Young PR Pros: Episode #81 – Being a PR Generalist with Tara Lapointe

This week on Young PR Pros, Kristine D’Arbelles and Julia Kent record face-to-face with our guest Tara Lapointe. Tara is a dynamic marketing and communications strategist with more than 15 years experience in the arts and entertainment industries. She is Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #81 – Being a PR Generalist with Tara Lapointe

From Journalism to PR: Episode #3 – What is in a PR title?

Young PR Pros host, Julia Kent, is a popular girl on the University of Carleton campus. For the fourth year in a row she has been invited to speak as part of a three-person panel at the School of Journalism Continue reading From Journalism to PR: Episode #3 – What is in a PR title?

Young PR Pros: Episode #80 – Regretting Tweets

As our listeners heard a few weeks ago, host Kristine D’Arbelles got to attend the CPRS student event in Ottawa called Behind the PR Scenes – an evening with Jim Watson. She was lucky enough to get a few moments Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #80 – Regretting Tweets

From Journalism to PR: Episode #2 – The Skills Journalists Bring to a PR role

For the eighth semester in a row, Young PR Pros host, Julia Kent, was invited to speak as part of a three-person panel at the University of Carleton School of Journalism alongside Lauren More, vice-president of communications with Ford Canada Continue reading From Journalism to PR: Episode #2 – The Skills Journalists Bring to a PR role

Recap of CPRS Behind the PR Scenes – an Evening with Mayor Jim Watson

Young PR Pros host, Kristine D’Arbelles, gives listeners a recap of the CPRS student event in Ottawa called Behind the PR Scenes – an evening with Jim Watson. Strong community leaders, businesses, and associations need talented support teams who work Continue reading Recap of CPRS Behind the PR Scenes – an Evening with Mayor Jim Watson

Yes I am Bossy, and Proud of it!

Ban bossy! Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, the Girls Scouts of USA, and even Beyoncé want the b-word gone from our vocabulary. And although I see the noble cause of this campaign, I for one do not want to ban Continue reading Yes I am Bossy, and Proud of it!

From Journalism to PR: Episode #1 – The Transition from Young Journalist to Young PR Pro

For the eighth semester in a row, Young PR Pros host, Julia Kent, was invited to speak as part of a three-person panel at the University of Carleton School of Journalism alongside Lauren More, vice-president of communications with Ford Canada Continue reading From Journalism to PR: Episode #1 – The Transition from Young Journalist to Young PR Pro

Young PR Pros: Episode #79 – Talking to Director Level Communicators, Good or Bad?

This week, hosts Kristine D’Arbelles and Julia Kent expand on a recent Spin Sucks article titled Kelly Blazek Proves Communicators Have One Chance to Get it Right by Gini Dietrich. The articles talks about how a senior communicator sent a Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #79 – Talking to Director Level Communicators, Good or Bad?

Young PR Pros: Episode #78 – Julia’s Lessons Learned from Making a Big Mistake

It will happen to the best of us, eventually we will all make mistakes in our career, be it a typo, a misinterpreted quote, etc. But we can all rise up from our mistakes by learning from them. Host, Julia Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #78 – Julia’s Lessons Learned from Making a Big Mistake