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For Immediate Release Podcast

For Immediate Release is co-hosted by Neville Hobson, based in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Shel Holtz, based in Concord, California, USA. Hobson and Holtz are two seasoned communications professionals who believe they have something to say.

FIR #363: Managers' Most Important Communication Role

15 mins; November 02, 2023

FIR #363: Is the Israel-Hamas war a Communications No-Win Situation?

92 hours 5 mins; October 29, 2023

FIR #362: Why Did Pebble Sink?

24 mins; October 27, 2023

FIR #361: Is There a Seat at the Table in Corporate Communication's Future?

14 mins; October 25, 2023

Circle of Fellows #97: Global Diversity Awareness

60 hours 12 mins; October 20, 2023

FIR #360: Your AI Chatbot Confidant

14 mins; October 18, 2023

FIR #359: Your New AI BFF

18 mins; October 13, 2023

FIR #358: EY Introduces AI

16 mins; October 05, 2023

FIR #357: A Status Report on AI and PR

80 hours 15 mins; September 30, 2023

Circle of Fellows #96: Leadership in Communication

59 mins; September 30, 2023

EE Voice Episode 71

27 mins; September 28, 2023

FIR #356: The Long Arc of Network Disruption

18 mins; September 27, 2023

FIR #355: The Future for Hashtags

7 mins; September 25, 2023

FIR #354: Law and PR Combine to Protect Reputations

5 mins; September 14, 2023

FIR #353: Blogging in the AI Era

24 mins; September 07, 2023

FIR #352: AI and Elections -- Should We Panic?

16 mins; September 05, 2023

FIR #351: No Such Thing As Peak Podcast

20 mins; August 30, 2023

FIR #350: Success Breeds Imitation

18 mins; August 23, 2023

FIR #349: Marketing's Pity Party

88 hours 19 mins; August 19, 2023

Circle of Fellows #95: From Meh to Marvelous

60 hours 55 mins; August 18, 2023

FIR #348: The Consequences of AI Panic

14 mins; August 17, 2023

FIR #347: Digital Media, Star Power, and Wrexham

14 mins; August 15, 2023

FIR #346: The Daily Me, Video Edition

15 mins; August 03, 2023

FIR #345: Sources of Information

21 mins; August 01, 2023

FIR #344: Sloganeering with AI

78 hours 53 mins; July 23, 2023

Circle of Fellows #94: Staying Ahead of the AI Curve

61 hours 1 min; July 21, 2023

FIR #343: Employees Caught in Activism's Crossfire

19 mins; July 20, 2023

FIR #342: Pulling at Thread's Seams

20 mins; July 18, 2023

FIR Interviews: Bob Dilenschneider

27 mins; July 14, 2023

FIR #341: Influencers Amuck

17 mins; July 07, 2023

FIR 340: Will AI Destroy the Web?

18 mins; June 28, 2023

FIR #339: Still Virtual After All These Years

99 hours 59 mins; June 17, 2023

FIR Interview: Allen Schoenberg on His New Job, Twitter, AI, and More

27 mins; June 16, 2023

FIR #338: Adding Activism to PR

16 mins; June 14, 2023

FIR #337: Is It All Over for Influencers?

16 mins; June 08, 2023

FIR #336: Trust, Likability, and Confirmation Bias

19 mins; May 31, 2023

FIR #335: BBC Fires a Shot in the Disnformation War

18 mins; May 24, 2023

FIR #334: Employees Really Do Hate Change

98 hours 42 mins; May 21, 2023

Circle of Fellows #92: Communicating Wellness in the Workplace

59 mins; May 19, 2023

FIR #333: When to Disclose That You've Used AI

19 mins; May 18, 2023

FIR #332: Wikipedia Editors in Tug-of-War Over AI-Authored Entries

20 mins; May 10, 2023

FIR #331: AI Completes Tasks and Raises Fears

20 mins; May 03, 2023

FIR Interview: Jeremiah Owyang on Artificial Intelligence

27 mins; April 28, 2023

FIR #330: Help Wanted: AI Prompt Engineer

18 mins; April 28, 2023

FIR #329: Post Once, Socialize Everywhere

96 hours 21 mins; April 22, 2023

FIR #329: Post Once, Socialize Everywhere

96 hours 21 mins; April 22, 2023

Circle of Fellows #91: Crisis Communications

60 hours 49 mins; April 20, 2023

FIR #328: What's In Your Crypto Wallet?

