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Download your copy of the PAB2011 program

PAB — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:19:27 +0000

At long last, the PAB2011 program is now available for download.

Let us know if we’ve missed anything.

Thank you to Tod Maffin for helping us pull the program together.

UPDATE (June 22, 12:15amET): A corrected version of the program has been uploaded. If you’ve already downloaded the program, you may wish to download a new copy.

PAB2011 schedule

PAB — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:07:46 +0000

Friday, June 24

2:00pm CONTENT WALK (~2 hours, details to come)
7:00pm REGISTRATION
7:30pm KICK-OFF
7:45pm KEYNOTE by Mark Poirier
8:45pm SOCIALIZING

Saturday, June 25

8:30am REGISTRATION
8:50am DAY 2 OPENING REMARKS
8:55am JOLT: What is PAB worth? (Mare Swallow)
9:00am SESSION: The Unattended Moment in the Communication Jam (Anthony Marco)
9:40am JOLT: Let’s tell a collective story (Bruce Murray)
9:45am BREAK
10:00am SESSION: It’s all invented: narrative as an inside-out approach to designing change (Joyce Hostyn)
10:40am JOLT: Just Hit Publish: No More Excuses (Sue Murphy)
10:45am BREAK
11:00am SESSION: Kunhimangalam: Where the elephants have no ears (Christopher Griffin)
11:40am JOLT: Your Story Deserves No Attention. Whatsoever. (Dave Brodbeck)
11:45am LUNCH
1:15pm GROUP PHOTO
1:30pm SESSION: Applied Synesthesia – What Photography Has Taught Me about Storytelling in Audio (John Meadows)
2:10pm JOLT: Your story deserves to be bold (Andrea Ross)
2:15pm BREAK
3:30pm SESSION: History: The good parts version (Bruce Murray)
4:10pm JOLT: Why you should help people with no voice tell their stories well. (Robin Browne)
4:15pm BREAK
4:30pm SESSION: Family Jewels (Sylvain Grand’maison)
5:10pm JOLT: 5 ways to engage your audience (Tom Merritt)
5:15pm DAY 2 WRAP-UP
9:00pm BOAT CRUISE (2 hours)

Sunday, June 26

8:50am DAY 3 OPENING REMARKS
9:00am SESSION: Your Story Deserves to be Told Crappy (Mare Swallow)
9:40am JOLT: Transcoincidentalism: a manifesto of the posthuman raconteur! (Adam Gratrix)
9:45am BREAK
10:00am SESSION: Sunday Sermon: Letters from Rome (Sean McGaughey)
10:40am JOLT: Story Schmorie – What Me Worry (Scarborough Dude)
10:45am BREAK
11:00am SESSION: Your story deserves to be told. Well. (Mark and Bob)
11:40am CONFERENCE WRAP-UP

Download a PDF of the PAB2010 program

PAB — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:00:26 +0000

Literally minutes after the Skype file transfer completed, we present the PAB2010 program. This PDF file includes a welcome message, the schedule for the weekend, a map to the boat cruise location, information about Ottawa and places to eat, and a page that showcases our amazing event sponsors.

In an effort to save trees, we will not be handing out printed copies of the program. If you want a hard copy, please remember to print one out and bring it with you.

DOWNLOAD THE PAB2010 PROGRAM

Thank you very much to Tod Maffin for putting together an awesome looking program.

Schedule change

PAB — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:00:16 +0000

In order to ensure we wrap-up PAB2010 by noon on Sunday June 20, and that we’re able to vacate the venue promptly so the NAC has ample time to prepare the Fourth Stage for an event taking place later that day, we’ve had to make a few refinements to the Sunday schedule.

As with previous PABs, we expect that large groups will gather for lunch and spend the remainder of the day socializing and taking in the sites of Ottawa. We hope you’ll be able to stick around and join us.

