Comments on: A Virtual PR Geek Dinner

By: The Podcast Asylum » Meetup Envy

The Podcast Asylum » Meetup Envy — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:24:15 +0000

[...] family silver to purchase an airline ticket or even–in extreme cases–devoting hours to creating virtual meetups. While they may start out as humorous mashups, these substitutes for real contact can escalate into [...]

By: A Virtual PR Murder Mystery « Observations of Public Relations

A Virtual PR Murder Mystery « Observations of Public Relations — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:08:01 +0000

[...] I did it again. Last November I had this idea that wouldn’t leave me alone (here). After receiving positive feedback from the roasted, as [...]

By: Young PR » Blog Archive » Canada’s Vibrant Social Media Scene

Young PR » Blog Archive » Canada’s Vibrant Social Media Scene — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:49:35 +0000

[...] lunch with David Jones, Ed Lee and Julia Stein (David is much more intelligent than he appears in virtual geek dinners) and with the blog-savvy crowd at [...]

By: Inside PR #34 - Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at PR Works

Inside PR #34 - Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at PR Works — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:04:11 +0000

[...] This week on Inside PR, Terry and David have a discussion about what skills transfer best from another sector into PR. They play Chris Clarke’s comment for this week. Also, Terry does his segment of Inside PRoper English. Finally, Terry and David play a skit from Luke Armour. Show Notes 00:27 Terry introduces the show. He invites listener feedback through email at insideprcomments@gmail.com, the comment line at 206-600-4741, or comment on the Inside PR show blog. 01:17 Terry starts off by talking about the Shel Holtz/Toronto Third Tuesday event. 03:10 David talks about the Canadian Institute’s New Media for Communications conference, happening on November 28th and 29th. Terry and David will both be speaking at the event, along with a slew of other Canadian social medialites. 05:58 David brings up the ads running on a number of Canadian PR blogs from Canada News Wire, including his own. 08:48 Terry introduces a listener comment from Scott McDonald about negative blog comments. David thinks that negative comments are better expressed on your blog than out in the open. He adds that sometimes blogs aren’t the right answer. Terry agrees with David and says that negative comments are easy to respond to on a blog. 15:20 Terry brings up this week’s topic: the skills required when transferring from a different field into PR. David says that the risk of hiring someone from another discipline into PR are high. He advises that those considering such a change understand the PR industry before attempting to make the switch. 18:30 David thinks the core skills of PR are, first and foremost, writing, then strategic thinking, creativity, multitasking, and the ability to work under pressure. Terry adds that there are not as many good writers out there as people think. He says that it’s difficult to teach a bad writer ow to be a good writer. It is possible to teach a good writer to be better. One important skill that Terry adds is common sense (which is not very "common" at all). 21:25 Terry thinks that the ability to speak and have a presence is important. 22:23 David used to think that the best PR people were the total package, but now comes to believe that there are 3 clearly defined roles: practitioners, managers, and leaders. 24:00 Terry’s final trait is the ability to connect with other people. 27:11 David wraps it up: the ability to write, the ability to think, and the ability to connect with people. 27:45 Terry introduces and plays Chris Clarke’s segment for the week. 30:00 Inside PRoper English for the week: that and which. 32:40 David closes the show and invites listener comments: through email at insideprcomments@gmail.com, on the comment line at 206-600-4741, or comment on the Inside PR show blog. Also, they welcome listeners to the Inside PR Blubrry site. 33:40 Luke Armour has graciously sent along the following skit he put together lampooning the PR podcasting community. The Virtual Geek Dinner. Hilarious! Music: our theme music is Streetwalker by CJacks, and is from the Podsafe Music Network; Roger Dey is our announcer. [...]

By: field

field — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:13:31 +0000

Luke, I’m late to the game on this one, but I just heard it. Awesome work!

By: Inside PR » Blog Archive » Inside PR #34 - Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Inside PR » Blog Archive » Inside PR #34 - Tuesday, November 21, 2006 — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:37:11 +0000

[...] 33:40 Luke Armour has graciously sent along the following skit he put together lampooning the PR podcasting community. The Virtual Geek Dinner. [...]

By: Luke Armour

Luke Armour — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:33:25 +0000

Sallie: how wonderful of you to drop by (full name and all). I’m sorry to hear about your sordid Ohio past. Um, what sound effects?

By: Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch")

Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch") — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:23:26 +0000

Luke, I was raised in Ohio myself, and sympathize wholeheartedly with your sense of isolaton. This was great, and must have taken you hours. I have to say, though, based on your sound effects, I wouldn’t want to get in a car with you.

By: Luke Armour

Luke Armour — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:02:54 +0000

Eric: You don’t know me. I COULD be Shel Holtz. Actually, I’m not, but thanks to the power of technology, for just a few minutes I really felt like I was Shel Holtz.

David: You’re welcome, thanks for enjoying.

Robert: On a Saturday? 5am? Sleep deprivation will make anything sound funny. Thanks for taking time to leave a comment.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:56:35 +0000

Hilarious!

You know, I woke up at 5:00 a.m. this morning and had a bit of time before heading out, so I listened to this. Thank you. I will be ~~smiling~~ laughing all day.