Podcasters Across Borders

What It Is: Awesomizing Your Podcast Using Secrets From Radio (Tod Maffin)

Mark — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:11:19 +0000

An excerpt from Tod Maffin’s workshop on “It” — that little something, that thing on the end of your tongue that makes you know if you like an audio piece or personality or if you don’t. “It” applies to all content creation, to all storytelling and all audience engagement (audio, video and text).

When in Doubt Have Cultists Attack (a PAB2010 JOLT! by Julien Smith)

Mark — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:00:31 +0000

Julien Smith highlights three things digital content creators can learn from Dungeons and Dragons.

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Online Relationships and Real Life Friendships (a PAB2010 JOLT! by Eden Spodek)

Mark — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:00:30 +0000

Eden Spodek talks about finding the sweet spot between online relationships and real life, using her own health scare as a framework.

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The Currency of Relevance (a PAB2010 JOLT! by Nancy Morris)

Mark — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:00:36 +0000

Nancy Morris challenges PABsters to consider the “currency” audiences give creators to consume their content.

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Thank God I’m an Amateur (a PAB2010 JOLT! by John Meadows)

Mark — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:00:16 +0000

John Meadows serenades the conference on the importance of being an amateur.

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A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures (a PAB2010 JOLT! by Anthony Marco)

Mark — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:00:37 +0000

Anthony Marco demonstrates how words can create images in the minds of the audience, and that less is more.

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Contested Irrelevance (a PAB2010 JOLT! by Andrea Ross)

Mark — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:00:40 +0000

Andrea Ross draws on real life experience to illustrate that content creators and the works they produce are meaningful and relevant.

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You Are What You Hear (a PAB2010 JOLT! by Sylvain Grand’maison)

Mark — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:00:53 +0000

Sylvain Grand’maison compares the impact of healthy content consumption habits on the brain to healthy eating habits on the body, and issues a call to action for media consumers.

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Lord Elgin hotel rooms for PAB2011

Mark — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:02:06 +0000

Once again, The Lord Elgin Hotel will be the “official hotel” for a PAB event. The hotel has allocated a block of 35 rooms at the unbelievable rate of CDN$115/night (plus applicable taxes and any guest-incurred charges) for registrants of PAB2011, taking place June 24-26, 2011 at the 4th Stage of the NAC.

PAB2011 registrants have the limited choice of a room with two queen beds or one king. All rooms include complimentary coffee/tea service. High speed Internet access is available for a fee. The group rate is available if you book your room before end of day May 17, 2011 or until all 50 rooms in the block are booked (whichever comes first) and can only be applied to bookings for the nights of June 24-26, 2011 by registrants of PAB2011.

Note that if you book a room at the preferred rate and cancel within seven days of the conference, you will be charged for one night’s stay in the hotel (CDN$115 plus applicable taxes).

Valet parking is available for $23/day. There are other pay parking lots nearby if you prefer.

To book your room, call the Lord Elgin Hotel at 1-800-267-4298 or direct 613-235-3333 and reference PAB2011.

Photo of The Lord Elgin Hotel by Nico.

Thank you!

Mark — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:12 +0000

It’s a bit shocking to wake up this morning to realize the scheduled events of PAB2010 are done; the ideas, memories and relationships continue. Over the next few months we’ll get to see the impact of PAB through online content and real life interactions.

PAB2010 would not have happened if not for our amazing sponsors and the community, past and present.

Thank you very much to our silver sponsors Translucid Communications, the Microsoft Canada Community Team and Rogers Communications. We are honoured by your support of and participation in PAB2010.

A very special thank you to gold sponsor and event partner, the National Arts Centre. The NAC team helped us with the planning, facilities, technical components and hospitality. They have been amazingly supportive and patient with us throughout the planning and execution of PAB2010.

Finally, thank you to all of the speakers and JOLT!ers at this year’s conference. You truly raised the bar for content creators and future PABs.