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Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #484: September 17, 2009

Content summary: Neville’s in Barcelona, Shel’s in Louisville, Kentucky; Dan York reports on the problem with single points of failure; Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; Neville’s report from Barcelona; News That Fits: a dust-up Down Under over t-shirts for babies sporting over-the-top slogans, PRSA proposes a measurement standard for the industry, the U.S. government creates Facebook fan page to educate government agencies about Facebook fan pages; listener comments; music from Deep Purple; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for September 17, 2009: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Barcelona, Spain and Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

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Posted by shel on 09/17 at 10:57 PM
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FIR #484 delayed

Production of FIR #484 wasn’t completed—almost, but not quite—before I had to go deliver my afternoon keynote. I’ll wrap it up between flights and when I get home Thursday night. The show will be available by Friday morning. Sorry for the delay!—Shel

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Monday, September 14, 2009

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #483: September 14, 2009

Content summary: New FIR Interview posted; next FIR Live will be in October; no report from Michael Netzley this week; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: social networks at top of 2010 media buying plans in the US, what role should online communication play in a takeover bid?, a look at RSSCloud, most UK PR agencies have no cash for work experience staff (interns) says PR Week; listener comments discussion; news about Thursday’s show; music from Immune; and more.

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So, until Thursday September 17…

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #482: September 10, 2009

Content summary: Neville’s at Twestivul in Reading so Thornley Fallis’ Joseph Thornley steps in as guest co-host. An interview with Knight Foundation’s Gary Kebbel is up. Mitch Joel’s book, “Six Pixels of Separation,” is out. Dan York reports on the new Facebook app for the iPhone and his “Disruptive Conversations” post about “attention waves.” The Media Monitoring Minute looks at a four-month Monopoly game using Google Maps. Joseph and Shel talk about Canadian PR and the “content gap” created by more Americans creating content than Canadians. A related topic is also addressed: the regionalization of Canada into North American PR agencies. News That Fits: Neville reports on the “Internet Manifesto” while Shel talks about suspended Twitter accounts at the Gov 2.0 conference. No music today. Neville and Shel will be together on Monday for episode #483.

About our guest co-host

Joseph Thornley is CEO of Thornley Fallis and 76design. He also is the Chair of the Canadian Council of Public Relations Firms and a Senior Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research. Joseph is actively engaged with social media. He blogs at propr.ca and ccprf.ca and is “thornley” on Twitter, delicious, and many other places online.

Joe has been a driving force behind the Third Tuesday Social Media events which bring together social media enthusiasts and communicators to explore new developments in social media and their impact on society, organizations and citizens. Third Tuesday represents an ongoing experiment in the power of social media to build online communities that manifest themselves in real world relationships. Third Tuesday events have been organized across Canada in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa and New Brunswick.

Prior to founding Thornley Fallis, Joe served in a series of progressively more senior positions with Hill and Knowlton, one of Canada’s largest integrated communications consulting firms. From 1984 to 1995, he was promoted from Consultant to Vice President, Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President. During his years at Hill and Knowlton, Joe established and developed highly successful public affairs and communications consulting practices in both Toronto and Ottawa.

At the outset of his working career, Joe served in a number of positions with the Federal Government. From 1978 to 1979, he served as Legislative Assistant to the Hon. Ed Lumley, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance. From 1980 to 1983, Mr. Thornley served first as Legislative Assistant and then as Executive Assistant to the Hon. Francis Fox, Minister of Communications. In 2008, he was elected Chair of the Canadian Council of Public Relations Firms, the industry association of Canada’s leading public relations consulting firms.

He is a Senior Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research and a member of the Counsellors Academy of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS), the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), and the Web Analytics Association (WAA).

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Posted by shel on 09/10 at 08:28 AM
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Monday, September 07, 2009

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #481: September 7, 2009

Content summary: Shel’s on the road; the next FIR has Joseph Thornley as guest co-host as Neville’s going to Twestival Local; upcoming FIR interviews include Steve Rubel; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on sovereign wealth and communication; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: a question of grammar and a BBC blooper, Austin TX newspaper’s use of Posterous, employers prepare for second wave of swine flu, AT&T PR fail, Dixons Group employees insult customers on Facebook, banks on Twitter; FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Belladonna; and more.

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Posted by neville on 09/07 at 12:12 PM
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Thursday, September 03, 2009

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #480: September 3, 2009

Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; SNCR Awards deadline is Sept 7; FIR Interview with Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge posted; upcoming FIR Interview with Steve Rubel; FIR Conference is going to happen; from a road trip in Los Angeles, Dan York reports on Facebook on the iPhone and SxSW panels; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Google’s take on the future of blogging, how effective was the Climate Camp naked protest at Edelman London?, listeners’ comments including discussion on Kip Ferguson’s comment about customers who leak information publicly; news about next week’s shows; music from Amy Kuney; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for September 3, 2009: A 57-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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Posted by neville on 09/03 at 10:28 AM
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Monday, August 31, 2009

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #479: August 31, 2009

Content summary: FIR Interview with Chris Brogan posted; FIR Interview coming with Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge, and another one in the works with Mitch Joel; SNCR Awards deadline is Sept 7; MyChingo/MobaTalk is no more; IABC Cafe2Go interview with Roger D’Aprix posted; Shel re-starts StopBlocking.org; Michael Netzeley interviews documentary film maker and educator Tan Siok Siok in Beijing about Twittamentary; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Kim Kardashian PR reality show, regulating Twitter at the US tennis open, survey shows that management’s use of social media mostly defensive, more marketers use social media to reach customers; listeners’ comments discussion including our spontaneity about the FIR conference; music from Criteria; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 31, 2009: A 58-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Thursday September 3…

Posted by neville on 08/31 at 10:26 AM
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