Logos Institute executive director Helio Fred Garcia was a featured guest for an hourlong discussion of the relationship between lawyers and communicators on the podcast For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report.

Fred was on with attorney and negotiator Jim Golden.  They focused on the way lawyers and communicators have traditionally experienced friction, and the evolution of the relationship as lawyers begin to see risks beyond litigation, and as communicators begin to frame issues to management as overall business risks.

You can listen to the podcast here (streaming from show) or here (Logos Server).

"For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report," is a twice-weekly podcast covering the intersection of organizational communications and the online world hosted by Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson. "For Immediate Release" is the communication profession's first business podcast started in January 2005. 

Shel Holtz, ABC, is principal of Holtz Communication + Technology, and is a widely respected communicator, writer and speaker. Shel has nearly 30 years of organizational communications experience in both corporate and consulting environments. In addition to his consulting and development work, Shel is a regular speaker on topics surrounding the application of online technology to strategic organizational communication. Shel has applied online technology to his communication efforts on behalf of companies and clients since the mid-1980s. Shel's blog:

Neville Hobson, ABC, is a communicator, blogger and podcaster, one of the leading European early adopters and influencers in social media communication for business. He is an IABC-accredited communication practitioner with over 25 years’ experience in public and media relations, marketing communication, employee, compensation and benefits communication as well as investor and financial relations. Neville's blog:

Jim Golden negotiates early reasonable settlements in complex accident and commercial disputes, avoiding or shortening litigation and significantly reducing client costs. Adapting theory learned at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School to the practical needs of firm clients, he provides leadership in an area of legal practice he describes as “negotiation counsel.” He has spoken in venues including the Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Corporate Counsel Summit, Association of Corporate Counsel and the ABA Transportation Megaconference.