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We wanted to provide a comprehensive references of elements that are new or have been redefined in HTML5, so we've created a glossary. The purpose of the glossary is simple: we're going to give you a breakdown of all the

I was disappointed yesterday when, while cruising Facebook, I noticed a national pharmacy company's request for me to "fan" them. I simply cannot agree to become a fan of a company that thinks turning nouns into verbs is hip and

s unique mission is to build a free and open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.

I am working on a number of website projects right now. My mission is to banish 'lorem ipsum' by working text into page designs before development starts. I wanted to find a tool that would let me create page mockups

As web workers, most of us are steeped in Web 2.0 throughout our working day (never mind that we can't agree on what "Web 2.0 means). Many of us have embraced online applications from Google, Yahoo, and elsewhere to do

Social media sites offer a range of new opportunities for communication, marketing and networking. But employees' unfettered online engagement can be bad for business and potentially injurious to their employment and career prospects. Social media present a huge threat to

New opportunities have arisen from the advent of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. But professional communicators, in their effort to gain a better understanding of the medium, tend to make social media tools more complex than they really

Don't we all want to get the conversation going in a positive direction when it comes to representing the companies and clients we work for? And while there have, of course, always been incidents of deception in journalism and PR,

The age-old public relations tool, once crafted as fodder for print journalists, is now being applied more to the online world. A recent study by the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) found that most releases now target consumers and

For professional communicators, social media is like a new, wild river born from the converging streams of public relations and marketing. A good social media campaign requires the traditional PR skills of telling engaging stories and building positive relationships with

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From your stance to the amount of eye contact you make, this slideshow walks you through techniques great speakers employ.

A fire has destroyed your manufacturing facility that produces 80% of your products. Your staff has nowhere to work, your suppliers have nowhere to ship goods, and your customers start looking for new suppliers. Now what?

Identifying the right corporate spokesperson for traditional and new media strategies - including public relations, blogging, video marketing, etc. - is an important task. Whether they are speaking to Katie Couric, a New York Times reporter or a blogger, it

Don't be misled by the word interview. It's not about sitting down and passively answering questions. A successful media interaction requires preparation, and it requires the spokesperson to take charge. I don't mean dominating or monopolising the conversation, but taking

Many companies continue to discount the power and potential of social media. Others are just beginning to flirt with the idea of using this new form of communication, while still others are in the process of developing social media policies