2009

July

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #462: July 2, 2009

June

• Love social media releases or hate ‘em, they work

• HC+T Update: June 2009

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #461: June 29, 2009

• Cescenzo, Aase guest co-hosts on FIR this week

• One role for print: making dull messages stand out

• FIR Live #15: with Gary Vaynerchuk: June 26, 2009

• How the approval process needs to change

• Think tankers

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #460: June 25, 2009

• TSA wastes no time responding on its blog to critical news story

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #459: June 22, 2009

• Gary Vaynerchuk on the next FIR Live

• Public bodies can’t manage a Twitter account? WTF?

• The Palm Pre’s missed marketing opportunity

• Serendipity: A strength of print

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #458: June 18, 2009

• Beating the dead “who should own social media” horse

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #457: June 15, 2009

• My review of the Palm Pre

• Has social media affected suppliers to PR?

• The News Release in the Social Media Era: Shel Holtz’s IABC presentation

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #456: June 11, 2009

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #455: June 8, 2009

• Join Neville and Shel for FIR #455, live and in person

• What aspects of social media rate a large-scale research study?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #454: June 4, 2009

• A four-step strategic communication planning process

• “Deny-delay-defend” crisis strategy isn’t sound just because it comes from the legal department

• GM and social media: damned if you do, damned if you don’t (even if you do)

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #453: June 1, 2009

May

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #452: May 28, 2009

• Bold predictions on just plain hubris?

• Organic social media vs. marketing campaigns

• FIR Live #14: May 26, 2009—Lawyers and Communicators

• Deathwatch Case File #2: RSS

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #451: May 25, 2009

• Transparency webinar: Answers to your questions

• FIR listener dinner set for June 7 at Town Hall in SF

• Lawyers and communicators: Next on FIR Live

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #450: May 21, 2009

• Rebooting the Employee Communications Manifesto wiki

• The continuing need for professional journalism

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #449: May 18, 2009

• FIR Interview: Jason Goldberg, XING

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #448: May 14, 2009

• FIR Interview: Mathys van Abbe, Mobypicture

• Explain this, American Airlines

• FIR Cut: County official takes heat for offering social media job

• FIR Cut: IABC magazine offers three views of communication measurement

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #447: May 11, 2009

• FIR Cut: Can you explain Twitter in 140 characters or less?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #446: May 7, 2009The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #446: May 7

• The Influence of the Global FIR Community

• HC+T Update: May 2009

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #445: May 4, 2009

• The serendipity of the package

• Shel Holtz’s Crisis Communications Presentation at New Communications Forum 2009

• FIR Interview: Jeremiah Owyang, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #444: April 30, 2009

April

• Cluetrain thesis #4, a decade later: More real people are speaking for their businesses

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #443: April 27, 2009

• Win a free ticket to Somesso London 09

• FIR Live #13: April 25, 2009

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #442: April 23, 2009

• I don’t care if you were on Twitter before Oprah

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #441: April 20, 2009

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #440: April 16, 2009

• Domino’s update: Missteps and baby steps

• Two employees threaten pizza chain’s reputation

• FIR Live #13 set for April 25: Is social media monitoring critical or creepy?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #439: April 13, 2009

• Survey: What Do You Think of FIR?

• HC+T Update: April 2009

• Upcoming rock tour leads to evolution of print

• My podcasting travel rig

• What are you willing to barter in exchange for content?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #438: April 9, 2009

• Online Americans are redefining what it means to be entertained

• An open query to Robert Scoble

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #437: April 6, 2009

• Describe the Share Economy and win free entry to Next09

• IABC Chair Barb Gibson’s stand against New Zealand PR cuts is not misguided

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #436: April 2, 2009

March

• Choose: Free speech or medical care

• Defending the indefensible

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #435: March 30, 2009

• FIR Cut: Gartner Report on Newspapers and Social Media

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #434: March 26, 2009

• The spotlight shines on the kind of work PR people really do

• Twitter: Gateway to substantive content

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #433: March 23, 2009

• Mommy bloggers as media properties

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #432: March 19, 2009

• FIR Live #12: March 18, 2009

• Transparency, engagement, responsibility: Hospital exec Paul Levy is a role model for CEOs

