with Kristine D'Arbelles, Julia Kent and Ross Simmonds
This week, Kristine D’Arbelles and Julia Kent are actually sitting face to face for the recording. You can just hear the excitement in their voices. A more human connecting recording deserves a chat about being human. How to be a Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #69 – Home Depot’s Social Media Crisis
This week, Kristine D’Arbelles (no, this is not a new host – remember, Kristine got married) and Julia Kent talk about peer pressure. Often times as young professionals we feel intimidated in a meeting room with senior managers and vice Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #68 – Peer Pressure
Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent are back recording. The big news this week is Kristine just got married! She had a beautiful wedding and couldn’t be happier with how things turned out. Now that she is married, she has decided Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #67 – Changing your name
Kristine Simpson and Julia Kent are back at it this week. After completing a four-part series called Take uOPRA to Work Day, we learned you can apply your communications in a variety of different fields. In this episode, we talk Continue reading Young PR Pros: Episode #66 – PR Compensation Not Keeping up with New Skills
This episode sponsored by the University of Ottawa Public Relations Association (uOPRA) features Ian Capstick of MediaStyle alongside uOPRA President Sharon Cheung and Young PR Pros host Kristine Simpson. Releasing our third episode of our 4-episode podcast, Take uOPRA to Continue reading Take uOPRA to Work Day: Episode 3 – Communication Agencies with MediaStyle
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
Everyone is well aware that in the wake of the financial crash in 2008 the job market in the UK began to be a very depressing place. Finally, after years of employment figures slowly going up and down and unfulfilled Continue reading Guest Post: The State of the Job Market in the UK for PR Professionals
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