by Debbie Weil | Dec 9, 2005 | In the News, Stuff, Uncategorized, Writing
SixApart co-founder and president Mena Trott made some interesting comments about blogging and civility at LesBlogs this week in Paris (Dec. 5-6, 2005). Then, while she was still on stage, she and an audience member exchanged some contentious words. Stick to your...
by Debbie Weil | Dec 1, 2005 | Fortune 500 Blogs, In the News, Stuff, Uncategorized
Kevin Holland (who is behind the long-running and effective ACCABuzz blog) has come up with a list of ten cool blogs either by or for associations. He tacked on five more must-reads and very kindly included BlogWrite (ahead of Boing Boing!). Kevin, VP Communications...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 30, 2005 | Events, In the News, Marketing, New New Things, Podcasting, Stuff, Uncategorized
Not surprisingly, WOMMA (Word of Mouth Marketing Association) has mastered the new marketing mix when it comes to promoting their next conference: a site, a blog, RSS feeds, podcasts, email updates and a companion e-newsletter all rolled up into one at...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 30, 2005 | CEO Bloggers, In the News, Stuff, Uncategorized
Does Your Company Belong in the Blogosphere? is the title of a solid article that was posted this week to Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge site. References all the usual suspects from GM’s Bob Lutz, to Boeing, Sun Microsystems, Jonathan...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 23, 2005 | Fortune 500 Blogs, In the News, Stuff, Uncategorized, Writing
More on this intriguing topic: should GM’s Fastlane blog, osensibly focused on products (i.e. cars), be talking about or making direct reference to the recent news that the #3 company on the Fortune 500 is planning another round of massive layoffs, etc. From...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 9, 2005 | CEO Bloggers, In the News, Stuff, Uncategorized, Writing
Provocative. A group of students in “Advanced Organizational Communication” at Northeastern University are penning a blog along with their professor and they’ve come up with a new way of describing a corporate blog:”Synthetic transparency...