Wednesday, October 08, 2014

FIR on Higher Education #20 – Professor David Burkus on the Myths of Creativity

How can we be more creative in our work? Whether you are a communicator wanting to come up with new ways to share thought leadership, a professor considering innovative ways to teach new concepts to students or a consultant / entrepreneur looking for new business opportunities, many of us are on the hunt for new ideas. On episode 20 of FIR on Higher Education, I discuss this topic with Oral Roberts University professor David Burkus, author of the Myths of Creativity.

David is one of the few academics I have come across who is leveraging the power of podcasting. He hosts an excellent podcast called Leader Lab (LDRLB) and shares his podcasting journey during the interview.

In our reports section, I outline why individuals working on projects should consider using Elance, while Harry Hawk and I share thoughts about LinkedIn’s new educational offerings (learn more in this Wall Street Journal article).

This episode is sponsored in part by Experiential Communications’ forthcoming Online Media Training Program for Academics.

About David Burkus
David Burkus is the Author of The Myths of Creativity as well as a contributor to Forbes & Harvard Business Review. Host of the Leader Lab podcast, David is an Assistant Professor of Management at Oral Roberts University where he teaches courses on organizational behavior, creativity and innovation, and strategic leadership. Learn more at http://davidburkus.com.

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Kevin AnselmoKevin Anselmo is the Founder and Principal of Experiential Communications, a consultancy focused on education. He helps brands within academia - whether individual or corporate - communicate with stakeholders. He also teaches communications and public relations workshops to different individuals and groups and is currently designing an online media training program for academics.

Previously, Kevin was Director of Public Relations for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and prior to that managed the media relations for IMD Business School in Switzerland. In addition, he was an adjunct communications professor at Nyack College in New York.

Currently based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Kevin lived and worked in Switzerland for eight years and in Germany for two years. He has led public relations initiatives in various countries around the world.

Find Kevin on Twitter: @kevinanselmo.

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Posted by Kevin Anselmo on 10/08 at 12:21 PM
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FIR Presents Inside PR #387: Is another tech bubble about to burst?

FIR Presents Inside PRMartin here.

This week, it’s Gini and me – as Joe was under the weather. (And you can hear from my voice that I’m just a tad jet-lagged…)

We spend the show talking about a couple of recent news items that caught our attention, and especially the notion that we may be headed into another tech bubble.

There certainly are a few signs. First, the New York Times announced it’s laying off 100 people from its newsroom staff. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com and founder of The Downtown Project in Las Vegas, announced he was stepping down as project lead and then laid off 30 people. And VC Marc Andreesen feels tech startups are burning through cash at a rate similar to the 1999 tech bubble and that’s a cause for worry.

Martin references Clay Shirky’s Last Call post on Medium about the impending demise of print.

Shirky offers three pieces of advice to journalists to help reposition themselves and Gini thinks they apply just as well to communicators.

Get good with numbers – we’re in an age where we need to be focused on how the content and communications work we do becomes an investment, not an expense.
Learn to use social media tools to get ideas for stories. That’s something we’re good at already, but we need to continue to test and learn.
Collaborate – that is, integrate paid, earned, shared and owned programs and understand how the pieces fit together.
What do you think? Are we heading into another tech bubble? How will that affect the landscape for journalists and communicators? Can we redouble our efforts to adapt and retrain ourselves? We’d love to hear from you.

Send us an email or an audio comment to insideprcomments@gmail.com, join the FIR Google+ Community, join the Inside PR Google+ Community, join the Inside PR Facebook group, leave us a comment here, message us @inside_pr on Twitter, or connect with Gini Dietrich, Joseph Thornley, and Martin Waxman on Twitter.

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Thank you to the people behind Inside PR: Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer. Inside PR is produced by Kristine D’Arbelles and Ashlea LeCompte.

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FIR presents Inside PR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years.

