Monthly Archives: December 2011

Tech Industry: It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me

In one of Billy Joel’s hit songs from the 80s, he jabs the music industry for its penchant for fad & fashion: It´s the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways, It´s still rock and roll to me. I hear … Continue reading

Posted in Bob Dirkes, Technology Industry | 25 Comments

Are Your Networks Anti-Social?

I’ve founded three clubs in my lifetime and all suffered the same fate. They would start out strong and quickly acquire members. Then a small group of members would volunteer to produce content for our newsletters and events. By year … Continue reading

Posted in Mike Nikolich, PR and Marketing, Social Media | 39 Comments

Getting in the Holiday Spirit with SmithBucklin

One of the cool things about being a business unit of SmithBucklin is our parent company’s commitment to giving back. Take the “Charity Makes Sense” program in which we’re all participating. Earlier in the month we had something called “Penny … Continue reading

Posted in Company News, Ken Krause | 37 Comments

Review: What PR can learn from Moneyball

I recently saw the movie Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt (which of course made it one sports movie my wife thought was “OK” – not great, mind you, just OK). Based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, it offers a … Continue reading

Posted in Marketing & Public Relations, Reviews, Tim Boivin | 98 Comments

RSNA 2011

I had the chance to attend RSNA 2011, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago this past week to provide media support for Tech Image client NEC Display Solutions. I’ve been to RSNA several times … Continue reading

Posted in Philip Anast, Reviews, Technology Industry | 116 Comments

Tech Industry Hunting for Job Hunters

National unemployment figures continue to hover around nine percent. The information technology industry has fared better than most, with estimates showing that the number of IT jobs available in the U.S. is between 200,000 and 400,000. What’s different in the … Continue reading

Posted in Dan Green, Technology Industry | 40 Comments