Plug: Giovanni Rodriguez speaking at CPRS Toronto event

On November 7, Palette PR (my agency) and CPRS Toronto are pleased to present Giovanni Rodriguez, who will be at The Spoke Club in Toronto delivering a talk entitled, ‘Why We Call it Public Relations’ – PR and its role in social media.If you’re...

Wiki watch-out

I recently read about the Talk is Cheap social media ‘unconference’ for PR/communications practitioners, planned by Gary Schlee. It’s sounds like a great event, with the potential for lots of engaging face-to-face conversations. I’m looking...

Open-code-closed-culture

Joel Postman has written a insightful piece, which takes the blogging community to task for being ‘elitist’ (a virtual restricted membership club, with its own qualifications, rules and jargon) while purporting to be inclusive (hey come on, everybody join in the...

Time for a bloggervention

And I don’t mean blog-convention. Because what came out of the most recent one – the idea of a blogger’s union – is first of all hilarious as a joke but sheer idiocy as a concept.In case you hadn’t heard, it’s buzzing around the blogosphere and even MSM like AP and...

Abort the pool feed – there’s a new pool in town

Do you want to know what it’s like to be at a press conference nowadays? Have a gander at Robert Scoble’s point of view.It’s no longer about a company waiting for rapt attention or PR vying for control. It’s a new scenario with multiple...