Posted by shel on 10/08 at 06:40 AM
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Media Bullseye Roundtable 2014.16 with Guest Co-Host Neville Hobson

Media Bullseye Roundtable

FIR Podcast Network co-founder Neville Hobson joins the Roundtable this week to discuss a variety of topics of interest to public relations and communications professionals. Among the subjects we explore include:

—The impact of wearable technology on communicators.

—The role of social media in international political movements, sparked by an article about recent protests in Hong Kong.

—The ways in which communicators have tried to monetize content beyond simply being a marketing tool, inspired by a post on Spin Sucks by Gini Dietrich.


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Chip GriffinChip Griffin serves as CEO of CustomScoop, a media intelligence company he co-founded in 2000. CustomScoop provides a cloud-based subscription service that monitors, measures, and reports on traditional and social media coverage for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, public relations agencies, and small-to-medium sized enterprises. For two decades, Chip has worked in the public relations arena, including service in public and private sector organizations. He has co-founded more than half a dozen companies, and he writes and speaks frequently about the intersection of technology, media, and communications. He is a graduate of American University where he is President of the Alumni Association and a member of the School of Public Affairs Advisory Council. Chip lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two sons.

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Posted by Chip Griffin on 10/07 at 05:37 PM
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FIR Interview: Roger Bolton and Matt Gonring on Authentic Advocacy

Authentic Advocacy

Gauging the latest developments in stakeholder engagement theory and practice - and understanding their implications for those leading, managing and advising the communications function - is a primary goal of Authentic Advocacy, the latest research report from the Arthur W. Page Society.

Authentic Advocacy offers an in-depth look at how stakeholder engagement strategies are evolving and how Chief Communication Officers can best undertake them within their enterprise. It includes compelling findings about the nature of stakeholder engagement in today’s environment, learned through interviews conducted with CCOs at five leading companies - Cargill, Chevron, Lundbeck, Southwest Airlines and USAA. The report offers seven action steps for CCOs to consider when devising their approach to building and maintaining these critical stakeholder relationships.

In this FIR interview, co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz discuss the Authentic Advocacy report with Arthur W. Page Society president, Roger Bolton, and Matt Gonring, co-chair of Page’s Stakeholder Engagement Workstream, and consider some of the challenges and opportunities the report highlights for CCOs, and the transformation required in the way companies operate and engage with their stakeholders.

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Roger BoltonRoger Bolton is the president of the Arthur W. Page Society, the premier professional association for senior corporate communications executives. Members include the chief communications officers of the world’s major corporations, the CEOs of the most influential public relations agencies and leading academics from select business and communications schools.

Previously, he served as senior vice president of communications at Aetna, a $35 billion provider of health care benefits, with responsibility for all internal and external communications, advertising, brand management and corporate public involvement. Before Aetna, Bolton was IBM’s director of corporate media relations and director of communications for the IBM server and software groups.
 
Prior to his business career, Bolton served as assistant secretary of the Treasury for public affairs under President George H.W. Bush, assistant US trade representative for public affairs in the Executive Office of the President under President Reagan, and special assistant to President Reagan in the White House, with responsibility for the president’s relations with business and labor. He is a recipient of the US Treasury Distinguished Service Award.

Matt GonringAs a seasoned corporate executive, Matthew Gonring has a proven record of accomplishments derived from more than 35 years of experience building and leading marketing and corporate communications teams in manufacturing, consumer goods, professional/financial services, healthcare and airlines.

Matt most recently served as VP Corporate Communications with Jackson National Life, a $25 billion leader in financial services and the largest underwriter of variable annuities in the US. Prior to that he served as Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for Pactiv Corporation, a $3.4 billion leader in the consumer and foodservice packaging markets. Late in 2010, the company was acquired by Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, and Matt joined Jackson.

Matt holds a Masters degree in Public Relations from the School of Business, American University in Washington, DC, and Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point. He is a member of the Graduate Faculty, Integrated Marketing Communications Program, at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and currently serves on the graduate faculty at George Washington University. He currently is on the Board of Directors of the Arthur W. Page Society, and Chairman Emeritus of the Institute for Public Relations.

