2010.08.25

Beyond Words: What makes great media resonate

For the first time in the five year history (so far) of the conference, the 2010 edition of PAB featured a balanced mix of speakers from both in and outside the fishbowl. That’s to say, this year’s program featured about 50 per cent external ideas, observations and energy.

One such speaker was Mike Tennant, co-creator and (now retired) writer of the amazing CBC radio show Age of Persuasion. Using specific examples of radio programs and advertisements throughout history, Mike delivered a keynote which illustrated the role of creative in the modern age of media and how content creators can use creative to build, engage, and motivate audiences.

This video features excerpts of his talk, Beyond Words: What makes great media resonate.

2010.07.28

Evolution of media intimacy (Tod Maffin at PAB2010)

Clip videos of the PAB2010 conference speaking sessions are starting to appear online. The first of the series is a nine-minute section of Tod Maffin‘s workshop on “IT”. Specifically, the video focuses on the evolution of media intimacy, from “original” stage performance, through radio, television and now digital media including podcasting.

2010.07.05

Contested Irrelevance (a PAB2010 JOLT! by Andrea Ross)

While the release of the PAB2010 JOLT! videos is not yet official (largely because two of them had render problems that need to be fixed), a few are now available. I’ll likely feature all of them here so don’t be surprised to see a steady stream of PAB video content appearing over the summer months.

The PAB2010 JOLT! that started it all, though, was Andrea‘s. Her talk about discovering the impact of meaningful online relationships and communities left nary a dry eye at the conference and commanded a standing ovation and lots of hugs.

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