2010.04.26

PAB2010 speaking program summary

As we prepare to announce the PAB2010 workshop speakers and invite the community to submit JOLT! proposals later this week, I thought I’d post a rundown of the PAB2010 speaking program.

Keynote speakers

  • Friday keynote speaker Barry McLoughlin will explore the elements of style and how they impact media credibility and relevance.
  • Saturday keynote speaker Mike Tennant (Age of Persuasion) will talk about the role of creative in the new age of media (traditional and digital) and how journalists, producers and community leaders can explore creative to build audiences.

Speaking sessions

  • Cult of Listener: Podcaster as shaman in the post-literate Global Theatre; or, How to recruit disciples and brainwash your audience for fun and profit (speaker: Adam Gratrix)
  • Making Meaning: How to Create Content that Speaks to People (speaker: Susan Murphy)
  • Disruption of Social Contracts (speaker: Whitney Hoffman)
  • Make the Irrelevant Relevant: Apply Three Adult Learning Principles to Your Media (speaker: Mare Swallow, aka The Etiquette Bitch)
  • What if my boss finds out? (moderator Dave Brodbeck and panelists Tom Merritt, Ken Hernden and Scarborough Dude)
  • Canadian Supreme Court “Responsible Communication” Ruling (speaker: Tamir Israel)
  • Independent humanitarian organizations and social media (speaker: Avril Benoît)
  • Strong media brands (personal and mainstream) in the digital age (speaker: Kady O’Malley)
  • Death and Digital Legacy (speaker: Adele McAlear)
2010.04.21

PAB2010 speaking program… so far

We’re still putting the PAB2010 program together and expect to have finished all of the announcements no later than the beginning of next week. Then we can move on to filling our JOLT! program.

For those of you who have lost track, here are the speaking sessions announced so far:

  • Friday keynote speaker Barry McLoughlin will explore the elements of style and how they impact media credibility and relevance.
  • Cult of Listener: Podcaster as shaman in the post-literate Global Theatre; or, How to recruit disciples and brainwash your audience for fun and profit (speaker: Adam Gratrix)
  • Making Meaning: How to Create Content that Speaks to People (speaker: Susan Murphy)
  • Disruption of Social Contracts (speaker: Whitney Hoffman)
  • Make the Irrelevant Relevant: Apply Three Adult Learning Principles to Your Media (speaker: Mare Swallow, aka The Etiquette Bitch)
  • What if my boss finds out? (moderator Dave Brodbeck and panelists Tom Merritt, Ken Hernden and Scarborough Dude)
2010.04.14

The first of many PAB2010 speaker announcements

Once again this year, the submissions for speaking sessions at PAB2010 have been just incredible. This of course makes it difficult to make speaker selections while still making time to plan the social events, oversee registration, make arrangements for a group rate at a hotel and work with the facilities folks to map out the schedule and technical requirements.

In order to demonstrate things are happening, Bob and I have decided to publish information at regular intervals as it becomes available to keep people in the know. Which means we are pleased to announce the first three speaker selections for PAB2010.

  • PAB alumn Adam Gratrix is the winner of the longest session title award. He will be delivering a session called Cult of Listener: Podcaster as shaman in the post-literate Global Theatre; or, How to Recruit Disciples and Brainwash your Audience for Fun and Profit.
  • Susan Murphy will be participating in her first PAB and inspiring us with Making Meaning: How to Create Content that Speaks to People.
  • Community leader, PodCamp den mother and longtime PABster Whitney Hoffman will be presenting Disruption of Social Contracts.

We’ve confirmed our Friday night (June 18) keynote speaker and are waiting to coordinate with this person to make the announcement. All I can say at this time is we’re very excited to have such a respected leader in media and communication to kick off this year’s event.

LISTEN TO UPDATES

CPB episode 156 was published this morning. It features an interview with original PABster Barry Lock (Barrie from Barrie and the new podcast The Sport Nerd) who’s registered for PAB after a two year absence. We also discuss some of the reasons PAB is a unique and valuable event which many folks have told us is underpriced at $150/person (listen to Chris Brogan’s JOLT in which he suggests we should be charging $400). We will begin publishing audio on the PAB website very soon.

REGISTER FOR PAB2010 AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EARLY DISCOUNT CODE

Remember, the early registration discount code (PAB2010) expires at 5pmET on Friday April 16. Register for PAB2010.

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