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Posted by neville on 10/07 at 05:31 AM
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Monday, October 06, 2014

AMP Up Your Social Media #33: How to Involve C-level Employees in Social Media Marketing

AMP UP Your Social MediaBrian Basilico started his first business - a recording studio - at age 18. After working for AT&T, he worked in recording and eventually worked with an agency in interactive marketing. 13 years ago, he opened his own business focusing on the trifecta of websites, analytics, and social media. Brian recently joined AMP UP Your Social Media’s host Glenn Gaudet to discuss social media marketing and how it relates to C-level employees.

“Education is one of the best ways to get C-level people…[to use new social media techniques]. It’s even more powerful if you can show a competitor doing that!”

Brian talks about ways to help CEOs and businesses understand how to develop a social media strategy: 

  1. Establish your market. Knowing how to sell your product and how to utilize your marketing platform is all based on who your market consists of. People want to connect with businesses, so developing a presence through content helps to put a face to your business. Even if your marketing team is posting on behalf of the CEO, take the time to connect with and establish your market. Look for opportunities to utilize social media components to improve upon your traditional methods.
  2. Post in industry-specific groups. Even if your content is mostly informational, find content that creates a connection and engages your market. Build a reputation with skilled people in the industry in order to gain traction in the market and to gain a response. If you don’t have an industry-specific group to post to, create your own!
  3. Plan ahead. When you attend conferences and industry-related groups, take the time to plan ahead and meet up with folks who plan to attend. Then, when you attend the event, you can solidify the connection and develop the relationship further.
  4. Maintain the relationship. While many companies may be overzealous off the bat when it comes to their social media marketing, many falter over time and forget to maintain the relationships they’ve created. Partners, vendors, and clientele remain loyal to those who maintain and strengthen the relationship over time, so don’t let these efforts fall by the wayside.

Brian would love to hear from you! Chat with him on Twitter or find him on Facebook!

Brian Basilico

Brian is an internationally recognized best selling author and sought after speaker on the topic of Social Networking, Relationship Marketing, and Internet Marketing for Business. With over 30 years experience with running businesses, he has a unique perspective on traditional and new marketing tools that help businesses make the most of their internet marketing efforts. He’s also a social advocate, webmaster, and leader of an independent ministry.

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Tweet about the show using #AUYSM or Tweet at us @AMPUpSocial. AMP Up Your Social Media is a proud member of the FIR Podcast Network.

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AMP UP Your Social Media is sponsored by:

  • GaggleAMP - Empower your employees, partners and resellers to amplify your social media.
  • SafeLinks - Know when your links on social media messages fail before you lose out on the people clicking on them.

The FIR Podcast Network is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide.

Posted by Glenn Gaudet on 10/06 at 12:08 PM
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #776: October 6, 2014

FIRPlans for FIR in October with Shel on the road for the whole month;

Quick News: Facebook to address real-name issue after meeting with Transgender Law Center, Windows (10) Technical preview released, employees with work friends have more commitment to their employers, Dubai detectives to get Google Glass to fight crime; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Wearable technology and implications for the future workplace; Dan York’s Tech Report: FIR On Technology #2 coming soon, RIP Orkut, reflections on Ello; is it time for your organization to be on Snapchat?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and from the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; Igloo Software promo; brace yourself for the corporate journalism wave; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network;

Music from Tasherra Project; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for October 6, 2014: 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.

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So, until Monday October 13…

Posted by neville on 10/06 at 02:01 AM
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Sunday, October 05, 2014

FIR B2B #17: Sandy Carter on What Separates Pacesetting Companies From the Rest

FIR B2BPaul is solo again this week. In this episode:

News & Trends

A post titled “7 Web Design Trends That Are Outdated” on the Conetix blog covers many of the worst practices in B2B websites: boring stock photos, pointless oversized banners and (worst of all) auto-play videos.

