Posted on August 30, 2006 by Luke Armour
In an display of excellent (read: unconscionable) communication skills, RadioShack recently followed through with its plans to dismiss 400 people at their Fort Worth headquarters WITH AN EMAIL.
ABC News (link) writes “Employees at the Fort Worth headquarters received an e-mail Tuesday morning telling them they were being dismissed immediately.”
No doubt internal communicator pundits (Shel, Ron, [...]
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Posted on August 24, 2006 by Luke Armour
I’ve posted before (actually here and on Forward) about the supposed demise of newspapers. I didn’t buy it.
Even Harold Burson said that PR should be so lucky to be in the shoes of the newspaper industry.
But I don’t know…
Sure, this isn’t a surprise to anyone. But as someone recently involved in media relations as part [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2006 by Luke Armour
I think most PR professionals would agree that PR is best as a long-term strategic plan. I know there are quick and dirty ways to do certain aspects of PR. Publicity springs to mind, as well as developing a crisis communication message for a client who calls in a panic.
But it’s best when it’s done [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2006 by Luke Armour
Why doesn’t my blog spell checker recognize the words:
blog
blogger
blogs
blogging
podcast
podcasting
podcaster
Social media my eye, there’s nothing social about these programs, they don’t even recognize each other!
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Posted on August 8, 2006 by Luke Armour
Huh. Here’s the press release.
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Posted on August 4, 2006 by Luke Armour
Oh, the laughter one can find on the web. Today’s frivolity comes from the across the pond in Ireland with Tom Raftery. I love Tom’s Podleaders – Thought Leaders podcast for so many reasons. He interviews some of social media’s brightest bulbs as well as the web’s newest stars. Plus, he’s got that wicked cool [...]
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