FIR Interviews

This interview is the first in a series produced during a full-day workshop on podcasting for organizational communicators. The FIR Podcast Network's Shel Holtz leads these worksho...

Members of the Arthur W. Page Society -- the professional association for senior PR and corporate communication executives -- have been busy. Following the 2007 release of "The Aut...

Chris McGrath, co-founder of intranet company ThoughtFarmer, saw the the rise of chatbots coming and recognized the potential for chatbots in the enterprise. He is readying the lau...

Alabama News Center looks like a well-executed news site. It should; the staff at Alabama Power works hard to make sure the site delivers "the news and information that matter most...

As search has evolved, practitioners of public relations and search-engine optimization (SEO) technicians have frequently founds themselves at odds with one another. Both are taske...

Josh Bernoff is on a mission: Rid the world of bullshit in business writing. Since leaving his job as a senior vice president and analyst at Forrester Research, where he worked for...

As a profession, Human Resources has been transforming from a transaction-focused activity (benefits, compensation, etc.) to a more strategic business partner. In that role, HR is ...

Inspired by news video innovators NowThis and AJ+ -- along with the employee-focused Paypal in 90 Seconds  -- Peter Vogt, global head of Employee Communications and Experience for ...

Snapchat wasn't made for internal communications but that doesn't mean it can't be used for that purpose. At the MediaMath New Marketing Institute, employees are sharing content bo...

In this FIR interview, Shel Holtz talks with Jeff Corbin, CEO of APPrise Mobile, about the origins of the company, how communicators can use branded communication apps, and what's ...

While some brands are making waves with their Snapchat campaigns (some of which can cost millions of dollars), most are holding back. Some experts are discouraging its use because ...

In this episode of Chats with Chip, Karen Swim, President of SoloPR Pro and Words For Hire, joined me in discussing a wide range of issues related to independent public relations p...