Don’t short-change your video production by limiting it to a video platform. Many people would rather read or listen to your content than watch it, so give them a choice. “What to Do When Your B2B Video Marketing Doesn’t Go Viral” from the Online Results Blog by Whittington Consulting has some excellent ideas. Also check out Knowledge@Wharton for an excellent example of how to use multiple media together.

Kristen Vaughn took away some lessons for B2B marketers from the HubSpot Inbound 2014 conference and she shares them on the KOMarketing Associates blog. Malcolm Gladwell urged the audience to “be a deeply disagreeable person,” meaning have the courage to disagree. Matevz Klanjsek of Celtra likens prospecting to courtship. If you keep inviting people to “learn more,” they won’t.

The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs have just released their latest annual report on the state of B2B content marketing. Satisfaction with content marketing programs continues to be frustratingly low.

Vanessa DiMauro’s Big List 2.0: The Top 106 B2B Online Customer Communities is a terrific resource for marketers who want to find a community or who run one. If you’re a community manager, make sure you’re included.

Special Guest: Sandy Carter

Sandy Carter’s name is synonymous with the term “social business.” The 25-year IBM veteran has long been one of the company’s most prominent advocates for the use of social media, and she’s an accomplished practitioner with nearly 30,000 followers on Twitter. Sandy is the author of three book, including the the bestselling “Get Bold” in 2011. Her awards include: “Brand Leader of the Year” from the World Brand Congress, “Top 10 in Social Media” from Altimeter Group and Fast Company’s “Most Influential Women in Technology.” She was also named one of the “Ten most powerful women in tech” by CNN magazine.

Sandy is currently General Manager of Ecosystems, ISVs and Entrepreneurs at IBM, a role that has her working with many born-on-the-Web startups. She joined us for this interview a day after launching Digital.nyc, an online hub for New York technology entrepreneurs. Sandy talked with us about the latest IBM Tech Trends Report, which found that leading companies are embracing cloud services, leveraging partnerships for speed and innovation and adopting social business principles.

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About Your Hosts

Paul GillinPaul Gillin is a veteran technology journalist and a thought leader in new media. Since 2005, he has advised marketers and business executives on strategies to optimize their use of social media and online channels to reach buyers cost-effectively. He is the author or co-author of five books, including Social Marketing to the Business Customer (2011), the first book devoted entirely to B2B social media marketing. He is also a social media trainer and coach at Profitecture, a training firm for B2B companies and their channel partners.

Allan SchoenbergAllan Schoenberg is based Vice President, Corporate Public Relations and Communications at TIAA-CREF in New York. As part of the firm’s Enterprise Communications team within Marketing, this role helps the team drive firm-wide corporate communications, employee communications, reputation and crises management, social media, CEO positioning and public policy communications. He has more than 20 years of experience in B2B communications, including his work for Accenture, Edelman Worldwide, Fleishman Hillard and CME Group..

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Posted by Paul Gillin on 10/05 at 06:27 AM
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Friday, October 03, 2014

FIR presents AllthingsIC with Rachel Miller episode 10 October 03 2014

Every month, Rachel Miller @AllthingsIC presents the latest news and views from an internal communication perspective.

AllThingsICWelcome to the tenth episode of All Things IC with Rachel Miller.

In this podcast Rachel reports from the annual internal communication Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Inside conference, which was attended by 200 comms pros on 2 October 2014.

You can find full notes to accompany this episode via Rachel’s blog www.allthingsic.com/fir10 so you can grab a cup of tea, sit back and relax and enjoy the show.

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Rachel Miller I’m Rachel Miller, MCIPR, PG (Dip). I’m an internal communication and social media strategist who consults, speaks and blogs on all things internal communication.

In 2014 I was awarded the inaugural Best Individual Contribution to Internal Communication award from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR Inside) and honoured as a Fellow of the CIPR. I was named one of the UK’s leading social business influencers in 2013, and was a finalist for CIPR Outstanding PR Professional of the Year (People’s Choice).

