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FedEx and Ketchum best practices in social media study released

An in-depth social media study conducted by FedEx and Ketchum of more than 60 well-known companies has found that significant changes are on the horizon for the way companies will use social media tools to communicate internally. The brands studied include Allstate, American Lung Association, AT&T, Bausch & Lomb, Booz & co, Cargill, CDW, Charles [...]

MIPTV in Cannes April 2010 the place to be this year #miptv

I’ve just seen the details for this year’s MIPTV to be held in Cannes April 12 – 16th. From the conference agenda – where else would you find Shine Group’s Elisabeth Murdoch and Joanna Shields, News Corp’s Jonathan Miller, Sky’s Jeremy Darroch to name just a few in the same room. MIP Digital kicks off [...]

Vodafone mobile internet campaign at Paddington station

I saw a very interesting outdoor campaign for Vodafone’s mobile internet at London’s Paddington station this week. You can see some more of the pictures here. Vodafone keep leading the way in promoting mobile internet with consumers – the other operators in the UK seem to be lagging in this regard.  The Vodafone campaign cleverly links various [...]

The geography of power – how communication has become a global currency and what it means for mobile advertising

I found a fascinating article in a recent edition of Newsweek called Emotional Connections. The article describes an installation at the New York Museum of Modern Art called New York Talk Exchange. Here, MIT have been provided with real time phone records from AT&T and they have a live map of the different connections happening [...]