Show #220 - March 5, 2007

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Content summary

Best Buy confirms it has secret intranet website; moves in Second Life: Danish Saxo Bank to offer trading, venture funding for property developer Ansche Chung, SL Bounty to make job hunting easier, European Union to open office; despised companies perform better than admired companies; Reuters to start financial MySpace; Wired magazine games Digg; a new wiki for US patents; Lee Hopkins reports: how do you join the conversation when you are incredibly busy?, Australia’s broadband disgrace and campaign, call an influential communicator today; discussion: the ROI of PR; listners' comments discussion; Shel at the New Communication Forum this week and news about Thursday's show; Neville guest hosts TPN Rock podcast; the music; and more.

Intro

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Time Codes

1:02 – open and welcome

1:35 – sponsor messages

2:55 - Best Buy confirms it has secret intranet website

7:43 - moves in Second Life: Danish Saxo Bank to offer trading, venture funding for property developer Ansche Chung, SL Bounty to make job hunting easier, European Union to open office

13:06 - despised companies perform better than admired companies

15:33 - Reuters to start financial MySpace?

18:15 - Wired magazine games Digg

22:42 - Alice Marshall reports on wiki for US patents

24:31 - Lee Hopkins reports: how do you join the conversation when you are incredibly busy?, Australia’s broadband disgrace and campaign, call an influential communicator today

32:00 - discussion: the ROI of PR

45:45 – comment from Daniel Cornwall about OpenOffice?

48:38 - Comment from Carmen van Kerchove

50:44 - Comment from Robert French about PRblogs?.com

52:20 – Shel at the New Communication Forum this week and news about Thursday's show

52:40 - Neville guest hosts TPN Rock podcast

54:30 - the music: Crystal by Billy Jones

Listener Comments

Alice Marshall
Daniel Cornwall
Carmen van Kerchove
Robert French

Links

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• Neville Hobson
• Chip Griffin