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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe and Gini discuss weddings, comedy and why people don’t like Twitter.

0:28 Martin opens the show.

1:50 Martin tells us where he was last week

5:20 Martin, Gini and Joe share an audio comment from Bob LeDrew.

10:50 Gini talks about the resistance to change and to new technology in our industry.

11:59 Gini brings up Ivor Tossell’s recent Globe and Mail article, Why so many love to hate Twitter. Martin, Gini and Joe discuss.

19:28 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 and Gini discuss the rising popularity of social media monitoring tools and whether the internet really is over.

0:28 Joe opens the show.

1:50 Joe talks about the summer slowdown.

6:12 Joe asks Inside PR listeners if summers are slower at their workplace and what they do to manage the lighter workload while keeping morale high.

7:10 Joe talks about the show’s first topic: Sysomos’ recent acquisition by Marketwire. He mentions a recent post by Dave Fleet about other social media monitoring tool acquisitions over the past year.

8:30 Gini talks about the various social media monitoring tools her business uses.

10:10 Joe shares his favourite social media monitoring tools.

17:12 Gini talks about Prince’s outrageous comment “The internet is over”.

21:45 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, Joe and Gini discuss the role of social media played in the G20 Summit and how social media is changing the way news is shared.

0:27 Martin opens the show.

2:17 Martin tells us how the G20 impacted his move to the new energi PR offices.

3:46 Joe paints a picture of what the G20 was like over the past weekend in Toronto and introduces this week’s first topic: the G20 and social media.

6:36 Joe points out the limitations of social media during the G20.

12:51 Joe wonders why the G20 organizers failed to incorporate elements of social media to inform the public during the talks.

14:53 Martin introduces the second topic: how social media is breaking “news” before traditional media.

18:18 Gini explains how it is difficult to determine what is and isn’t credible on Twitter.

21:18 Martin 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, Martin, Joe and Gini discuss recent developments in social media and Terry Fallis returns to the show to discuss how he used social media to promote his book.

0:23 Martin opens the show.

2:50 Joe mentions that Terry Fallis’ book podcast has made it to number one on the iTunes literature podcast charts.

4:03 Joe interviews Terry about how he used social media to promote his two books.

13:00 Martin, Joe and Gini comment on how innovative Terry was with his approach to social media to promote his book and himself.

19:00 Joe presents this week’s topic, recent developments in social media. He starts with the YouTube news feed and how citizen journalism has changed how news is defined.

24:21 Joe adds that the move toward government 2.0 has been gaining momentum and cites the Australian government’s Gov 2.0 as an example.

25:53 Martin introduces a new closing segment, the round up.

26:12 Gini kicks off the last -30- segment on Inside PR.

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, 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, Gini and special guest Abbie Fink discuss what they’ve taken away from the Counselors Academy in Asheville, NC.

0:21 Martin opens the show.

1:04 Martin thanks Kevin Hunt and Matt Resetta for their comments

1:50 Gini tells us that Martin, Abbie and herself are recording together in the lobby of their hotel.

2:52 Abbie tells us about the Counselors Academy and how it benefits agencies and attendees.

5:12 Martin asks Abbie and Gini what the highlights of the conference were so far for both of them

7:50 Martin mentions a session by Elise Mitchell that he found particularly inspiring.

9:45 Gini talks about her first visit to the Counselors Academy 5 years ago and how different perspectives from competitors makes the profession better.

10:50 Martin agrees with Gini and shares his perspective.

16:00 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,  Joe, and Gini discuss the pros and cons of attending conferences.

0:19 Martin opens the show.

1:11 Martin brings up the first listener comment, from Bob Ledrew, about the upcoming Podcasters Across Borders taking place in Ottawa this June.

1:41 Joe explains what Podcasters Across Borders is.

4:09 Joe introduces this week’s topic, conferences, and mentions Martin and Gini’s upcoming trip to the Counselors Academy in Asheville, NC.

5:15 Gini mentions she doesn’t get a lot from speakers and workshops at Counselors, but she benefits from being able to talk and brainstorm with others.

11:30 Joe wishes that conference sponsors would pitch less and educate more.

13:50 Joe kicks off the -30- segment

19:29 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 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 introduces Terry and Dave’s very first episode of Inside PR from April 3, 2006.

0:26 Martin introduces this special episode of Inside PR.

Inside PR #1

2:56 Terry opens the podcast; explains what the show is all about

4:20 Terry shouts out to Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson as their inspiration thanks to FIR

4:35 Dave puts the call out for comments from listeners by waxmail or e-mail at insideprcomments@gmail.com

5:30 What the podcast is not; not about egos or our firm or its clients; when/if we do mention clients, it will be in context and with full disclosure

6:30 Outline of the intended format; try to keep to approximately 30 minutes; comments from listeners; tackle some issues of the week; a discussion about what Dave is blogging about on prworks.ca and a feature topic or interview

8:56 Creation of the Canadian Council of PR Firms; CCPRF meeting with Toronto MBA programs to try and introduce PR in the curriculum; endorsement of the soon-to-be launched MRP measurement system; discussion of why this council formed outside the local CPRS or IABC chapters

17:12 Dave talks about the upcoming mesh conference (2006) in Toronto and Steve Rubel’s participation

25:12 A new philosophy on media training; authenticity vs. the message machine; has traditional media training caused more harm than good with audiences

35:55 Feedback, comments and requests to be interviewed are welcome; reminder of the insideprcomments@gmail.com address and the Inside PR blog

37:17 Terry wraps up the show; theme music is Streetwalker by CJacks and is from the Podsafe Music Network; Roger Dey is our announcer (and quite a ball hockey player!)

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37:57 Martin closes the show and announces that he’ll be back next week with a new episode and new hosts.

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

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.