Yesterday, I had a chance to sit down with Ike Pigott, who is the communications director for the American Red Cross’s Southeast region.  He also is a blogger at Occam's RazR. Under Ike's direction, the Red Cross is starting to use blog engines to communicate critical information to the media and the general public in the midst of a disaster situation.  And the volunteers don't have to be in the field to participate. Online Videos by Veoh.com Shel Holtz also interviewed Ike a few days ago, so if the 3 minute video isn't enough for you, you can listen to read more...

Ad Age carried a great article about the terror struck into the hearts of pharmaceutical companies that find themselves on the losing end of a battle with Michael Moore-style filmmakers who are using YouTube to criticize the industry. What really caught my eye was a quote from Dorothy Wetzel, former consumer-marketing chief at Pfizer and now senior VP-management supervisor at Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, where she works on AstraZeneca accounts. These budding Michael Moores are a worry to the industry "because there are no internal controls on YouTube, but you have to get used to read more...