All Entries Tagged With: "Twitter"
The Image of Neda
Nothing has been more profound, in my opinion, than watching video of a young woman named Neda die on the streets of Tehran yesterday. According to reports, she was shot by a police sniper while standing with her father, watching protesters.
Witnessing the Media’s Seismic Change
Just to get an idea of how important Twitter has become as a news source during the current election crisis in Iran, the United States State Department today asked executives of Twitter to postpone maintenance that was scheduled today for the site.
Twitter: News Media of Choice
If you watched most cable TV news channels (and completely dismiss local news) the last couple of days, you would see only shallow coverage or mention of the explosive situation in Iran following the questionable “re-election” of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
10 Twitter Tips for the Workplace
Among the rash of tips about online social media, this piece by Carolyn Duffy Marsan of Network World is outstanding, and clearly the best in my book. She knows what she’s talking about, and provides a wealth of links to back-up her examples.
Carolyn has graciously given permission for me to excerpt her 10 Twitter Tips [...]
Bring Authenticity/Audience Perception to Social Media
Even though we only have 140 characters on Twitter to express ourselves, I’ve always been impressed by Mary Cullen’s mini-blogs. As a leadership professional, she expresses herself clearly. I listen, and I know where she stands. So, I asked Mary – President of Princeton-based Instructional Solutions – to be a guest blogger here:
We have entered [...]
Jump-Start Your Twitter
Get into a conversation these days with just about anyone – client, journalist, talk show host and friends – and the topic inevitably turns to Twitter. Leave MySpace to kids; Twitter is appealing to grown-ups, many of whom are seeking to expand their network of contacts in challenging economic times.
I am asked – as if [...]
Social Media Crisis Continues, Unabated
The Ketchum Public Relations/FedEx “Twitter issue” continues to spread on the Internet through blogs and online social media sites, like wildfire.
My initial posting on the story – which I believe is the first example of crisis communications in the social media environment – is now appearing in numerous member blogs of the IABC (International Association [...]
The Take-Away
Clearly, my posts on this blog over the last couple of days have drawn a lot of attention and comment. Let me today express my perspective and opinion.
We have just entered a new era in the United States where a leader, our new President, has called for principled behavior, and an end to the partisanship [...]
The Ketchum-FedEx-Twitter Saga Continues
The purpose of this posting is to pull back the veil, and attempt to get added perspective on what may have developed as one of the first, if not the first, examples of crisis communications in today’s new and evolving online Web 2.0 social media world.
Last evening, there were so many visitors to this blog [...]
Twitter’s Lack of Transparency, Leadership
Twitter, the popular online mini-blogging service, is in serious, deep PR trouble that has the potential of cratering the online company’s value. It is all self-inflicted, I believe, due to the company’s own arrogance and lack of respect or understanding for transparency and openness.
I just returned home to D.C. after a series of lectures and [...]
Mainstream Media Tries to Wake Up
It’s so interesting to watch how some of the mainstream news media has suddenly awakened to the fact that many people today are getting their news through other sources online, rather than from newspapers, radio and television, including cable TV news. And, mainstream media is quickly trying to figure out how to get on-board [...]
