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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
FIR Book Review: The Virtual Self, by Nora Young
FIR Book Review Editor Bob LeDrew reviews The Virtual Self: How Our Digital Lives Are Altering the World Around Us, by Nora Young, the host of Spark on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio. The recent release explores the very real impact of the virtual information we generate about ourselves—on our own lives, our communities, and our government.
From the book description:
“We generate enormous amounts of online data about our habits: where we go, what we do, and how we feel. Some of that is stuff we choose to report; some of it is the offhand data trails we leave behind. The Virtual Self looks at the debates and challenges around virtual data-sharing—from Facebook status updates to Google Navigator—and its potential for building more responsive communities and governments. Nora argues that if we wrestle now with issues like privacy and data control, we can harness the power of that data.
“The host of CBC Radio’s Spark, Nora Young has fascinating information at her disposal, unique insights into the intersection of the virtual and real worlds, and a wonderful voice for making all of these clear to a general audience. Accessible and entertaining, The Virtual Self takes that personal, psychological reality of everything from email to status updates and teases out the increasingly bigger impacts on the real world around us of the virtual information we all generate.”
Don’t miss Mitch Joel’s interview with author Nora Young on his podcast, Six Pixels of Separation.
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“The Virtual Self: How Our Digital Lives Are Altering the World Around Us” by Nora Young
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Hardcover only (240 pages)
Published: April 10, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0771070640
Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0771070648
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Monday, June 11, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #655: June 11, 2012
Content summary: Reminder that the next FIR Live is on Saturday June 16: a panel discussion on infuencer marketing; new FIR Book Review coming from Bob LeDrew of Your Virtual Self; Breaking News: IPR Measurement Commission approves standards for traditional media; News That Fits: Altimeter’s flawed mobile workforce report; Gartner identifies organizational implications of the rise of mobile devices; Ragan promo; Dan York reports on why world IPv6 launch matters to communicators, and more; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; is it the maturing or end of the QR code?; Mark Story reports from Washington, DC; no report this week from Michael Netzley in Singapore; TemboSocial promo; Twitter, where off the record is on the record; music by Spicehouse; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for June 11, 2012: A 72-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, June 04, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #654: June 4, 2012
Content summary: Diary note for the next FIR Live panel discussion on influencer marketing: June 16; update on the CIPR’s PR and Wikipedia initiative; IABC World Conference FIR meetup in Chicago; News That Fits: American Express launches Foursquare deals in the UK; Dan York reports on world IPv6 launch on June 6; Ragan promo; employers poised to monitor employees’ social activities; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Fishburn Hedges survey shows 65% of Britons think social media is better than call centres for customer service; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Edelman’s view on social media in Hong Kong, and more; TemboSocial promo; rethinking the article; music from Black Lab; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for June 4, 2012: An 86-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – see the show notes home page for info.
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 338 7960 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
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So, until Monday June 11…
Monday, May 28, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #653: May 28, 2012
Content summary: Next FIR Live panel discusses influencer marketing on June 16; LikeMinds 2012 summary; News That Fits: the rise of visual communication; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on a changing media environment in North Korea and Edelman’s report on digital trends in Asia; Ragan promo; CEOs embark on a new era of leadership as they embrace a more connected culture, says global IBM CEO study; content marketing for the masses; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on World IPv6 day on June 6; TemboSocial promo; EU "cookie law" in effect in the UK from May 26, but is anyone taking any notice?; music from Asatron; and more.
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Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir; and TemboSocial (formerly Pollstream): helping you transform your communications goals into exciting strategies that will enable you to engage, educate and inform your customers and employees online, pollstream.com/fir/.
For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for May 28, 2012: A 76-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – see the show notes home page for info.
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 338 7960 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
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So, until Monday June 4…
Monday, May 21, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #652: May 21, 2012
Content summary: Michael Netzley in Singapore still without voice; FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast of Neville’s PRII conference presentation is up; next FIR Live on influence marketing set for June 16; Neville speaking at Like Minds conference in Exeter this week: discount price for FIR listeners; GaggleAmp update; News That Fits: high-growth companies in Europe embrace social media says Google-sponsored survey; GM ends Facebook advertising but Ford doesn’t; Ragan promo; Dan York reports on integrating Soundcloud and Flipboard (with added comment about Player FM), an internship opportunity with the Internet Society, and more; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; CIPR’s call to action for feedback on PR guidelines about Wikipedia engagement; TemboSocial promo; is it time for a C-level social media executive?; music from The Eisenhowers; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for May 21, 2012: A 73-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – see the show notes home page for info.
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 338 7960 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
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So, until Monday May 28…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
FIR Speakers and Speeches: Neville Hobson on Reputation Management at Internet Speed
On April 26, 2012, FIR co-host Neville Hobson gave a keynote presentation at this year’s annual conference of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) in Dublin. The overall conference theme was Reputation Management in the Age of Digital.
Could we genuinely have foreseen the extent to which technological innovations would have disrupted our way of working? asked the PRII. How social and digital media, in particular, would have given rise to consumer power and citizen journalism? Or that we would face unprecedented competition from a new wave of competitors?
These are powerful themes that were touched in every presentation and discussion. The PRII video-recorded every conference session (if you’re a PRII member, you can view the videos in the member area on the PRII website). They’ve kindly agreed to the audio of Neville’s presentation - called Reputation Management at Internet Speed - being made available to you in this FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast. You’ll get the most from it if you view the presentation deck as you listen, embedded below (or, if you don’t see it, view it at Slideshare).
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Podsafe outro music - extract from On A Podcast Instrumental Mix (MP3, 5Mb) by Cruisebox.
Monday, May 14, 2012
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #651: May 14, 2012
Content summary: FIR interview with Grantoo co-founder and CEO Dimitri Sillam is up. The Speakers & Speeches file from Neville’s talk in Dublin is coming this week. Neville recounts the talk he and Philip Sheldrake gave at the Wikimedia UK Annual General Meeting over the weekend. A discount code is available for FIR listeners interested in attending Like Minds Exeter 2012. News That Fits: brand humanization is not a social media fad; Ragan Communications promo; the rise of social influence marketing with Klout and PeerIndex; listener comments discussion; CustomScoop’s Media Monitoring Minute; Dan York’s report addresses audio apps for the iPad and iPhone, DRM, and the 2,000-plus applications received for new gTLDs; social TV on the “second screen” evolves into content in its own right; TemboSocial promo; half of UK Internet users say online adds are worth it in exchange for free content; music from The Scarred; and more.
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Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com; Save time with the CustomScoop online clipping service: sign up for your free two-week trial, at www.customscoop.com/fir; and TemboSocial (formerly Pollstream): helping you transform your communications goals into exciting strategies that will enable you to engage, educate and inform your customers and employees online, pollstream.com/fir/.
For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for May 14, 2012: A 74-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.
Names of blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Notes pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute time stamps – see the show notes home page for info.
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 338 7960 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
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So, until Monday May 21…
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