Chris Anderson of The Long Tail calls it "radical transparency" in a nice write up on his blog. I've been calling it a "revolution" or a "radical transformation" in corporate communications. (Yes I write about this in The Corporate Blogging Book.)

The top-down, command-and-control approach to communicating a company's news and daily doings is giving way to something messier and more human. Namely, blogged bits and pieces, either from employees or from the CEO or other top execs, that tell…

Just got off a pre-recorded interview with Pete Blackshaw for my new Internet radio show on VoiceAmerica (TM) Business: The Corporate Blogging Show. This edition airs next Tuesday (Dec. 5, 2006) at 12 noon Pacific in the regular timeslot.

Pete is CMO of Nielsen BuzzMetrics, a former brand manager for Procter & Gamble, and a genius when it comes to parsing the woolly world of consumer generated media (a phrase he coined).

Pete gave me one of my favorite quotes…

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Googler Karen Wickre is one of those behind-the-scenes brains who is way too modest. She currently manages Google's 38 public blogs, including Google's Official Corporate Blog and eight country blogs (for Brasil, China, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland and Russia). But you'll hardly ever see her by-line. She's the genie behind the blog who gives entries submitted by other Googlers a light edit to ensure a consistent and informal voice.

We talked about how Google's official blog got started in 2004, who writes the blog (generally it's product managers), how sensitive…

Steve Knowles of Marketing Acumen interviews me for his MarketingPlan 2007 teleseminar series. Learn more and sign up. Sessions include Web PR, Search Engine Marketing and Pay Per Click Advertising. I believe you can also purchase this series as recorded MP3s and PDF transcripts.

DATE: Monday Nov. 27th, 2006

TIME:  4 PM Eastern

NOTE: Purchase two copies of The Corporate Blogging Book (on Amazon or BarnesandNoble.com) and the $97 fee for the teleconference series will be waived. Email your proof of purchase to…

Fleishman-Hillard Europe is hosting the European launch of The Corporate Blogging Book next week. I'll be speaking in Paris on Tuesday Dec. 5th on "le corporate blogging." Can't wait!

Then on Thursday Dec. 7th I take the train to Antwerp to give the keynote at the 10th anniversary celebration of NewsEngine PR, a Brussels-based PR agency.