Is there a risk in a traditional company such as General Motors adopting cutting-edge communication tactics such as podcasting?

What will be an ideal response?

If executed correctly, the benefits appear to outweigh the risks. Anytime you can
use a new channel of communication to reach a targeted public – especially one
with the demographics and psychographics of podcast consumers – it is a good
thing. The quote in the case study about the time "when ol' Dad put on the
gangsta wear and hoodie, and tried to bust a rhyme" is very telling. As is the
case with any public relations tactic, podcasting can be counter-productive if it
isn't executed correctly. In GM's case, the company learned from its initial
experience and improved the quality of its podcasts.

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Cara listens to her teammate until he refers to women as "girls." She stops listening, leans forward impatiently, and finally breaks in to say, "You should¬n't call women girls. If you weren't such a male chauvinist pig, you'd know..." Cara is:

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