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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe, and Gini discuss the G20 Summit in Toronto, how to deal with negative comments on blogs and how Energi PR came to be.

0:28 Martin opens the show.

0:42 Joe brings up the G20 Summit and Martin and Joe discuss how it’ll effect Toronto and Public Relations agencies in the Toronto financial district.

3:03 Joe explains that the G20 Summit will have a negative impact on the business community.

3:43 Joe asks Gini about her bicycle accident she had last week.

5:45 Martin tells us about Energi PR.

15:32 Martin tells us how Darryl Salnero helped with shaping Energi PR.

18:19 Joe asks Gini about a recent blog post that got a lot of feedback – both positive and negative.

28:14 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

 

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This week on Inside PR, Joe interviews Carol Levine and Esther Bachsbaum of Communications Meca and they discuss Meca’s recent merger with Palette PR.

0:26 Joe opens the show.

0:37  Joe announces that he will be hosting the show by himself today and explains why Gini and Martin aren’t recording.

1:37 Joe tells us that Martin’s agency, Palette PR has merged with Communications Meca to form Energi PR.

2:52 Joe interviews Carol Levine and Esther Bachsbaum about the new merger.

8:10 Joe offers up some commentary about the interview and the merger.

9:27 Joe wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

 

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This week on Inside PR, Martin and Gini discuss the role of billable hours in public relations agencies.

0:21 Martin opens the show.

1:20 Martin thanks the listeners of the show for all their comments and answers reader questions.

1:40 Joe Carleo asks why the ID tags for the have yet to be changed.

2:40 Petya Georgieva from Bulgaria asks what advice they have for someone who wants to better their understanding of the English media market.

7:18 Gini introduces this week’s topic: billable hours. The topic was suggested by Joe and inspired by Daniel Pink’s book, Drive.

15:58 Martin asks listeners to share what their agencies are doing with billable hours.

16:42 Martin kicks off the -30- segment.

21:08 Martin wraps up the show

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

 

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This week on Inside PR, Martin, Terry and Dave discuss a recent Globe & Mail interview with Fleishman-Hillard CEO Dave Senay.

00:27 Terry opens the show.

01:46 Dave kicks off the discussion about Dave Senay’s interview and his comments on the state of public relations today.

24:00 Terry wraps up discussion about the interview.

25:11 Terry introduces the -30- segment and thanks Sarah Laister for all her contributions to Inside PR.

27:21 Martin gives three tips to students and new PR grads about reaching out to professionals.

29:46 Dave closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

 

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This week on Inside PR, Terry, Dave, Martin and Cheryl Breen are live at Podcamp Toronto!

01:03 Terry opens the show and we hear a female voice- Cheryl Breen from Coming Up PR is co-hosting the show!

01:28 Dave recaps his -30- segment from last week regarding the relationship between PR people and bloggers.

08:53 Cheryl gives her thoughts on blogger relations and  social media from a student perspective.

11:30 Terry asks Gary Shlee for his perspective on the conversation.

15:50 Dave asks Keith McArthur for his take on blogger relations from the client side.

20:26 Katie Boland asks a question.

24:54 Jonathan of TO Tech asks a question.

27:37 Dave closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Sarah Laister.

 

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This week on Inside PR, Terry, Dave and Martin welcome listener comments and discuss the best ways to prepare for the departure of a senior team member.

00:29 Dave opens the show.

01:22 Martin introduces a comment from Laurie Smith of CNW.  (See the whole comment on the blog).

01:47 Terry reads a comment from Jennifer Grinder.

08:50 Martin shares a neat analogy for Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter via @julito77

10:21 Terry introduces this week’s topic: How can PR agencies minimize the impact of losing a senior team member?

23:08 Terry starts the -30- segment.

32:25 Terry wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Sarah Laister.

 

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This week on Inside PR, Terry Fallis and Martin Waxman discuss their PR wish lists just in time for the holidays.

00:29 Terry opens the show.

01:28 Martin welcomes a comment from Sallie Goetsch.

03:06 Terry introduces an audio comment from Scott Douglas, of Holyrood Partnership in Edinburgh.

08:49 Martin kicks off this week’s topic: Martin and Terry make their PR wish lists.

20:09 Terry introduces the -30- segment.

23:31 Terry closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Sarah Laister.

 

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This week on Inside PR, Terry Fallis, David Jones and Martin Waxman discuss the ways PR agencies approach the pitching process.

00:28 Dave opens the show.

02:24 A special announcement: Terry has signed a publishing deal with McClelland & Stewart for the sequel to The Best Laid Plans.  Congratulations Terry!

04:33 Producer’s note – to see the hideous sweaters the guys are talking about, go to: wearetightknit.ca

05:45 Terry introduces this week’s topic: how PR agencies approach the pitching process to win new business.

30:08 Dave kicks off this week’s -30- segment.

33:04 Terry closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Sarah Laister.

 

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This week on Inside PR Terry Fallis, David Jones and Martin Waxman discuss PR agencies, then and now.

00:28 Terry opens the show.

00:48 Terry congratulates Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson for producing their 500th episode of For Immediate Release.

02:03 Terry notes that Dave tweeted about a recent ranking of Canada’s podcasts by Sean McGaughey.

04:13 Terry introduces this week’s topic: PR agencies, then and now.  The topic is broken down into three discussion points: finance, operations and the work itself (in that order).

27:00 Terry introduces the -30- segment, which includes a Ron Burgundy reference this week.

30:08 Dave closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Sarah Laister.

 

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This week on Inside PR Terry Fallis and Martin Waxman have an in-depth discussion about etiquette in public relations based on their interview with Louise Armstrong.

00:26 Terry opens the show.

01:08 Martin talks about this week’s 4Q’s with Louise Armstrong, co-founder of Palette PR.

02:09 Terry and Martin have a brief discussion about issues management regarding the H1N1 flu virus.

08:38 Martin and Terry discuss the importance of etiquette in the practice of PR based on their interview with Louise.

19:04 Terry kicks off this week’s -30- segment.

21:09 Martin closes 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 Sarah Laister.