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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Web [...]
Mumbai Terror & the Media Role of Twitter
Like many people, I have been following and trying to understand the vicious attacks by terrorists in Mumbai. On one hand, the militants have struck at India’s tourist and financial heart, and have focused on killing or taking hostage foreign visitors, including Americans, British and Israelis. On the other hand … why? There have been [...]
Twitter for Beginners
While I continue to wrestle personally with the obvious time demands of paying attention to Twitter, I am a big proponent of using Twitter to build their own respective groups of acquaintances who may share common interests. Twitter is an effective door-opener to meet new people, and to build our own level of awareness online. [...]
Focus, and Get Powerpoint Madness Under Control
While helping an association a few years ago to initiate a plan to attract more members, funders and media, I remember attending presentations where one SVP had Powerpoint presentations of as many as 80 slides, each slide containing more than 300 words and complex diagrams. Our eyes would glaze over. Neither she nor her audience [...]
User Manual for Twitter
I am a convert. I have come to realize the enormous potential of Twitter as an online social networking tool. Twitter can be of tremendous value to anyone who recognizes the importance of sharing information and networking online among other people on various topics. In fact, it’s only limited by our own imaginations. David Risley, [...]
Breaking News: Twitter Beats Mainstream Media
Today … Monday morning at JFK International Airport in New York – just eleven days since the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks – and a suspicious-looking package is seen at the airport’s Jet Blue terminal. TSA personnel examine the contents, and find two hand grenades. News was flashed around the world instantly, reported not by [...]
