The US is pulling back from Haiti and reducing the number of military on the ground and the sea. The Haitians are critical of that step. They need help. On the other hand, if the US stays too long, the Haitians will be uncomfortable that the US is acting like an imperial power. What is […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Logging into Twitter over the last few days, users are being prompted to update their profiles. According to the AP, Twitter is encouraging people to allow their e-mail addresses and mobile phone numbers to be included in the service’s search index. Let’s be honest, this is more of a Twitter acquisition strategy than a Twitter […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Funny take on the effectiveness of the PR embargo (adult language warning)… ShareThis Tweet This Post
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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PR practitioners have enough to worry about in crises, but here is another headache — people taking video of a dying workers and posting it on YouTube. It is an invasion of privacy that is becoming more common, now that camera phones are ubiquitous. It is likely that the individuals who take the shots aren’t […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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There’s no question that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has hit the mainstream for companies of all sizes. The last five years have seen an explosion of interest in CSR (or Corporate Citizenship), driven by our changing society, pressure from employees, interest from customers and often a company’s own desire to have a positive impact. While […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Facebook innovations continue as the popular social media platform tries to maintain its lead over other online destinations. Competition is a healthy motivator based on all of the recent Facebook news, including a redesign, more granular privacy controls and eliminating application notifications. More recently, Facebook announced eCommerce plans as well as a new ShareThis capability […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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With shrinking in the mainstream media, PR practitioners who relied on journalists to get messages out are now faced with going directly to target audiences. This raises several issues of the function of mainstream media and the tasks that PR takes over. This essay discusses both and points out that PR has undertaken a significant […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Partly in response to my post about the growing importance of appropriate communications on a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, the Textifying blog over at Arizona State University (sorry there’s no bio page and the post was written by ‘tburns’ – and I tried to leave a comment but couldn’t) published a post entitled: […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Blogwell is winding through Cincinnati on April 7th and Cincinnati Social Media is proud to be partnering with them on the event. According to the folks from GasPedal and Social Media Business Council: Duke Energy, AT&T, Hilton Worldwide, Tyson, Dell, Procter & Gamble, General Mills, and Rogers Communications share case studies in corporate social media. […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Mexico used to be a place people wanted to visit. Not anymore. Not with flagrant murders of consulates and others. Now there are cities through which one dare not pass and sections of the country that are risky to traverse. Mexico realizes its reputation has been deeply wounded, but it hasn’t been able to stop […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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