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“Manage Multiple Content Streams Like Monster.com” at PRSA Digital Impact

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

The original version of this piece appeared in Voce Nation, the blog by Voce Communications, a Porter Novelli Company At PRSA's Digital Impact Conference at the beginning of April, our (Voce's) Monster.com client, Kathy O'Reilly, and I were honored to be asked to speak about how we manage Monster's social media publishing ...

PR Doesn’t Need To Be Objective – Just Ethical

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

There has been a lot of talk, much of it oblique, about public relations and objectivity- or the lack of it. Much of the most recent talk has stemmed from an active effort to relieve the long-time ban on corporate and agency PR agent participation in wikipedia edits, leading to ...

TEST POST I’m the Mayor of Voce’s Winter Haven Office

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Checking me in? I don't think so. I commit my own checkins. Word. ShareScreen shot 2011-12-02 at 9.40.45 AMdoughaslamFri, Dec 02 2011 09:52:53This is more like itShare“I just ousted @whitneygonzalez as the mayor of Voce Communications on @foursquare! 4sq.com/mRQuG1Doug HaslamFri, Dec 02 2011 09:36:59ReplyRetweetShare“@DougH congrats! You clearly are here more ...

Don’t subscribe to my Posterous

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

I used it as a way to post easily via mobile, and a way-station for photos and other mobile content. It's too easy to put stuff where I really want it now, so while I'm not cloosing this account I find it uch less useful, for now. So whatever ...

Social Media: From Status to Stories, We’re Entering a Whole New World of Shiny

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

I am newly tempted to rename this blog "The Long View" because I find it painful to see people get whiplash as they turn to see the new shiny objects of social media whip by. I wonder if I get tagged as an angry nerd (ok, I have) for not ...

OK- So Here’s What’s Happening

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

OK, so here's what's happening: We hear noises, and it sounds like a mouse, but I don't want it to be a mouse. I want it to be the fridge, even though that would be much more expensive. Actually, it sounds like a mouse that has gained the ability to use ...

Go Ahead, Attack Each Other Online (from PodCamp Boston)

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

Podcamp Boston 6 is in the can- I can't believe there have been 6 (the first occurring on the fall of 2006). As someone involved in each of these PodCamps in some form (I'm going to be like one of those old guys who has been to every SuperBowl) I ...

Social Media Top 5: Dammit, I’m Writing About Google Plus

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Flickr photo by Bert23"][/caption] I'm trying not to write "just another blog post about Google Plus," as there has been a lot of crap and good stuff on this here Internet that is hard to ignore. However, I have had some time to think about it, and ...

Remember when people used to post on their blog just to say they were taking a week off?

Friday, July 1st, 2011

I always found that obnoxious and unnecessary. Have a great 4th of July weekend everyone

Social Media Top 5: Through Being Awesome, Content Quality & My Checkins Are Interesting

Monday, June 20th, 2011

One: OK, You're Awesome- Now Get to Work We hear a lot in the social media world about being "awesome." some of the people who espouse this are great friends, others are simply well-known within our little industry. I'm all for building up our confidence with supportive epithets like this, ...