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Chat #26: On crap communication and micro-Web2.0

The first podcast in over six months!
In this action-packed explosion of erudition Lee shares his experiences on a half-day workshop on Social Media, especially his view that business communicators suck at communicating.
Allan agrees, noting that the two best ways to prepare for a presentation are to:
1. Don’t work out and shape your presentation in Powerpoint; […]

Chat #25: Blogging code of conduct? Codswallop!!

In this no-holds-barred chat Allan and Lee ‘go to town’ on Tim O’Reilly’s proposed ‘Blogger Code of Conduct’.
They also announce they are ‘advertising free’ (although if you want to throw a few pennies their way to pimp your product they won’t object).
Along the way they erupt about Pensacola, eruditionize (?!) over Twitter and Jaiku, and give […]

Chat #24: On pimping, podcast recording and professionalism

Welcome to another global eruption of erudition!
00:39A word from our sponsors - GoToMeeting.com
01:58Your two intrepid intellects come clean that they are only into podcasting for the money. From the advertising revenue they receive they will be renting adjoining penthouse suites at a swanky hotel in New Orleans. Yes, they disclose exactly how much they have […]

Chat #23: On how Web2.0 is now ‘normal’ and consultancy ethics

Welcome
It’s been a while — and we knew you missed us so we came back!
In this cheeky chat we:

Craftily reference a YouTube video of Aussie satire show CNNNN
Let you know that GoToMeeting.com are our sponsors (and we think their product is great, too!)
Chat about Allan’s recent ‘off the grid’ experience over the Dec-Jan […]

Interview with Brad Bellaver

As part of a series of interviews with great internal communicators that I conducted for Deakin University, Brad Bellaver, currently the Internal Comms Supremo for Wells Fargo’s Technology Information Group, was kind enough to run the gauntlet of my ferocious interrogative style (hah!).
I’m not sure why this particular interview fell through a gap, but Deakin […]

Chat #22: On creativity, organization and the Draft

Welcome!
In this pre-Christmas, bumper edition of The Commscafe Chat you will find your two intrepid investigators of all things ‘Business Communication’ considering the following:
On organisation versus creativity :::Lee admits he is slightly more disorganized than most — he couldn’t even organise a drink in a brewery; Allan finds no difference in his output whether his […]

An interview with Peter Vogt

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Peter Vogt from eBay about internal communications.
Peter is the Director of Internal Communications for eBay and is responsible for communicating with eBay’s 11,000+ employees, personally running a team of 16 communicators worldwide. eBay stole him from Microsoft, where he was the Head of Internal Communications worldwide.
eBay has three […]

Chat #21: PhDs and Value-Based Fees - these are a few of our favourite things

In this exciting episode in the long-running soap opera that is Lee and Allan’s business life, Lee submits his PhD application and thanks Sallie Goetsch and Kami Huyse for their ideas; Lee will be researching the business PR opportunities of Second Life.
Allan extends warm congrats from the both of us to Shel & Neville (and […]

Interview with David Jones on employee communication

Lee was extremely fortunate to recently interview David Jones, MBF’s Head of Public Affairs.
MBF is Australia’s largest privately-owned health insurer, second in market share to the Government-owned Medibank Private.
Ross Monaghan over at the Deakin University PR pod/blog, themediapod.net, has just published the interview - and what a cracker of an interview it is, too!

“Gone are […]

Chat #20: Are we having an identity crisis?

In this week’s action-packed drama of global erudition, your favourite coffeeholics suffer an identity crisis.They also explain how they stop the earth from spinning off its axis and hurling itself into the sun, for which you may send expensive gifts and flowers in gratitude.
In a move designed to infuriate the Cashflow Accountant in the BetterComms […]