Since 2009 I’ve written my own blog which led to Econsultancy recognising me in 2012 as one of the Top UK female bloggers. I was named in PR Week’s Top 29 under 29 professional communicators in the UK list (2009).

Every company is different and a one size fits all approach to communication simply doesn’t work. Though my business, All Things IC, I have the pleasure of working alongside companies to help them achieve communication excellence.

Find Rachel on Twitter: @AllthingsIC.

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Posted by Rachel Miller on 10/03 at 01:41 PM
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FIR Interview: Chris Christensen and Rick Calvert of BloggerBridge

FIR InterviewsChris Christensen was running into an experience many of us have faced. After he had left a town he was visiting, someone would email and say, “Oh, you were here? I would have loved to meet with you. Let me know when you’re back again.” Seeking a way to let interested people know in advance he was coming, his thinking evolved to include the ability to connect content producers with companies who want to tap into both their creativity and their expertise. New Media Expo CEO Rick Calvert had the same interest from the other side of the equation: wanting to be able to connect with people who were coming to town. The pair—already well acquainted through New Media Expo and the Travel Blog Exchange—joined forces to create a service that fulfills those needs.

BloggerBridgeBloggerBridge is a service that connects companies with “relevant bloggers, writers, podcasters, videographers, and other content creators,” according to the website, which goes on to suggest that “some people should not work together. Find the right match of skills, approach, content, and style for your brand.”

In this FIR interview, Shel Holtz talks with Christensen and Calvert about their vision for BloggerBridge, their experience building it, and their plans for the future.

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Rick CalvertRick Calvert is CEO and Co-Founder of New Media Expo, the world’s largest social media event. he has been active in the trade show industry since 1997, serving as Director of Sales for Tradeshow Week events, including the SEMA Show, AWFS Vegas, and the DEMA Show, as well as one of the nation’s largest consumer shows, Comicon. He is also the CEO of the TBEX (Travel Blog Exchange) conference series. he lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and daughter.

Follow Rick on Twitter at @BlogWorld.

Chris ChristensenChris Christensen is the owner of BloggerBridge.com which is a new startup connecting bloggers and industry contacts.

He is the host of the Amateur Traveler which is a popular online travel show that focuses primarily on travel destinations. It includes a weekly audio podcast, a video podcast, and a blog. Amateur Traveler was won both a SMITTY award from Travel+Leisure as the “best independent travel journalist” and a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. Chris is also a co-host for This Week in Travel which has won 3 North American Travel Journalist Association awards.

He has worked for years in technology startups in Silicon Valley. He was formerly the Director of Engineering for TripAdvisor’s New Initiatives group and was the EVP Engineering at LiveWorld where his team built and ran online communities and events for companies including eBay, HBO, TV Guide, Expedia, Marriott, A&E, History Channel, the NBA, NBC, ABC, Disney, Microsoft, WebTV and American Express.

Reach Chris on Twitter at @Chris2x.

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Posted by shel on 10/03 at 11:19 AM
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Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Thought Leadership with Mitchell Levy and Michael Procopio, Episode 42: October 1, 2014

Thought Leadership with Mitchell and Michael

In this episode of Thought Leadership with Mitchell and Michael (#TLL) we interview James Feldman (@ShiftHappensNow). We discuss the many facets of innovation and thought leadership.

James FeldmanJames knows hands down what it means to be successful in the midst of conflict – in both his personal life and professional career. It was that sense of challenge that drove James to rethink the way he lives and works which transformed his struggle into success. James inspires others to reexamine their own lives during pivotal moments and reinvent themselves. He has helped so many clients that I have become known as “The Bright Idea Guy.” From BASF to Aria Resort and Casino, AT&T to Toyota, Hewlett Packard to Marriott, InfoComm to Cremation Association of North America, US Department of Defense to Hired Education For Vets, Jim has a proven history working with every size and kind of organization from start ups to Fortune 100.

