Inside PR #7, May 15, 2006

Show Notes:

00:30 Terry opens the show

1:00 Dave notes that we recorded over Skype again from two separate
locations. He also announces that six weeks after launching IPR, weâve
surpassed 100 subscribers according to Libsyn.

04:48 Dave and Terry discuss C.C. Chapmanâs new marketing podcast, Managing the Gray, and plans for the first Inside PR-Managing the Gray mashup to be recorded when Terry and C.C. are together in Kingston for the Podcasters Across Borders conference June 23-24.

8:10 Dave talks about Student PR blogger Chris Clarke and Terry announces that Thornley Fallis has hired Chris as an Account Coordinator starting on June 5th. Dave mentions that Joe Thornley has blogged about it on ProPR. Congrats Chris!

12:12 Dave notes that heâll be speaking at the Toronto mesh conference on Tuesday, May 16th.

13:42 Dave apologizes for not being able to interview Stuart MacDonald from mesh for this weekâs show

14:34 Terry reveals that he is the volunteer podcast host and producer of the Michael Ignatieff Leadership Podcast in support of Michaelâs bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.

16:33 Terry announces that on Thursday, May 18th, another Inside PR
Special Edition will be posted in which Terry and living PR legend Pat Gossage, founder and President of Media Profile discuss political communications.

18:00 Dave introduces a discussion about a Thornley Fallis blogger outreach effort that paid off in a May 11th post on the Blue Blogging Soapbox. Terry and Dave discuss the benefits of being an active player in social media when pitching bloggers.

25:08 Terry opens a discussion about PR and Post-Secondary Education
in Canada relative to other countries like the U.S. and the U.K. Dave
and Terry discuss the need for business schools to teach more about PR
and communications and for more university undergraduate and
post-graduate programs in PR.

32:21 Terry wraps up the show and notes heâll be
away until Monday, May 22nd so IPR #8 will likely be posted a day late,
on Tuesday, May 23rd.