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Technology, or Lack Thereof, at the Podium
Posted by TJ Walker in Uncategorized on May 27, 2011
To read David Pogue’s thoughts on technology and presenting from the NewYorkTimes.com click here.
Reader response by TJ Walker
Dave, you are my favorite tech columnist in the world and your videos are brilliant. But for the love of Pete, you over-complicate speaking. I recommended that you have a single sheet of notes printed in big bold letters outlining your entire presentation. And take 2 copies with you to every presentation. That way you aren’t dependent on finding a printer at the last minute. You aren’t dependent on having your computer or even using Powerpoint at all if the system breaks. I love technology too, but a single sheet of paper siting on the lectern or a table has never failed me yet.
Brands Become Their Own Media
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications on January 17, 2011
More bad news for traditional media companies. Major brands are creating their own web presences and interacting with customers directly.
The New York Times profiles Richemont’s efforts to bypass traditional media and own their customer relationship. Esquire and those like it should be very scared.
AP Slams New York Times For Claiming Scoop on BP Story
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Debate Central on December 28, 2010
The Associated press is steaming mad at the New York Times for claiming to have broken a big story on the Deepwater horizon story. It turns out that all of the “exclusive” news in the Times’ story appeared in AP stories awhile back. The dirty little secret of journalism is that terms like “exclusive” and “first” and “news breaking” are thrown about quite promiscuously by the media.
My favorite is when a politician who does 10 TV interviews a day is seen on a cable news show and the graphic says “exclusive.” Well, obviously that interview is exclusive to that media outlet at that moment because it’s not a live feed at a press conference. But if the politician is saying the same thing he said on 10 other interviews that day, it’s not very exclusive.
China removes NYTimes columnist Nicholas Kristof micro-blog within one hour
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial on December 27, 2010
China is a huge country with great potential, but it continues to act like a thin-skinned petty, two-bit punk. Nicholas Kristof stated a new feed on a Twitter-like service in China and was removed within the hour.
China, I hate to tell you, but you’re never going to be a super power of even a medium power if you act like such a scardy cat baby when a journalist wants to ask you a tough question or two.
Sign of the Times: S&P drops the New York Times and adds Netflix
Posted by TJ Walker in Audio/Video Technology, Communications, Media, News on December 12, 2010
I hate to sound selfish, but as a content creator, I feel sad to see the New York Times drop so much in status, revenue and profits. But as someone who is active in creating and distribution video across the internet on a daily basis, I’m glad to see that the New York Times replacement on the stock listing is a company like Netflix.
Anatomy of a media storm: how the TSA story got so BIG!
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications, Politics, Professional Speakers, public relations on November 29, 2010
David Carr did a thorough, excellent job of analyzing the TSA “scandal.” He shows the birthplace of the scandal at Drudge, how it mutated, and the 10 essential elements that made the story to run into journalistic kudzu. It’s worth reading the whole sultry at the New York Times.
New York Times gives an explanation to its readers on how and why they are publishing Wikileaks
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Body Language, Communications, Crisis Communications, Media, media relations on November 29, 2010
The New York Times deserves much credit for giving a thorough explanation of how they decided to publish certain parts for the Wikileaks, what to leave in and what to leave out. The Times comes across here as ethical, transparent, and genuinely trying to do the best thing in a murky area. It’s still unclear whether there are times when the Times is jeopardizing people’s lives without realizing it because they still published materials that government officials said should not be published (though they did leave a lot of stuff out at the request of the government). More at the NYTimes.
Is there such a thing as being too honest???
Posted by TJ Walker in Media, Public Speaking Skills on November 10, 2010
You’ve got to read this story about what a New York Times Editor said about his readers to believe it.
His assessment is correct, but you can’t count on your customers being stupid and lazy in both the short run and the long run (and it’s not usually a good idea to point out your customers stupidity or laziness either)
Is there a tipping point for new media? New York Times makes the case – social media
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Communications, Media on October 10, 2010
The Times makes a persuasive point that there is no longer a meaningful distinction between old and new media. However, there is a distinction between small lean companies with growing revenues versus old, big companies with declining revenues. It’s worth a read.
The evolution of the Newspaper – will it die?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Communications, Media, publishing on October 10, 2010
I read the New York Times newspaper at Starbucks today. I mean the actual paper thing that comes from trees and gets ink on your hands. It was nearly an alien experience for me. Just a couple of years ago, I never could have imagined not reading the paper version of a paper, specifically the New York Times. But then I switched nearly two years ago to see if I could force myself to read the online version by gong to their website to encourage me to live in a more digital environment, facilitate blogging etc. And then, though I was late to the game, I switched to reading the Times and about 200 other blogs and news sources each day through my RSS reader. And I am hooked! Going back to reading an actual newspaper where some other editor decides for me what is important and what I should read feels as anachronistic as using a horse to get to my TV studio in the morning.
I did enjoy reading the paper today and seeing huge full color ads for things I don’t need and won’t buy. But it was kind of like the feeling I get when going to the Smithsonian museum, it’s an interesting step back through time.
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