Posts tagged "Events"

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...

How to Help a Tiny Torah Scroll Kickstart An Article of Hope

"An Article of Hope" documents the power of the human spirit via the meeting of a tiny Torah scroll and the doomed space shuttle Columbia.

How to Help a Tiny Torah Scroll Kickstart An Article of Hope

A universal story for the Olympic Games

Change just one letter and it becomes a universal story. Reshared post from +Vic Gundotra This is how to tell a story. Congratulations to P&G on what I think is the best ad I’ve seen this year. Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell. See...

When Opportunity Knocks

Sometimes you learn the most when you least expect to. Shonali Burke reflects on lessons learned from the 2012 PRSA Counselors Academy.

When Opportunity Knocks

How to report Twitter hashtag spammers

One of the most useful features of Twitter for events like conferences and tweet chats is the hashtag. A hashtag – a keyword preceded by the ‘#’ symbol – enables conference-goers, the event organizer and anyone else interested in the event to see all tweets that include the hashtag. It enables anyone to listen to...

Tweet chat: Community engagement and other topics

If you’re a small or medium business and would like to hear what others’ experiences are with using social media effectively, and perhaps share your own experiences, the next Dell tweet chat is for you. Over the course of an hour on Tuesday April 24, starting at 8pm UK, I’ll be moderating discussion on Twitter...

FIR Speakers and Speeches: Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz on Building Community with Podcasting

Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz co-presented a session on the second day of Ragan Communications’ Public Relations and Social Media Summit at ING House in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on April 12, 2012. The session covered how a podcast can transform independent listeners into an engaged community. The presentation included audio clips of familiar FIR voices...

FIR tweetup in Amsterdam

This week, FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz (pictured l-r) will be in Amsterdam taking part in The 2012 International Social Media and PR Summit, organized by Ragan Communications, on April 11 and 12, 2012. It will be the first time that Shel and Neville have physically met up since 2009  – as you...

Does it really matter who owns social?

Last week, I asked “Who ‘owns’ social?” as part of my preparation for moderating a panel discussion with that title at The Social Customer 2012 conference that took place in London yesterday. The post attracted a handful of great comments from Adam Tinworth, Shel Holtz, David B. Thomas and David Terrar, each of whose views...

Top 3 Reasons to Have PR Support at Events

Trade shows, conferences and events are a key element for any corporate strategy. The associated networking and thought leadership opportunities are an important aspect of growing a business and establishing a solid industry reputation. However, in order to leverage such events to…

The Social Media Toolkit: a practical guide to social media for small businesses

It seems to me that everyone is trying to figure out the role of social media for their organization, whatever size it is. As more people become become more clued-up about the potential of what social media tools and channels can enable them them do – as well as not do – so the need...

Who do you think “owns social”?

Next week, I’m moderating a panel discussion at The Social Customer conference in London on this very topic. Some smart people will be on that panel: Katy Howell (Managing Director, Immediate Future); Nick Sharples (Corporate Communications Consultant), Martin Hill-Wilson (Brainfood Consulting), Aaron Stewart (Product Marketing Manager, KANA Software) From the event description: In most organisations,...