with Kristine D'Arbelles, Julia Kent and Ross Simmonds
This week, Facebook sent around an email to users announcing a change to their Data Use Policy, which explains how Facebook collects and uses data, and their Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), which explains the terms governing the use Continue reading Facebook Data Use Policy
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent recap the events of a panel Julia was involved in for fourth year journalism students, at Carleton University, interested in going in to the field of communications. The panel is meant to bring Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #33 – Tips from journalists turned PR pros
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent talk gamification. And no, we are not playing games with you (ah! puns)… it is a real word. IABC published Putting the Fun into the Fundamentals of Effective Communications in their recent CW Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #32 – Gamification
Before I fell in to PR and communications, I was a nerdy Queen’s student studying everything from phonology, phonetics, syntax and the many disciplines of Linguistics. My favourite part of studying linguistics was learning about the evolution of languages. And Continue reading The f-bomb and the evolution of language
We love when our listeners send us ideas for a show. This week, one of our wonderful listeners – and a fellow podcaster – @TechAlly asked us to discuss what marketers need from young PR professionals. Our hosts, Kristine Simpson Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #31 – What marketers need from PR pros and PR as a licensed industry
The two-pager paper resume is going out of style faster than your skinny jeans. It is time to switch things up and change the fashion of your resume (oh I love puns). This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent discuss Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #30 – The new digital resume
Hey Young PR Pros! You may have heard in yesterday’s episode that the IABC 2012 Canada Business Summit will take place in Ottawa, ON this year. IABC Ottawa has given Young PR Pros a free ticket to an IABC 2012 Continue reading Young PR Pros can win a ticket to IABC 2012 Canada Business Summit preconference workshop
This is for Scott Stratten! Getting negative comments or rants on our blog, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc., doesn’t always leave us feeling happy. But, we can do two things, dwell on the fact that no one appreciates us or strike Continue reading Bodyform knows how to be Awesome
Ah, I love social media. Isn’t is great to be able to measure in real time what people were saying about the presidential debate using social media. Gone are the days where dad would look to mom and scoff while Continue reading Final presidential debate on Twitter
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent talk networking. Networking is pretty important for young PR pros. Here are just a few reasons why: “It is not what you know it is who you know” – my mentor, Stephen Heckbert Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #29 – Networking Tips and Advice