To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, subscribe to the channel: http://youtube.com/user/thoughtleaderlife.

Join us 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 7 pm GMT on Saturday every week. The show blog is Thought Leader Life.

Any comments or suggestions for the show please send them. Thank you for listening and if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes!

This episode was sponsored, in part, by THiNKaha.com, helping experts become thought leaders.

You can connect with Mitchell at MitchellLevy.com, @HappyAbout on Twitter, or join his Thought Leadership Best Practices Group on LinkedIn; and with Michael at MProcopio.com, on Twitter: @MichaelProcopio; or LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/MichaelProcopio.

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Posted by Michael Procopio on 10/01 at 03:59 PM
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FIR Presents Inside PR 385: Wearable Technology

FIR Presents Inside PRA couple of years ago, a study was released that showed how bad sitting at your computer is for your body. So bad, in fact, Google has claimed the phrase: Sitting is the new smoking.

This research helped launch wearable technology and now, with the new Apple watch, we have personalized and customized data available to us that makes us smarter about our health, nutrition, and overall well-being. It helps you understand just how little you actually do move during the day, particularly in our industry, and it helps motivate you to get up and move.

I have a pretty strong opinion about wearable technology and how it not only helps us live better lives, but how it helps communicators target more specifically our messaging. We also discuss it from the perspectives of fashion, function, and plain old cynicism.

Do you agree with Joe and look askance at it? Do you agree with Martin that it’s all about fashion? Or do you agree with me, the technology and geek hound?

We’d love to hear from you. What do you think about wearable technology? What do you think the future is? How can we use it in communications and across cultures? Is it cool or scary to get this kind of data about about ourselves? Can we use that data to improve our lives? Or is really just about being a wearable fashion hound?

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You can also reach Inside PR’s hosts by email at insideprcomments@gmail.com, or join the InsidePR Google Plus community or Facebook group. InsidePR is on Twitter at @Inside_PR. You can send us an instant voicemail via SpeakPipe, right from the FIR website. Or, call the Comment Line at +1 415 895 2971 (North America), +44 20 3239 9082 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments. You can tweet us: @FIRpodcast. And you can email us at fircomments@gmail.com. If you wish, you can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Thank you to the people behind Inside PR: Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer. Inside PR is produced by Kristine D’Arbelles and Ashlea LeCompte.

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FIR presents Inside PR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years.

Posted by shel on 10/01 at 08:08 AM
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Chats with Chip #1: Jonathan Bernstein of Bernstein Crisis Management

Chats with ChipIn this debut episode of Chats with Chip, Jonathan Bernstein of Bernstein Crisis Management joins me to talk about the journey that has allowed him to become one of the foremost experts in crisis communications.

PR Week says that Jonathan Bernstein is one of those people who should be on your speed dial in a crisis. A former journalist who came over to the Dark Side, he has been advising clients for more than three decades on every aspect of handling a crisis, from preparation to response and evaluation. He publishes the popular “Crisis Manager” newsletter, which he describes as being “for those who are crisis managers, whether they want to be or not.”

Jonathan’s career has followed an interesting path that made for some great conversation.  It includes time in Military Intelligence, as an investigative journalist, an agency executive, and even a period as Manager of Corporate Communications at Playboy Enterprises.

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About Your Host

Chip GriffinChip Griffin serves as CEO of CustomScoop, a media intelligence company he co-founded in 2000. CustomScoop provides a cloud-based subscription service that monitors, measures, and reports on traditional and social media coverage for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, public relations agencies, and small-to-medium sized enterprises. For two decades, Chip has worked in the public relations arena, including service in public and private sector organizations. He has co-founded more than half a dozen companies, and he writes and speaks frequently about the intersection of technology, media, and communications. He is a graduate of American University where he is President of the Alumni Association and a member of the School of Public Affairs Advisory Council. Chip lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two sons.

