Sweltering heat hit Chicago this week, and the @LCWATeamTwitter feed was on fire too with the hottest news and front-burner PR and social media tips. Here’s a recap of this week’s favorite finds: Love newspapers?  We sure do. Newseum, the must-see museum of news if you’re ever in Washington D.C., posts their picks for the top 10 daily newspaper front

“Email overload” is taxing companies around the globe and driving major organizations to ban afterhours – and even work time – emails completely. As internal communication and research experts, we wanted to know: is email indispensible, irritating or detrimental to today’s business communications? In a comprehensive, quantitative study, the LCWA Research Team surveyed employees at various organizational levels – from

The First Alert Facebook page has reached 15,000 fans! Last summer, the page had only 1,046 fans, but now – just one year later – it has grown to be the number one brand page in its industry. The LCWA team has continued to develop the First Alert fan base by posting engaging content and creating several opportunities for fans,

If you are following our Twitter feed then you already know it’s been a whirlwind week for Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. As always, we’ve been keeping our eyes out for great stories: Only 140 Characters?: Twitter’s expanded tweets will display the first few lines of articles text of an article and even video right on the Twitter