It’s not every industry that gives away what would ordinarily be the key proprietary assets: source codes, communication protocols, content.
In the spirit of barcamps and podcamps before it, Jeremiah Owyang is offering to hold an impromptu trade-show-cum-unconference that defies the rules of trade shows. Instead of the vendors’ products and services being at the centre […]
There was a time when a public speaker could count on the attention of their audience.
Blackberries, wireless laptops, and other tools mean that you’re no longer in control of the environment you’re speaking in. Are you talking to a room full of conference-goers, or to all the readers of live bloggers and folks Twittering your […]
Outward-facing communication shouldn’t use jargon and inside jokes, but internally, the sky’s the limit.
For communication with and among employees, the use of nicknames, jargon and inside jokes is part of what bonds people together. Forcing the language to fit a preconceived notion of Strunk & White clarity can make work seem too much like work.
Relax […]
Slightly bloodied, but unbowed, Sarah Lacy won’t let a Twitterstorm get her down.
The Business Week columnist spent an uncomfortable interview/heckling session at the South by Southwest Interactive conference, but isn’t overly apologetic about the interview. Comments during and after the session on Twitter got pretty nasty. She says:
“But don’t blame Twitter. Social technologies are […]
Joe Williams knows how to tell a story. So much so that business people from all over North America pay thousands of dollars to sit with him in the desert outside Tucson, seeking that which cannot be defined.
The week-long corporate training sessions bump you up against Joe’s strategic thinking toolkit, his zen-like philosophical bent, and […]
Military language can be very impersonal. The army rep reports to the media about "incursions" and "assets" and "collateral damage" and a dozen other terms several sanitizing steps away from the brutality and boredom of armed conflict.
So it’s a relief to see Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff General Rick Hillier recognize the value of […]
There’s a better way.
That’s what the social media early adopters keep telling their counterparts in public relations and marketing.
Obviously, the message isn’t getting through to the brainiacs who keep churning out key messages, the same old news releases and following them up with pitches for things that aren’t news, to the wrong people, in the […]
I’m a frequent advocate of the heartfelt apology. But there are times when they may not be the best approach.
Take Dan Rather, who claims he was a puppet, dangled in front of the camera by manipulative TV producers, then pushed out of a prestigious job because of the fallout over the words placed in his […]
If you or someone you know is planning to start a new business, or has been in business for less than a year, take a look at the b5 media Business Channel’s contest.
Details about the Jump Start Your Business contest are on the TaxGirl blog, courtesy of our channel editor Kelly Phillips Erb.
With more than […]
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Written by Eric Eggertson [email] for b5media.
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