Inside PR #104 – Tuesday March 25, 2008.

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This week on Inside PR, Terry Fallis, David Jones and Martin Waxman discuss what happens if you are a PR practitioner and happen to be at the wrong end of a popular media story. How does one respond and get their story across in an accessible and accurate way?

Show Notes

00:30 Terry introduces himself, the panel and the show.
01:05 Terry welcomes Martin Waxman to the panel.
2:05 Terry announces that Inside PR #106 will be recorded live at the Third Tuesday Social Media Meet Up in Toronto on April 2, 2008. Location TBA.
3:50 Comment from Paul Jenkins in response to last weeks’ topic, Ethics & PR.
6:44 Comment from Elizabeth Hirst on the PR & Ethics debate.
12:33 Martin introduces today’s topic – What happens if you are a PR practitioner and happen to be at the wrong end of a popular media story. How does one respond and get their client’s story across in an accessible and accurate way?
23:53 Panel weighs in on topic and suggests PR practitioners employ creative and non traditional approaches to to both communicate their client’s story and respond to traditional media.
31:05 Terry thanks the panel and signs off.

Producer’s Note: The change in this podcast sound quality is due to the shift in form for Inside PR. Our theme music is Streetwalker by the CJacks and is from the Podsafe Music Network. Roger Dey is our announcer. This week’s episode was produced by Karen Nussbaum.

Audio Comment: Elizabeth Hirst on social media and post-secondary curricula

Montreal’s Elizabeth Hirst continues our streak of mentioning Mitch Joel in every show. But before she does, she brings up the challenges of advancing curricula fast enough to include social media. She’s the co-ordinator of and instructor at the PR program at McGill University.

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