• Real Time Chatterbox: Separating the bad candies from the Skittles

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #431: March 16, 2009

• Twitter to the rescue

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #430: March 12, 2009

• One-Man Bands: The Next Topic for FIR Live, March 18

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #429: March 9, 2009

• About that Skittles site? Let’s all take a deep breath…

• HC+T Update: March 2009

• IR blog makes IR history

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #428: March 5, 2009

• Why bother with a PR agency if you have an in-house staff?

• Democrats’ anti-Rush campaign: pandering or prudent?

• FIR Interview: Wendy Arnott and Steven Green on The Hive at TD Bank

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #427: March 2, 2009

February

• Too crunched for social media? Use it to save time

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #426: February 26, 2009

• Licensed or not, Public Relations is a profession

• Can an ad succeed even if it doesn’t generate sales?

• East Bay Social Media Breakfast: Great turnout, great feedback

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #425: February 23, 2009

• East Bay Social Media Breakfast: Feb.25 in Oakland

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #424: February 19, 2009

• There are communication jobs out there

• Ignoring new media could mean ignoring new markets

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #423: February 16, 2009

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #422: February 12, 2009

• Up to date in Kansas City

• Need flight information? Ask a fellow passenger

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #421: February 9, 2009

• Is your company about to miss the next communication trend?

• FIR Live #11: February 7, 2009

• Well done! 2009 IABC Chairman’s Award honoree: Neville Hobson, ABC

• Time got away from me

• FIR Interview: Lee Aase, The Mayo Clinic

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #420: February 5, 2009

• With Web 2.0 synonyms, everything old is new again

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #419: February 2, 2009

• Team building by terror

January

• HC+T Update: January 2009

• FIR Cut: Michael Netzley’s Asia Report from Episode #417

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #418: January 29, 2009

• Kindles, paperbacks, and beaches

• The time has come: Blogging is a business requirement

• FIR Cut: Social Software Round-up

• he Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #417: January 26, 2009

• Offline social networking

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #416: January 22, 2009

• FIR Interview: Jack O’Dwyer

• H&K’s time-lapse video of Wikipedia Flight 1549 entry

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #415: January 19, 2009

• Split screen

• Julia Hood of PRWeek elevates internal communications’ importance

• FIR Interview: Martin Murray, Public Service New Hampshire

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #414: January 15, 2009

• What’s a comic book geek to do?

• The relevance of relevance

• Is there a market for your message?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #413: January 12, 2009

• Professional behavior results in an effective embargo

• FIR Cut: Wells Fargo Blog on Merger

• he Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #412: January 8, 2009

• When everyone has to have input

• Communication students need mentors; you can be one

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #411: January 5, 2009

• PR skills of the future

• Starting the Fifth Year of the FIR Podcasts

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #410: January 1, 2009

2008

December

• FIR Cuts from Episode #409

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #409: December 29, 2008

• Fairpoint Communications makes the case for Net Neutrality

• Lose your favorite service? Recreate it from scratch

• The future of the media embargo

• Using Ning for project management

• This time, the time might be right

• We’ve embraced social media. Why hasn’t everybody else?

• FIR Interview: Shashi Bellamkonda, Social Media Swami, Network Solutions

• FIR Cuts from Episode #408

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #408: December 22, 2008

• Live Twittering and the 140-character news cycle

• FIR Live Call-In Episode #10: December 19, 2008

• FIR Interview: Michael Cherenson, 2009-2010 Chair, PRSA

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #407: December 18, 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #406: December 15, 2008

