Inside PR #111 – Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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This week on Inside PR, Terry, Keith and Martin welcome comments from Rick Weiss and Guy Skipworth, define roles in PR firms and discuss promoting employees.

Show Notes

00:30 Terry introduces the show.

02:45 Keith talks about Interactive Marketing Conference that he is attending on May 15th with Dave Jones. Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief at Wired Magazine and author of The Long Tail, is the keynote speaker.

04:09 Terry discusses his talk at a communications event for Government of Ontario employees.

05:06 Terry introduces the comment from Rick Weiss ( a regular listener and student at Centennial College)

05:24 Rick Weiss asks if it’s possible to salvage the image of a company in distress with an excellent PR campaign

09:05 Terry introduces the comment from Guy Skipworth of Mediaco

09:28 Guy Skipworth opens the conversation on titles in agencies

10:10 Terry, Martin and Keith define the titles in agencies and outline some of the tasks that they find to be most important

23:40 Terry starts of the conversation about when to promote an employee. The panel discusses:

Promoting from within
Skills development
Breaking down title boundaries
Setting objectives
Succession planning
Career Planning
Retaining Employees
Culture
Training
Reviews

    33:13 Terry closes up the show.

    Our theme music is Streetwalker by Cjacks and is courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network; Roger Dey is our announcer.

    This week’s episode was produced by Kyra Aylsworth and published by Samantha Lovelace.

    Inside PR #109 – Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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    This week on Inside PR, Terry Fallis, Keith McArthur and Julie Rusciolelli discuss communications in politics and touch on both the TTC strike move and the Beijing Olympics.

    David Jones and Martin Waxman are away.

    Show Notes

    00:24 Terry opens the show

    01:24 Julie mentions Terry’s appearance in the Toronto Star

    02:08 Terry speaks about the Leacock medal

    02:51 Julie talks about Communitech and Chris Anderson – Author of The Long Tail

    04:49 Terry starts the conversation on communications in politics by talking about communications in the time of a strike

    12:03 Keith asks about advice to union leaders

    13:07 Julie talks about humanizing causes

    14:36 Terry mentions role reversal – turning the bad guys (gov’t) into heroes through failed communications

    17:54 Terry introduces the second political communications topic: The Beijing Olympics

    25:29 Terry closes up the show.

    Our theme music is Streetwalker by Cjacks and is courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network; Roger Dey is our announcer.

    This week’s episode was produced by Samantha Lovelace