Rob’s blog
Digital gaffes, political and otherwise
Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz have been kind enough to run my audio comments in several editions of For Immediate Release, their outstanding podcast (subscription link) on the intersection of public relations and digital communications. Here's a transcript of my...
Put your blogging to good use: be a mentor in 2006
By way of Beth Kanter at the Net2 blog, a cool blog mentoring project from one Katy Pearce: Interested in developing the worldwide blogosphere? Like working with young people? We are looking for bloggers from around the world to be a blogging mentor for 1 week...
For bloggers, it’s a happy holiday
It's shaping up to be a shiny, happy holiday for all the excited girls and boys of the blogospheriverse. the official release of version 2.0 of their blogging software. They were going to allow us to open our presents a little early, naughty devils, but more mature...
WordPress Release Advisory System moves from “elevated” to “severe”
If that blogging geek in the next cubicle over seems a little more jumpy than usual, it may be because she's constantly checking to see if WordPress has released version 2.0 of their blogging software. News has reached the WordPress community that the release is...
Gaffe-o-Meter: this election has a “tilt” light
I spent the 2004 campaign in the belly of the beast (friendly beast, very comfortable belly, no complaints from this end), and I was able to pay only passing attention to the Revolutionary Moderation Gaffe-o-Meter. This time, though, it's my go-to place whenever I see...
Need help wiring your non-profit? NetSquared to the rescue!
For the past few months, I've been lucky enough to see an extraordinary project take shape: Net2 (pronounced "net squared"), a resource for non-profits that want to take their online presence to the next level: Through the immense possibilities of the Internet,...
The message movie leaves the theatre and hits the web
Samuel Goldwyn once famously answered criticism that his company's films lacked artistic merit with a biting, "Pictures are for entertainment. Messages should be delivered by Western Union." That's more or less where J. Kelly Nestruck stands, too, in a discussion of...
As the web changes public relations, what skills will you need?
If you're interested in how public relations practitioners have to change to deal with new online realities, I'd urge you to listen to today's podcast from For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report. (You can download the 35-megabyte MP3 directly, or subscribe...
Blogging and podcasting NDP campaigns
Several NDP campaigns are blogging, and at least one is podcasting - and I think that deserves some recognition. So this page is going to serve as a repository for the Web 2.0-enabled NDP candidates. I've almost certainly missed some, and others will probably launch...
Talk your way to stardom in Political Idol… or right here
Scott Piatkowski alerted me yesterday to CTV's contest, Political Idol: If you believe you have what it takes, here's how it works: Question Period viewers are asked to send in a minute-long written campaign speech on a topic of their choice to questionperiod@ctv.ca...
Paying attention to B.C.’s child deaths tragedy
Elsewhere in a discussion on the dearth of municipal blogging, some of us toss around the fact that bloggers usually don't do the kind of investigative legwork that reporters do, and can't break stories. Meet a vital exception: Paul Willcocks and his blog, Paying...
Stop me before I early-adopt again!
It's like they're trying to kill me. WordPress (the software that drives this site) has just released a public beta (testing) version. And tantalizingly, they've changed the version number from 1.6 to 2.0. Obviously, you don't need me to spell out what that implies in...
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
