As has been my tradition for a while now, I like to start off on January 1 writing about my "three words" that represent my aspirations for the year ahead. (See my 2015 three words and also earlier years.) So here we go for 2016… STRATEGY I’ve found myself quite "busy" this past year, but the question is whether I’ve been "busy" with the right things. And more to the point – has there been a reason for some of the things I’ve been doing. Not that you absolutely NEED a reason for everything… but we live in an age…
Dec 26
TDYR 278 – An Example Of My Weekly FIR Podcast Reports
For the past 10 years I have contributed a weekly report into the “For Immediate Release” podcast (a.k.a. “FIR”) focusing on technology and PR / social media. In this TDYR episode, I provide some context and then include the 6-minute report I contribut…
Dec 21
Talko’s Purchase By Microsoft Shows The Challenge Of The Directory Dilemma
Today Microsoft announced that they acquired the technology of Talko, a communication app created by Ray Ozzie and launched back in September 2014. Fortune has an article on the acquistion, as do a good number of other media sites. After…
Dec 17
Deadline of Dec 21 To Submit Nominations for 2016 Internet Society Board of Trustees (Featured Blog)
Are you passionate about preserving the global, open Internet? Do you want to help guide work to connect the unconnected and promote / restore trust in the Internet? Do you have experience in Internet standards, development or public policy? If so, ple…
Dec 16
ISOC At WSIS+10 Day 2: Kathy Brown Speech, Access Side Event, Cybersecurity Sessions
On this second day of the 10-year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (a.k.a “WSIS+10”) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York our focus is on the main plenary session where our President and CEO, Kathy Brown, will be one of only 10 speakers from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society and industry to address the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Here’s what the day looks like:
Our Schedule Today
At some point today, Kathy will be addressing the UNGA. We don’t know precisely when, though. She is the 82nd speaker on the list of speakers and we anticipate it will be sometime between 3 and 4 pm New York time (UTC-5). You can watch all of the sessions on “UN Web TV” at:
Dan York
Dec 15
ISOC At WSIS+10, Day 1: Women’s Empowerment and Building on WSIS+10
Today marks the official start of the 10-year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (a.k.a “WSIS+10”) here in New York at the United Nations Headquarters. All year long our policy activities have been building toward this event, and as …
Dec 14
For Immediate Release #13: The Robots are Coming
Welcome to episode #13 of For Immediate Release. This week’s panel includes Paul Gillin, a speaker, author, and consultant specializing in social media for B2B companies; Phil Gomes, senior vice president at Edelman working in B2B Digital, advanced community engagement, and special situations; and Heidi Miller, a content marketing specialist and chief conversation officer at Spoken Communications, a cloud-based contact-center-as-a-service provider. Topics include social media predictions and video predictions for 2016, the evolution of punctuation in text messaging, Reuters’ ban of RAW image files, a look at the best native advertising of 2015, and more.
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Dec 07
For Immediate Release #12: Is PR a bad word?
Welcome to episode #12 of For Immediate Release. This week’s panel includes Deirdre Breakridge, CEO of Pure Performance Communications, speaker, and author of multiple books; Neville Hobson, former co-host of this very podcast, blogger, and independent consultant; and Eric Schwartzman, CEO of Comply Socially, podcaster, and consultant. Topics this week include the viability of including PR in an agency name, the state of creativity in PR (and what “creativity” might mean), whether podcasting is right for brands in the wake of GE’s success with The Message, and a host of other timely topics.
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