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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
This past weekend was the Canadian Thanksgiving, which left our hosts Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent with a turkey hangover. With some travelling here, family diners there, Kristine and Julia did not get the chance to record an episode this Continue reading Young PR Pros: Turkey hangover
Image by: Paul Darrow for The Globe and Mail This week, Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent have a very special guest join them from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Paul Kent is the president and CEO of the Greater Halifax Partnership, board Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #27 – What makes a leader?
As you may have read already, Kristine was lucky enough to sit and chat with none other than Scott Stratten, also known as @unmarketing on Twitter. Scott’s motto is stop marketing and start engaging, and if you want people Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #26 – Let’s talk about being awesome
We know… we can’t believe it either. Twenty-five episodes already, half way to 50 and a quarter way to 100. Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent are still having a blast and cannot wait for another 25 episodes. This week, Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #25 – Who to follow with @TheCoolestCool
This week we were lucky to have Darcy Boucher join Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent in downtown Ottawa to record Young PR Pros. Darcy is a University of Ottawa public relations and communications student. She has always had a love Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #24 – behind the scenes of fashion PR
First off, Young PR Pros wants to wish all our young PR pro listeners good luck with their first day of school or first day of work. For some, however, September can be a difficult time trying to find Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #23 – The benefits of a staffing firm