• FIR Live panel discussion Dec 19 on Forrester’s corporate blogging report

• FIR Interview: Scott Monty, Head of Social Media, Ford Motor Company

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #405: December 11, 2008

• FIR Interview: Guillaume du Gardier, Ferrero

• Twitter query results: Least favorite corporate jargon

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #404: December 8, 2008

• FIR Interview: Bob Pearson, VP Communities and Conversations at Dell

• John Deveney on PR News Award

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #403: December 4, 2008

• Why MotrinMoms matters

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #402: December 1, 2008

• Twitter surges: Coming soon to an organization near you

November

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #401: November 27, 2008

• Death Watch Case File #1: Tangible Media

• FIR Interview: Chuck Hester, iContact, on tapping into the power of LinkedIn

• From Ford, a clinic on individual employee advocacy on behalf of his company

• FIR Cuts from Episode #400

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #400: November 24, 2008

• Another call for a blogger code of ethics

• PR is right for social media, but is it ready?

• Twitter serendipity

• Answers to webinar participant questions await your improvements

• Connecting to the Net in 1992

• A salvage plan for Detroit’s Big Three

• FIR Cut: Perspectives on the BNP members list leak

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #399: November 20, 2008

• Ten changes that could save print newspapers

• Why there will be no attention crash

• Tomorrow’s teleseminar

• Resources and thanks for my new book, “Tactical Transparency”

• HC+T Update: November 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #398: November 17, 2008

• Death watch

• When can I have one?

• FIR Cut: Random Twitter updates

• Live Blogging SNCR Research Symposium

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #397: November 13, 2008

• I’ll be on radio today: Listen in

• AIG’s executives: A confederacy of dunces

• FIR Interview: Martin Silman, AT&T, on Corporate Social Networking in Europe

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #396: November 10, 2008

• Let’s get social in Boston

• FIR Live Call-In Episode #9: November 7, 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #395: November 6, 2008

• Blogs bringing out our best

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #394: November 3, 2008

• Air(less) Canada

• The extent of the spam problem

• Take an intranet 2.0 survey

October

• FIR Interview: Paul Pendergrass, aka “Jack Flack,” blogger for the New York Times

• Nine tips for communicating layoffs

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #393: October 30, 2008

• Dangerous PR ideas

• How many execs really leave “to pursue other oportunities?”

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #392: October 27, 2008

• Word of mouth as a podcast promotion channel

• Speakers & Speeches: Social Media, Friend or Foe? - October 24, 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #391: October 23, 2008

• The first copy of Tactical Transparency

• Live panel discussion on the value of PR for startups set for November 7

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #390: October 20, 2008

• HC+T Update: October 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #389: October 16, 2008

• Live Blogging from Ragan-SAS Conference

• AIG should have stood up for itself in PR disaster

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #388: October 13, 2008

• Change is the ultimate measure of online influence

• FIR Interview: Dave Armon with Jim Fong on PR Newswire Study

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #387: October 9, 2008

• FIR Interview: Francois Gossieaux on “Tribalization of Business” study

• Dallas IABC targets new members with YouTube, CGM

• FIR Interview: Niall Cook on “Enterprise 2.0”

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #386: October 6, 2008

• The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #385: October 2, 2008

• Technology is a slave to me

• IBM’s Innovation Jam kicks off on Sunday

September

• The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #384: September 29, 2008

• Lessons for non-profits from the grass roots

• Research brief links engagement, business improvement to internal use of Web 2.0

• Two new media conferences for your consideration

• Yes, punctuation counts

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #383: September 25, 2008

• Win Conference Tickets in FIR Listener Contest

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #382: September 22, 2008

• Marriott blogs Pakistan devastation

• FIR Live Call-In Episode #8: September 20, 2008

• Roger D’Aprix on the skeptical workforce

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #381: September 18, 2008

• FIR Interview: A Conversation with Jane Rowe

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #380: September 15, 2008

• The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #379: September 11, 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report: Podcast #378: September 8, 2008

• Podcasting from the heart—with editing

• A misdirected email leads to a company crisis

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #377: September 4, 2008

• Inclusion: My choice for social media marketing best practice

• SNCR award deadline approaches

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #376: September 1, 2008

August

• Web 2.0 in the workplace

• I’m moderating comments

• IABC Heritage Region conference podcasts are up

• FIR Interview - Zembly CTO Todd Fast

• This is fresh?

