with Kristine D'Arbelles, Julia Kent and Ross Simmonds
What does it take to succeed in the PR Fashion Industry? Since joining the Ottawa Fashion Week (OFW) team in 2011, Operations Manager Payton Kennedy has seen many changes in the PR Coordinator role. One thing remains true: the position Continue reading Take uOPRA to Work Day: Episode 2 – Lifestyle and Entertainment with Ottawa Fashion Week
As the summer comes to a close and a new semester begins, students start gearing up for the back to school rush and prepare for a successful year of studies. For the month of September, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent, Continue reading Take uOPRA to Work Day: Episode 1 – Technology with MediaMiser
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent talk about Gini Dietrich’s blog post about Six Tips for Better Public Speaking. Julia starts with her pet peeve: death by PowerPoint. Julia stresses the importance of less text and more images on Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #65 – Tips for Public Speaking
What if the rules we’ve been taught to live and build our careers and companies around were no longer valid? A heavy and scary question for some that could mean the complete overhaul of how we look at life as Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #64 – Ctrl Alt Delete Your Future
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent welcome William Johnson back to the show as a guest host to talk about morning routines. William, or better known as @socialeccentric on Twitter, surveyed more than 20 young professionals in the Ottawa, Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #63 – How do Ottawa Young Professionals Start Their Day?
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent talk about the power of body language and how it can shape who you are. We pull this week’s topic from a TED Talk by Amy Cuddy a social psychologist and a professor Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #62 – How your body language shapes who you are
Do you ever get a random connection request on LinkedIn? From someone you have never heard or? Or perhaps it someone you don’t remember meeting? Are you the type of person who just hits accept, or are you more guarded Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #61 – Accepting LinkedIn requests
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent respond to a question from our good friend and devoted listener Sarah Bustard. She asks: Sarah Bustard @sarahbustard @YoungPRPros Looking for topics? I’d be interested in hearing @Kristinesimpson and @kentjulia’s thoughts on this Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #60 – Including Communicators in C-suite Level Meetings
This week, hosts Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent talk about the ways the job search has changed. Your parents may have instilled job searching lessons in you as a child, but some of those lessons no longer apply. In a Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #59 – 10 Ways the Job Search has Changed
This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent add another episode in the bank of our Who to Follow series, where we profile young and young at heart PR professionals that deserve your follow on Twitter. Today’s profile is not of Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #58 – Let’s Follow #Jobline