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- FIR #228: Rethinking Silos
Conventional wisdom argues that silos in business are bad, preventing knowledge and information from spreading beyond the silo's walls. When it comes to returning to work, proponents of all hands on deck in the office insist that remote work creates silos and all but eliminates the opportunity for chance encounters that lead to new ideas or shared knowledge. A new study from Harvard, which analyzed billions of employee emails from 2020 and 2021, found that silos did solidify but that the results were actually positive.
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13 min - Spin Sucks 183: What a Good Communications Plan Should Include
The communications plan is not an easy thing to accomplish, but it's made a lot easier when you know what to include. It's not just tactics, which is why Gini Dietrich outlines it all for you right here
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17 min - ALP 141: Defining your Ambition as an agency owner
In this episode, Chip and Gini discuss SAGA's AIM-GET Framework that starts with defining the owner's Ambition. They look at some questions to ask yourself as you seek to better specify the goals that your business needs to achieve for you in order to be successful and satisfying.
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27 min - FIR #227: DAOS and Crypto and Blockchain (Oh, My!)
- In February's long-form Hobson and Holtz Report, Neville and Shel spend more than half the show with news and commentary about a variety of Web3 elements, including the metaverse, NFTs, DAOs, cryptocurrency, and blockchain -- all of it from the perspective of the impact these fast-emerging technologies will have on public relations and organizational communication. In the first part of the episode, the focus is on three non-Web3 stories:
- How to make a good first digital impression
- The communication industry's responsibility for addressing non-binary and trans matters
- The UK's online safety law undergoing revisions to stamp out illegal content
In his Tech Report, Dan York reports on "static videos" becoming a thing on Instagram, a British band's protest against Spotify's algorithm, a Twitter test to send DMs by bypassing the DM button on your profile, Wired's review of the messaging app Telegram, the release of WordPress 5.9, and a new project Dan's working on.
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1 hr 39 min - FIR #226: The Metaverse Goes Corporate
Deloitte, the global consulting firm, has launched "Unlimited Reality," a practice designed to help clients "harness next-generation strategies, tools, and technologies to create and connect virtual worlds for industrial, workplace, enterprise, and consumer contexts." In other words, Deloitte wants companies to engage with them to find their way into the metaverse. Neville and Shel discuss what all this means and look at the role the metaverse is beginning to play for enterprises.
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14 min - FIR Interview: Three Whiskey’s Ben Myall on Anticipating Resistance
Three Whiskey conducted extensive research into online anti-vaccination sentiment, identifying distinct groups, all of whom are critical of vaccination campaigns. Based on this research, the agency posted recommendations for public health institutions to consider when introducing vaccination campaigns. This approach is repeatable in other campaigns in which a group digs in its heels in opposition to the recommended course of action, vocally opposing the initiative. In this FIR Interview, Neville and Shel talk with Ben about the research and its application to marketing planning and execution.
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33 min - FIR #225: Bait and Switch
As interviewing job candidates switched from in-person to video during the pandemic, some candidates have been paying shills to stand in for them. Others have shelled out money to be fed answers to interviewers' questions. Neville and Shel dive into one case of a job candidate who had someone else interview on his behalf and discuss ways to detect this unique and baffling new fraud.
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12 min - Spin Sucks 182: It’s a Small World – Choose Your Words Carefully
In this episode, Gini Dietrich reflects on a powerful lesson learned: you never know who you’ll run into at any point in your life, so behave appropriately and choose your words carefully.
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12 min - CWC 80: Growing an influencer marketing agency (featuring Jess Phillips and Dylan Conroy)
In this episode of Chats with Chip, Jessica Phillips, CEO/Founder of The Social Standard, and that agency's Chief Revenue Officer, Dylan Conroy, discuss their approach to growing the business.
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33 min - ALP 140: Should you force employees to take time off?
Many agency employees feel overworked, yet it can be difficult to convince them to take a vacation from time to time.
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