from Rilo Kiley; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 12, 2010: A 73-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday July 19…

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Wednesday, July 07, 2010

FIR Interview: Jennifer Cohen on Uni-Ball Facebook campaign

imageUni-ball’s campaign to give away 10,000 pens a day via Facebook launched a round of criticism of companies that concentrated efforts on Facebook to the detriment of their own websites. eConsultancy’s Patricio Robles wrote a post that listed five reasons companies should stay focused on their own sites. At Marketing Pilgrim, Jordan McCollum offered her own objections. And though he generally praised the campaign, Steve Rubel had problems with the way many organizations have employed Facebook pages.

Jennifer Cohen, co-founder and president of Something Creative LLC, worked on the Facebook component of the Uni-ball campaign and, in this FIR interview, explains why the social network was chosen, how the Uni-ball website was factored into the equation, and the kinds of results the campaign produced. During the course of the interview, Cohen answers each of the criticisms leveled by Robles, McCollum and Rubel.

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imageJennifer Cohen is president of Something Creative LLC, a marketing boutique focusing on digital strategies through online initiatives and social media. Jennifer has worked on many large company brands to initiate an online presence and to emphasize the integration of on and offline marketing as one synergistic marketing effort.

Follow Jennifer on Twitter: @jenz036 or visit her LinkedIn profile.

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Posted by shel on 07/07 at 11:39 AM
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010

New FIR iPhone app available

We were sorely disappointed when the FIR smartphone apps from iSites no longer played the audio files. Luckily, we found a better alternative—at least, for the iPhone.

Wizzard Media, which owns Libsyn (which hosts FIR’s audio files) offers an iPhone app. It costs $2.99, but it’s a terrific app. If you’re looking to take FIR on the road with you—and have it available within seconds rather than waiting for a download—this app is the answer.

We’re still looking for an Android solution. In the meantime, if you have an iPhone, you’ll find our new app is loaded with features. Once the app loads (which takes about 15 seconds), you’ll find the latest episode ready for you to play. A giant “play” button means you won’t miss it, even if you’re driving. (You shouldn’t be screwing with your phone while you’re driving anyway.) It takes just a few seconds for the latest episode to buffer, and there’s no need to be on WiFi in order to listen (although the download will count toward your data consumption totals).

A button in the upper left-hand corner will take you to a list of episodes from all our feeds, including interviews, speakers and speeches, and book reviews in addition to The Hobson and Holtz Report.

A contact page lets you give us a call (although for now, it only lists the North America number; we’re in touch with Wizzard to figure out how we can get the app to display both numbers), email us, go straight to the FIR site, and follow us on Twitter. Too bad there’s no way to get this screen to take you straight to our Friendfeed page.

Episode extras allow you to play an episode in the background (while you’re doing other things on your phone) or recommend the show to a friend.

One other nifty feature of the app from our point of view: We control much of what it displays from an interface on the Libsyn website.

Be sure to listen to FIR episode 555 on Monday, July 12. We’ll announce a contest with free downloads of the app as prizes.

Again, you can get the app here.

Here are some screenshots of the app in action:

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Posted by shel on 07/06 at 02:26 PM
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FIR Interview: Jack Holt, Sr. Strategist for New / Emerging Media, U.S. Department of Defense

imageThe U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in February adopted a new policy toward staff access to social sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and others. The policy—which everyone covers Pentagon-based staff to soldiers in the field—calls for open access—or, as stated on the Defense Department’s Social Media Hub: “...the default for the DoD non-classified network (the NIPRNET) is for open access so that all of DoD can use new media.” In this FIR interview, co-host Shel Holtz speaks with Pentagon new and emerging media strategist Jack Holt about the rationale for the decision and the implications for the DoD.

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imageCharles J. “Jack” Holt, APR is the Sr. Strategist for Emerging Media for the Department of Defense developing communication strategies and tactics incorporating New Media tools with traditional Public Affairs channels to maximize the effect of DoD communication efforts. Holt has briefed senior leaders on New and Social Media and conducted strategy sessions to address corporate level strategic objectives.

Jack is a member of the vGov Steering Committee, the DoDTechipedia Governance Board, the University of Oklahoma Risk and Crisis Management Community Advisory Board, and the 2009 Chair for the PRSA National Capital Region Public Affairs and Government Committee. He has taught sessions on New Media strategies and tactics at the Defense Information School, the Naval Postgraduate School and the NATO School.

For those curious about Jack’s reference to his father, a Hollywood actor, he was Tim Holt, who appeared in more than 70 films, including “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” and “My Darling Clementine.”)

The DoD directive on social media appears below:

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View more documents from Department of Defense.

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Monday, July 05, 2010

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #554: July 5, 2010

Content summary: It’s the first show of the month: please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; new Speakers & Speeches and FIR Interview podcasts posted, more coming; introducing our new sponsor: Pollstream; listener comments and FIR FriendFeed Room round-up; 5 minutes on… Ann Taylor listens to its customers, Microsoft invention lets you insert batteries in any direction, Best Buy trying to fire employee over video, UK product placement TV programmes will carry audio and visual alerts says regulator, signs of social media; News That Fits: new research from Pew suggests the future of online socializing, the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, farmers fight back using social networking tools, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on India’s demographic dividend and Twitter’s ascension in Japan, the Financial Times launches digital press cuttings service, if you’re too busy to blog try counting your keystrokes; music from Jupiter One; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 5, 2010: A 65-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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So, until Monday July 12…

Posted by neville on 07/05 at 10:58 AM
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Friday, July 02, 2010

FIR Interview: Caroline Kealey on Results Map

imageResults Map™ is an online tool for developing a comprehensive strategic communication plan. Developed following several years of research, ResultsMap was unveiled at the IABC World Conference in Toronto by Caroline Kealey, the founder of Ingenium Communication who developed the resource. In this interview, Kealey discussed with Shel Holtz the inspiration for ResultsMap, how it was developed and how it works.

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imageCaroline Kealey is nationally recognized in Canada as an expert in strategic communications with over 20 years experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.  The CEO of Ingenium Communications, she is the author of IABC’s Web Strategy Template, and has published internationally on topics such as measurement, social media and results-based strategic communications planning. 

She is also the developer of the Results Map™, a fully interactive online tool for strategic communications planning.  The product was launched at the IABC World Conference in Toronto last month and provides communicators with videos, podcasts, tools, templates, tips, dashboards and samples.

Caroline was recently selected as a finalist for Canada’s Sara Kirke Award for Women Entrepreneurship and her firm is the winner of a 2010 IABC Excel Award for crisis communications. Caroline holds a B.A. with Highest Honours in Communications and an M.A. in Political Science.

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Posted by shel on 07/02 at 07:46 AM
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