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Posted by Chip Griffin on 10/01 at 07:56 AM
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FIR B2B Extra: How Spiceworks Breaks the Media Company Mold

FIR B2B

Founded in 2006, Spiceworks broke the mold in both the software and media businesses. The company gives away a valuable systems management software package and monetizes the business through its large and active community of information technology professionals. Sponsors can buy their own outposts in the community, as well as the usual assortment of advertising vehicles, but they’re also encouraged to sign up their own employees to participate in discussions along with the members. Salesmanship is strictly prohibited in discussions and technical exchanges, and the staff at Spiceworks constantly coaches its marketing clients in how to be better community members.

Paul attended the annual Spiceworld conference in Austin last week and caught up with Spiceworks co-founder and COO Jay Hallberg for an update on the community and some tips on how marketers can build relationships with Spiceworks’ 3.2 million members.

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Paul GillinPaul Gillin is a veteran technology journalist and a thought leader in new media. Since 2005, he has advised marketers and business executives on strategies to optimize their use of social media and online channels to reach buyers cost-effectively. He is the author or co-author of five books, including Social Marketing to the Business Customer (2011), the first book devoted entirely to B2B social media marketing. He is also a social media trainer and coach at Profitecture, a training firm for B2B companies and their channel partners.

Allan SchoenbergAllan Schoenberg is based Vice President, Corporate Public Relations and Communications at TIAA-CREF in New York. As part of the firm’s Enterprise Communications team within Marketing, this role helps the team drive firm-wide corporate communications, employee communications, reputation and crises management, social media, CEO positioning and public policy communications. He has more than 20 years of experience in B2B communications, including his work for Accenture, Edelman Worldwide, Fleishman Hillard and CME Group..

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Posted by Paul Gillin on 10/01 at 06:01 AM
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Media Bullseye Roundtable 2014.15 with Guest Co-Host Jen Phillips

Media Bullseye Roundtable

In this episode of the Roundtable, I’m joined by Jen Phillips of 4L Strategies to discuss a variety of topics of interest to public relations and communications professionals.  Among the subjects we explore include:

—A look at different ways to measure success for advertising and public relations, based on a post about web analytics by Mark Story.

—A review of the merits of owned versus shared media, based on advice from Gary Vaynerchuk.

—A discussion of ethics in public relations and public affairs, based on a post about the “squishy grey line of ethics” by Gini Dietrich.


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Chip GriffinChip Griffin serves as CEO of CustomScoop, a media intelligence company he co-founded in 2000. CustomScoop provides a cloud-based subscription service that monitors, measures, and reports on traditional and social media coverage for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, public relations agencies, and small-to-medium sized enterprises. For two decades, Chip has worked in the public relations arena, including service in public and private sector organizations. He has co-founded more than half a dozen companies, and he writes and speaks frequently about the intersection of technology, media, and communications. He is a graduate of American University where he is President of the Alumni Association and a member of the School of Public Affairs Advisory Council. Chip lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two sons.

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FIR’s Media Bullseye Roundtable is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years. Information: www.ragan.com.

Posted by Chip Griffin on 09/30 at 06:16 PM
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Monday, September 29, 2014

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #775: September 29, 2014

FIRNew show ‘Chats with Chip’ to premiere on the FIR Podcast Network;

Quick News: Why we’re more likely to remember content with images and video, Yahoo kills Yahoo, KitKat’s #Bendgate tweet has officially eclipsed Oreo’s Super Bowl win, Sobo is Vine for audio; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Is Ello a wakeup call or just another wannabe social network?; Dan York’s Tech Report: Ello, of course!, Facebook’s new “Atlas” ad platform, Known and IndieWeb, and more; the Apple iOS debacle, PR consequences and reputation damage; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; Igloo Software promo; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: Clay Shirky’s decision to ban laptops in the classroom - the implications go far beyond education; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network;

Music from Tab Spencer; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for September 22, 2014: A 91-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.

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So, until Monday October 6…

Posted by neville on 09/29 at 01:06 PM
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