http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:53:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Iranian uprising has been covered extensively these last couple of weeks, including coverage of the chatter on Twitter. The communication on Twitter struck me as interestigly similar to the description of communications from another revolution - the American one. Inspired possibly by HBO's "John Adams" series, I've been reading Bernard ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/06/who-blogged-the-american-revolution.html While reviewing applications to the Ruder Finn Executive Training program recently, my colleague mentioned that we're in a place in PR where perhaps we shouldn't consider applicants without Twitter accounts. They are, afterall, applying to work at a pretigious, global NY PR firm heavily focused on social media. The idea sparked ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/06/can-you-survive-without-facebook.html We here at RFI Studios are very excited and proud to launch the new website for PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). PARC, which was founded in the early 70's as part of Xerox Research, was tasked with inventing the "office of the future" and in 2002 PARC was incorporated as ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/05/rfi-studios-launches-the-new-website-redesign-for-parc-palo-alto-research-center.html Americans for UNFPA (disclosure: client) works in the U.S. to support the United Nations Population Fund, the world's largest multilateral source of funding for global women's health. And tomorrow they are hosting a chat on Twitter to share ideas about global women's health and rights. (You can participate by adding #forwomen ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/05/how-to-look-at-gender-online-sfw.html A lot of great articles for you in this week's digital business trends roundup: An exciting week for Ruder Finn and PR Week blogs. Ruder Finn co-CEO has been feature this week on PR Week's 'Insider' blog. Check it out here: When pandemics go viral and Rebuild trust through strong leadership Have already been posted, ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/05/noodle-revue-awesome-edition.html There won't be many digital business trends in the future if the world's engineering and technology professionals pull an Atlas Shrugged on us. That's IF we don't run out of them first! IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society, turns 125 today, while announcing the first Global Engineering the Future Day. Designed ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/05/may-we-never-run-out-of-engineers.html Enjoy this week's Noodle Revue roundup! 24/7 WallStreet: The Sun Sets On BusinessWeek, Forbes, And Fortune The May 11 issue of Fortune Magazine is a perfect demonstration of what the three largest business magazines have done for decades. Its cover story, “How Bernie Did It’ is the culmination of a four-month investigation ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/05/the-noodle-revue-2.html Fire up those mint julep machines!  Kentucky Derby this weekend. Some horse-related items below for this week's Noodle Revue on top of the usual (and whatever I do, I will NOT mention swine flu in this post). Many thanks to Ruder Finn head of HR and avid horse fan Cathleen Graham ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/05/the-noodle-revue-derby-edition.html Swine flu has taken a stranglehold on the news this week with Google News producing almost 42,000 news stories Wednesday compared to about 800 on the American economy taking a Q1 nosedive: [caption id="attachment_375" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Google News: Swine Flu vs The Recession"][/caption] This juxtaposition of swine flu news and recession news ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/04/swineflu_recession.html Long time, no noodle. See below for the latest news out of Ruder Finn and interesting digital business trends. PR Week UK: Ruder Finn hires digital guru Ged Carrol PR Week: Intent is the New Demographic (by Ruder Finn's head of digital media, Tyler Pennock) RF Voices: Seizing Opportunity from Disaster (from Ruder Finn co-CEO, ... http://www.rfistudios.com/blogs/left-brain/2009/04/the-noodle-review.html