15 mins; April 14, 2023

FIR #327: Laid Off In The Confort Of Your Own Home

19 mins; April 11, 2023

FIR #326: The (Metaverse) Winter Of Our Discontent

17 mins; April 07, 2023

FIR Interview: PRophet Founder and CEO Aaron Kwittken

33 mins; April 05, 2023

EE Voice Episode 70

23 mins; April 03, 2023

FIR #325: Making AI-Generated Brand Magic

13 mins; March 28, 2023

FIR #324: Pitching Proprietary Content

11 mins; March 21, 2023

FIR #323: Outright Theft Or Fair Use?

99 hours 40 mins; March 19, 2023

Circle of Fellows #90: Communicating Change

60 hours 56 mins; March 16, 2023

EE Voice Episode 69

28 mins; March 13, 2023

FIR #322: If Not Twitter, Then Where?

20 mins; March 09, 2023

FIR B2B #158: Anna Griffin on Marketing in Uncertain Times

19 mins; March 06, 2023

FIR #321: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Crisis Comms

19 mins; March 03, 2023

FIR #320: The Chorebots of 2033

21 mins; February 28, 2023

FIR #319: Return to Work Damages Productivity and Engagement

17 mins; February 23, 2023

FIR #318: AI, Mastodon, the Metaverse -- Headlines Vs. Reality

109 hours 57 mins; February 19, 2023

Circle of Fellows #89: At the Crossroads of Counsel and Ethics

60 hours 32 mins; February 16, 2023

FIR #317: The Rise of the De-Influencer

13 mins; February 15, 2023

FIR #316: Back to Blogging

18 mins; February 12, 2023

FIR #315: Does Every Company Need a CCO?

16 mins; February 08, 2023

FIR #314: Show Or Tell?

13 mins; February 02, 2023

EE Voice Episode 68

28 mins; January 30, 2023

FIR #313: Will Gen Z Finally Kill Email?

18 mins; January 25, 2023

Circle of Fellows #88: The Global Communications Certification

60 hours 1 min; January 23, 2023

FIR #312: The Social Media Press Release Redux

96 hours 21 mins; January 22, 2023

FIR #311: What Communicators Can Learn From Librarians

12 mins; January 19, 2023

FIR #310: Shake Up Your Work-From-Home Routine

16 mins; January 18, 2023

EE Voice Episode 67

29 mins; January 12, 2023

FIR #309: Measuring Stuff That Didn't Happen

17 mins; January 12, 2023

FIR #308: Here Come Virtual Workers

19 mins; January 05, 2023

FIR #307: We'll Pay You For Your Work...In A Year

15 mins; January 03, 2023

FIR #306: Brand Name Pronunciation as a Marketing Ploy

16 mins; December 29, 2022

FIR #305: We See You And You Can't Come In

85 hours 47 mins; December 24, 2022

FIR #304: Reaching Employees Through Social Media

16 mins; December 23, 2022

EE Voice Episode 66

16 mins; December 21, 2022

FIR #303: The Quest for a Twitter Alternative

20 mins; December 20, 2022

Circle of Fellows #87: Year-End Reflections

62 hours 20 mins; December 19, 2022

FIR #302: Blockchain's Widely Exaggerated Demise

17 mins; December 13, 2022

FIR #301: A Communicator's Look at ChatGPT

17 mins; December 08, 2022

EE Voice Episode 65

31 mins; December 03, 2022

FIR #300: Communicating Pay Transparency

12 mins; November 22, 2022

FIR #299: From the Fediverse to the Metaverse and Back Again

106 hours 13 mins; November 20, 2022

Circle of Fellows #86: Brands and Branding

60 hours 6 mins; November 18, 2022

FIR #298: Social Listening in a Post-Twitter World

17 mins; November 17, 2022

FIR #297: A Stirling Example of Augmented Reality

12 mins; November 15, 2022

FIR #296: What Elon Musk Can Learn From Patrick Collinson

17 mins; November 09, 2022

EE Voice Episode 64

22 mins; November 07, 2022

FIR #295: The Value-Add Potential of NFTs

8 mins; November 03, 2022

FIR #294: What Hath Elon Wrought?

13 mins; November 01, 2022

FIR #293: Big Changes at Wikipedia

15 mins; October 27, 2022

FIR #292: The Sure and Steady Evolution of NFTs

15 mins; October 26, 2022

Circle of Fellows #85: So You Want to Be A Consultant

62 hours 6 mins; October 21, 2022

FIR #291: Adding AI to Applications

13 mins; October 20, 2022

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