Podcasters Across Borders

Award winning radio producer, writer and host, Jowi Taylor will be kicking off PAB2009.  This will be the first keynote presentation at Podcasters Across Borders since Shelagh Rogers opened our inaugural conference in 2006.

During his years with CBC Radio, Jowi hosted the long-running and multiple award-winning program “Global Village”. He was the host, writer, co-creator and co-producer of the incredible documentary series The Wire — which won the 2005 Peabody Award, the 2005 Prix Italia and the 2005 Director’s Choice Award at the Third Coast Audio Festival — and the follow-up series, The Nerve: Music & the Human Experience, which aired on CBC Radio’s Inside the Music

In addition to his radio work, Jowi is the force behind Six String Nation, a project in which a guitar was made using 63 pieces of history and heritage from every part of Canada representing many different cultures, communities and characters from across the country. The guitar has traveled the country, being played in homes, bars, concert halls and at festivals by everyone from guitar hacks to well-known musicians including Bruce Cockburn, Colin James, Feist, Jane Siberry and The Mighty Popo.  Our very own PABster, Sean McGaughey, has also had the privilege to play the 6SN guitar.

Early registration is now closed. The conference is over 30% sold, which means PAB2009 is in a strong position and good to go!

Thanks to all early registrants.  Your confidence in us will once again be rewarded.

If you haven’t yet registered, you can now sign-up at the regular price until all seats are sold.  Don’t forget to book your hotel room as early as possible to take advantage of the group rate.

Look for PAB2009 updates to start January 5th!

Only 169 sleeps until PAB!

There are just 5 days left to register for PAB2009 at the crazy-low earlybird rate of CDN$120/person.  Beginning January 1, 2009, registration jumps to CDN$150/person (a bargain if there ever was one). Register now to save money and guarantee yourself a seat for the main event of 2009!

We’re also accepting speaking and JOLT proposals until January 31, 2009.

Everything you need to know about PAB2009 right here…

EVENT
DATES: June 19-21, 2009
LOCATION: Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront (Kingston, ON)
WEBSITE: PodcastersAcrossBorders.com

REGISTRATION
EARLY REGISTRATION: December 1-31, 2008, CDN$120/person
REGULAR REGISTRATION: January 1, 2009, CDN$150/person
CAPACITY: 120 people
Click here to register for PAB2009

ACCOMMODATIONS
HOTEL: Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront (Kingston, ON)
ROOMS: two double beds, complimentary Internet $160/night (taxes and parking extra)
All rooms will be newly renovated in time for PAB2009
Click here to reserve your room

EVENT TAG
PAB2009

PAB is promoted through word-of-mouth.  Please help us spread the word!

Surprise!  For the last few years we’ve given ample warning for early registration and limited it to a single week.  We’re all about excitement here so we’ve opened early registration, today, with no warning, for the entire month of December!  You can also reserve your hotel room.

Everything you need to know is right here…

EVENT
DATES: June 19-21, 2009
LOCATION: Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront (Kingston, ON)
WEBSITE: PodcastersAcrossBorders.com

REGISTRATION
EARLY REGISTRATION: December 1-31, 2008, $120/person
REGULAR REGISTRATION: January 1, 2009, $150/person
CAPACITY: 120 people
Click here to register for PAB2009

ACCOMMODATIONS
HOTEL: Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront (Kingston, ON)
ROOMS: two double beds, complimentary Internet $160/night (taxes and parking extra)
All rooms will be newly renovated in time for PAB2009
Click here to reserve your room

EVENT TAG
PAB2009

Don’t forget, PAB is promoted through word-of-mouth.  Help spread the word!

We are now accepting proposals for the speaking program of PAB2009.  The theme for PAB2009, Outside-in: Learning from beyond the fishbowl, was selected to evolve the conversation to draw on skills, communications styles, experiences, innovations and people from outside of the social media and new media communities.  We want our program to energize, motivate and advance the community.

There are two styles of presentation that will be part of the program:

PAB PRESENTATION

A PAB Presentation is made up of a timed 25-minute session and timed 10-minute Q&A/discussion with the PAB community.  We ask that the speakers model their content and delivery of their sessions on the TED talks, focusing the subject matter and inspiring the audience.  Presentations cannot be used to sell a product or service, or launch a business venture. Official speakers are given free registration to PAB2009, though they are responsible for their own travel and accommodations.

JOLT

JOLTs were first incorporated in PAB2008 and were wildly popular.  A JOLT is a timed 5-minute, slide-free session during which the speaker wakes-up the imaginations, brains and collective energy of the community.  Successful proposals will identify how you will present new ideas for innovation in content, production, tools, activities (real and virtual).  Remember to relate your talk to the theme. This is a chance for you to inspire others or make a pitch to collaborate to improve upon an existing idea or tool, or launch a new one.  JOLTs cannot be used to sell a product or service, or launch a business venture. They are meant to get people thinking, talking, connecting and collaborating.  JOLT speakers receive no compensation.

We are accepting proposals for PAB2009 until the end of day, January 31, 2009.

If you are interested in being part of the speaking program at PAB2009, please submit a typewritten proposal of no more than 150 words or an audio or video proposal of two-minutes or less to podcastersacrossborders@gmail.com.  Your proposal must include contact information, a title, a summary of your session and your audio/visual requirements.

We’re still on the high from the conference, but the dust is finally settling down for us, so we get to take some time with our families and enjoy summer.Here are 2 things we’ve left for you to do while we’re resting this summer…

1 -watch for great session audio from PAB2008 to be released starting this week on the Canadian Podcast Buffet.

2 - circle the dates : June 19/20/21 2009 for the 4th installment in this crazy thing we call PAB. (Yes, it’s still going to be in Kingston!)

Enjoy the summer!