Archive for the ‘Media Ethics’ Category
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
If you follow the PR blogosphere closely you would have read a lot of blah blah about PR ‘blacklists’ recently. If you don’t follow it closely, in this case you’ve missed very little of note.Who spammed who, what list or directory was at the core of it, bloggers overreacting to ...
Posted in Blogging, Issues Management, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Relations, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 15 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
***WANKER ALERT***
This week I've been lucky to be able to share some opinion about my online work and play in the mainstream media, and I'm left feeling damn lucky I work at Converseon because these opportunities wouldn't exist in many other places.
Yesterday afternoon I was a guest on FOX Business ...
Posted in Blogging, Converseon, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Relations, Online PR, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 8 Comments »
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
This weekend’s UGA Connect Conference was truly a great time. The students did a superb job covering the event so check out the content at the conference blog and Twitter and all the photos on Flickr.
As always, I loved having the opportunity to speak. I was presenting a case study ...
Posted in Blogging, Event Management, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Second Life, Students, Twitter, Workplace Issues, word of mouth, writing | 8 Comments »
Friday, October 19th, 2007
At Podcamp Boston on October 28 I'm presenting with Christi Eubanks and Mike Denton on Reputation Management for Digital Natives - and we need your help.
There has been a lot of talk about young people potentially harming their reputation online - along with many case studies. Digital Natives will be ...
Posted in Blogging, Event Management, Issues Management, Media Ethics, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 27 Comments »
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
This is why I love the blogosphere. Some brilliant discussion today raising a heap of questions about what it means to be a young person in the media industry: What's the balance between self confidence and humility? If you don't have much on -the-job experience does this discount your ...
Posted in Blogging, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Ownership, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Students, Twitter, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 30 Comments »
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
It is so easy to fake something online that many people can't resist the temptation, but at the same time it is never possible to keep that lie hidden for long. And every time there is another case of web deception uncovered, every online communicator in the takes a hit.
Last ...
Posted in Anti-Astroturfing, Humour, Issues Management, Media Ethics, Online PR | 12 Comments »
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Update: To see the results of the Second Chance Trees Campaign (including MSM attention from CNN) check out my post on the Converseon blog.Â
Disclosure: I've written this post about a work project that I happen to have a lot of belief in. In writing it, I hope you will visit ...
Posted in Blogging, Event Management, Media Ethics, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Second Life, Students, Workplace Issues | 6 Comments »
Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Video from all the sessions of the AlwaysOn Conference are now available - here's the link.
There's some great content there, but far and away the most interesting panel is 'Can Brands Get Away with Buzz Marketing in the Blogosphere'. Jeff Jarvis, David Weinberger, Edelman's Rick Murray, Gordon Gold  (CEO This Next) and Porter ...
Posted in Blogging, Event Management, Media Ethics, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students | 6 Comments »
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
And some advice from me: Read Camus (start with The Stranger or The Plague) - he will change the way you look at life.
Posted in Media Ethics, Online PR | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Britain's CIPR has drafted some social media guidelines for consultation, with a view to updating their code of ethics. Kudos to them - they're proving to be the most receptive of the professional communications bodies.
Here is the draft pdf - it's a good read, if you read this paper and listen to Edelman's ...
Posted in Anti-Astroturfing, Media Ethics, Online PR | 3 Comments »
