CommsCafe.com

Archives

Chat#9: Fringe people & feminine/masculine voice

Are bloggers “weirdos” on the fringe of society. Well, why not? Lee and Allan ramble at length on self-expression & creativity, inspired by John Wagner and Jeremy Wagstaff.
Cheryl Johnson asks Lee: “Do you think gender stereotypes of communication styles can be generalized to the entire workforce? and Are these styles influenced by national culture?” Allan […]

Chat #8: On creativity and ‘PR 2.0′

Brief show notes here, as Allan is currently fire-fighting for a client who has a crisis on their hands.
A discussion on creativity and ‘Web/PR2.0′ - useful terms or onanisms?
More details to follow
What do you think? Agree with us? Disagree? Drop your comments on this post, or send a Waxmail to ‘comments at commscafe dot com’.
Download […]

Chat# 7: Matt Simpson hijacks the café…

… but a Hopkins-Jenkins conversation has never been successfully hijacked.
Matt Simpson, soon-to-be graduate of Auburn University, drops in on Lee and Allan to throw out some questions about advertising and PR. Listen in to living proof that two old fogies can handle tough questioning with a fair amount of aplomb.
Major topic: when celebrity bloggers move […]

Ooops… our feed is no longer corrupted

Clever listeners noticed our feed went bad after yesterday’s show. Bad feed! Bad! But now we’ve smacked it a few times, and it seems to be back up now.

Chat#6: Lee and Allan’s Big Book Chat

Lee’s been to the bookstore & talks about his purchases, especially An Army of Davids, by Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit). Not to be outdone, Allan reviews his signed first edition of Blogging for Business, by our friend Shel Holtz and Ted Demopoulos (they also have a website for the book).
Other books, writers, magazines and blogs mentioned: […]

Chat#5: On telling stories & agency ethics

In today’s chat, Lee talks about Donna Papacosta’s recent post on why you must tell a story if you want to be memorable as a conference speaker. Allan amiably agrees until Lee says “but that’s not what you said a couple of weeks ago…”
Allan riffs on John Wagner’s recent posts about industry credibility. Allan believes […]

Chat #4: Allan reports on the IABC International Conf.

In today’s chat, Allan and Lee talk about some of the running themes of the IABC International Conference.

Social Media & Web 2.0: Communicators know about it, but want to know a lot more.
“Can I have a seat at the table?”: the perennial plea of communicators gets cold water thrown on it.
IABC leadership wants 20,000 members, […]