Blog Archive
Is it time to ban voicemail?
Every Friday morning I look forward to our BPK sessions... er, 'bitchin and pitchin in the kitchen'. The entire Toronto office gets together over breakfast to talk about the past week, identify trends, share ideas, celebrate wins, commiserate when we need to and just...
Inside PR 2.43: Then meets now at PodCamp Toronto – the reunion show part 1
Get ready for some familiar voices as Terry Fallis and Dave Jones join Joe, Gini and me for Inside PR 2.43, recorded before a 'live studio audience' at PodCamp Toronto. #PCTO is Canada’s largest social media event, an unconference now in its fifth year. Terry, Dave...
What’s a book publisher to do?
I read about the bankruptcy of H.B. Fenn and Company, a venerable Canadian distributor and publisher, with a good deal of disappointment. I love books and used to work in the industry and can't help but feel saddened by the loss. In part, the problem stems from...
Inside PR 2.41 – my show notes
Skype issues meant we broke from our usual Friday recording time for Inside PR and instead talked on Monday – which meant Gini and I could extend our birthday celebrations a few more days… We start with listener comments, first from Megan Getter, a student in Barbara...
Good publicity is not a bad word
I don't like euphemisms. And we have so many to contend with whether it's jargon at work, legalese, political correctness or just plain obfuscation. We hide behind words for many reasons. Sometimes we're scared, other times it's to make us feel smarter or make what we...
Countdown to PodCamp Toronto
One of the things I like best about PodCamp Toronto is the collegial atmosphere. And I mean that literally. It's held at Ryerson University and is a free-flowing gathering that harkens back to the pioneer days of social media (say five or six years ago). Maybe it's...