Young PR Pros: Episode #65 – Tips for Public Speaking

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

Young PR Pros: Episode #64 – Ctrl Alt Delete Your Future

What if the rules we’ve been taught to live and build our careers and companies around were no longer valid?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

Young PR Pros: Episode #63 – How do Ottawa Young Professionals Start Their Day?

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?

Young PR Pros: Episode #62 – How your body language shapes who you are

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

Young PR Pros: Episode #61 – Accepting LinkedIn requests

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

Young PR Pros: Episode #60 – Including Communicators in C-suite Level Meetings

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

Young PR Pros: Episode #59 – 10 Ways the Job Search has Changed

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

Young PR Pros: Episode #58 – Let’s Follow #Jobline

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

Young PR Pros: Episode #57 – Your 30s are not the new 20s by Meg Jay

Hosts, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent, are really excited about this week’s topic. Julia introduces this week’s topic: a TED Talk by Meg Jay called Why 30 is not the new 20. Lately it feels as if 25 is just Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #57 – Your 30s are not the new 20s by Meg Jay

Young PR Pros: Episode #56 – Answers to the negative PR stereotypes

This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent answer a big question: how can young PR professionals get rid of any negative PR stereotypes. A question, Kristine asked while she attended Conversations 2013, the CPRS National Conference in Gatineau. As you Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #56 – Answers to the negative PR stereotypes