• The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #375: August 28, 2008

• FIR Interview - Maggie Fox and Geoff Livingston, Part 2

• Despite diminished interest, Second Life keeps attracting business

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #374: August 25, 2008

• Christopher Barger at Ragan/eBay conference

• “Pitch me!” says blogger; “Sorry,” say PR reps

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #373: August 21, 2008

• My Ragan video interview on the GlennTilton.com website

• A devious new form of comment spam

• FIR Cut: Launch of Blogs.com

• FIR Cut: Searching by brand keywords on the rise

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #372: August 18, 2008

• Muddying transparency

• Don’t give Apple a pass

• FIR Cut: What should PR students be taught about social media?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #371: August 14, 2008

• Flash Quiz for PR people: What is a news release?

• Dell launches Digital Nomads, including a post by yours truly

• Newspapers cover murder trial via Twitter

• Next FIR live call-in show on August 23, focuses on internal communications

• What do you call a Twitter tease? Tweeteze? Tweeze?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #370: August 11, 2008

• Have a Coke and a pink slip

• Communication priorities

• No time for blogging

• Don’t get MAD, get good PR

• A list of social media resources

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #369: August 7, 2008

• Orchestrating social media: In business, somebody needs to do it

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #368: August 4, 2008

• NMRCast #18 - 08/01/08 - Discussion about impact of SEC announcement

• ExxonMobil situation shows “brandjacking” is for real

July

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #367: July 31, 2008

• Finally, an IABC chair dives into social media

• The peril and promise of Google’s Knol

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #366: July 28, 2008

• FIR Live Call-In Episode #7: July 26, 2008

• HC+T Update: July 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #365: July 24, 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #364: July 21, 2008

• FIR Interview - Maggie Fox and Geoff Livingston

• The future of newspapers (and the $100 I’m going to take from Jose Leal)

• Glen’s New York exprience

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #363: July 17, 2008

• Join Bryan Person and me for dinner on Monday, 7-21

• FIR Cut: HR and Corporate Social Networking

• FIR Cut: PR Jobs

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #362: July 14, 2008

• Don’t leave this voice mail

• FIR Interview - Peter Shankman of Help A Reporter Out

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #361: July 10, 2008

• FIR Interview: Al Comeaux, Sr. VP, Corporate Communications, Sabre Holdings

• Should Southwest blog its response to its latest controversy?

• FIR Interview: Robert Cox, president, Media Bloggers Association

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #360: July 7, 2008

• Tagged! How I keep track of most of it

• Awesome, dude

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #359: July 3, 2008

• Official blogger vs. just plain folks

• FIR Book Review - Groundswell: July 2, 2008

• LinkedIn in Plain English

• Non-threatening ways to get your company started with social media

June

• Word games with AP content

• Should Microsoft fight back?

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #358: June 30, 2008

• Speakers & Speeches: Social Networks and Business Communications - June 25, 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #357: June 26, 2008

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #356: June 23, 2008

• FIR Interview: PR Junction Podcast—Jon Hoel interviews Shel Holtz

• FIR Interview: Susanne Dirks, IBM, on the 2008 Global CEO Study

• Flickr tag for IABC conference: iabc08

• Does Times Square need protection from viruses?

• Social media and B-to-B: made for each other

• Using your Blackberry to shoot yourself in the foot

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #355: June 19, 2008

• Newsvetter: Another attempt to curtail PR spam

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #354: June 16, 2008

• Weighing legal counsel against other issues

• Who you gonna call? Expert or amateur?

• A productivity paradox

• The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #353: June 12, 2008

• The Social Media Release: What’s in a name?

• For Immediate Release: Special Live Call-In Show on PR Spam - 06/11/08

• Yes, Virginia, there is an audience

• Those Ohio University students must be good