Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz

For Immediate Release Podcast

For Immediate Release is co-hosted by Neville Hobson, based in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Shel Holtz, based in Concord, California, USA. Hobson and Holtz are two seasoned communications professionals who believe they have something to say.

Author

Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.firpodcastnetwork.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Circle of Fellows #113: Ethics in Communication 24.02.2025
FIR #452: Communicating in Chaos 23.02.2025
FIR #451: Return-to-Office-Obsessed Executives Are Minimizing Employee Voice 17.02.2025
FIR #450: Senior Leaders Doubt Communicators' Abilities 13.02.2025
FIR #449: Employee Use of Shadow AI Is Surging 05.02.2025
FIR #448: Is Night Falling on Change Management and Enterprise Social Networks? 29.01.2025
FIR #447: Decisions, Decisions: The Struggle to Communicate in the Age of Ubiquitous Malignancy 26.01.2025
FIR #446: Grievance Tops 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer Challenges 20.01.2025
Circle of Fellows #112: Breakthrough Thinking 18.01.2025
FIR #445: Media Relations in the New Media Landscape 14.01.2025
FIR #444: Preparing for Trump 2.0 09.01.2025
FIR Interview: Exploring AI's Future in PR with Martin Waxman 08.01.2025

In this FIR Interview, recorded on 19 December 2024, Shel and Neville chat with Martin Waxman about the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on public relations. From relational AI and synthetic personas to crisis management and ethics, the discussion highlights opportunities and challenges for PR professionals. Martin shares insights from his academic research and LinkedIn Learning co...

FIR #443: From RSS to ChatGPT -- FIR's 20-Year Tech Communications Chronicle 03.01.2025

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FIR #442: Justin Bladoni's Attack on Blake Lively Explains Why PR is a Dirty Word 26.12.2024
FIR #441: PR, AI, and Social Media are All Shook Up 22.12.2024
Circle of Fellows #111: Communication as a Leadership Foundation 20.12.2024

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FIR #440: Experimenting for Influence 18.12.2024
FIR #438: Google's AI Overviews Upend SEO 04.12.2024
FIR #437: AI Takes Root in the Workplace 30.11.2024

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FIR #436: Nothin' But Bluesky (and TikTok and Instagram and WhatsApp and...) 27.11.2024

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Circle of Fellows #110: Executive Communication 21.11.2024

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FIR #435: Physical Presence is Not A Collaboration Magic Bullet 20.11.2024

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FIR #434: U.S. Election Reveals a A Seismic Media Realignment 13.11.2024

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FIR Interview: Embracing AI and Authenticity in Internal Comms with Monique Zytnik 06.11.2024

In this FIR Interview, Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson speak with Monique Zytnik, a business communicator and author of 'Internal Communications in the Age of Artificial Intelligence'. Monique delves into the transformative impact of AI on internal comms, highlighting the need for experiential, audience-centered engagement over a flood of generic content. This approach, she explains, responds to con...

FIR #433: Something Old, Something New 27.10.2024

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