Here is the revised Sunday schedule.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

8:50am Day three opening remarks (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
9:00am Death and Digital Legacy (Adele McAlear)
9:40am JOLT! When in doubt, have cultists attack (Julien Smith)
9:45am Break
10:00am Cult of Listener: Podcaster as shaman in the post-literate Global Theatre (Adam Gratrix)
10:40am Making Meaning: How to Create Content that Speaks to People (Susan Murphy)
11:25am JOLT! The currency of relevance (Nancy Morris)
11:30am Conference wrap-up (Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche)
12:00pm PAB2010 ends (hustle out of the venue and spend the afternoon together)

PAB2010 schedule

PAB — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:59:38 +0000

PROGRAM

Friday, June 18, 2010

1:00pm Behind the scenes/backstage tour of the NAC
2:30pm TBD
3:30pm What It Is: Awesomizing Your Podcast Using Secrets From Radio (Tod Maffin) [1 hour]
7:00pm Registration and Community Lounging
7:30pm PAB2009 Kick-off (Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche)
7:45pm Keynote (Barry McLoughlin)
8:45pm Socializing

Saturday, June 19, 2010

8:30am Registration
8:50am Day two opening remarks (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
9:00am Make the Irrelevant Relevant: Apply Three Adult Learning Principles to Your Media (Mare Swallow)
9:40am JOLT! Contested Irrelevance (Andrea Ross)
9:45am Break
10:00am Independent humanitarian organizations and social media (Avril Benoît)
10:40am JOLT! You are what you hear (Sylvain Grand’maison)
10:45am Break
11:00am What if my boss finds out? (Dave Brodbeck, Tom Merritt, Ken Hernden & Scarborough Dude)
11:40am Lunch
1:00pm Beyond Words: What Makes Great Media Resonate (Mike Tennant)
1:40pm JOLT! A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures (Anthony Marco)
1:45pm Break
2:00pm Disruption of Social Contracts (Whitney Hoffman)
2:40pm JOLT! Where did all the amateurs go? (John Meadows)
2:45pm Break
3:00pm Canadian Supreme Court “Responsible Communication” Ruling (Tamir Israel)
3:40pm JOLT! Online relationships and real life friendships – finding your sweetspot (Eden Spodek)
3:45pm Break
4:00pm Strong media brands (personal and mainstream) in the digital age (Kady O’Malley)
4:40pm Day two wrap-up and group photo (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
8:00pm Boat Cruise — PAB registrant partners and families are invited [2 hours]

Sunday, June 20, 2010

8:50am Day three opening remarks (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
9:00am Death and Digital Legacy (Adele McAlear)
9:40am JOLT! When in doubt, have cultists attack (Julien Smith)
9:45am Break
10:00am Cult of Listener: Podcaster as shaman in the post-literate Global Theatre (Adam Gratrix)
10:40am JOLT! The currency of relevance (Nancy Morris)
10:45am Break
11:00am Making Meaning: How to Create Content that Speaks to People (Susan Murphy)
11:40am Conference wrap-up (Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche)

PAB2010 workshop and speaking program

PAB — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:17 +0000

Here is the (incredible) PAB2010 workshop and speaking program. We’re accepting proposals for our JOLT!s, the five-minute, timed lightning talks until 5pmET, Friday May 14. Details can be found here.

Friday, June 18, 2010

1:00pm Backstage tour of the NAC
2:30pm TBD
3:30pm Idea to Air workshop, 1 hour (Tod Maffin)
7:30pm Kick-off (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)
7:45pm Keynote (Barry McLoughlin)

Saturday, June 19, 2010

9:00am Make the Irrelevant Relevant: Apply Three Adult Learning Principles to Your Media (Mare Swallow)
10:00am Independent humanitarian organizations and social media (Avril Benoît)
11:00am What if my boss finds out? (Dave Brodbeck, Tom Merritt, Ken Hernden & Scarborough Dude)
1:00pm Keynote (Mike Tennant)
2:00pm Disruption of Social Contracts (Whitney Hoffman)
3:00pm Canadian Supreme Court “Responsible Communication” Ruling (Tamir Israel)
4:00pm Strong media brands (personal and mainstream) in the digital age (Kady O’Malley)
4:40pm Day 1 wrap-up and group photo (Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche)
8:00pm Boat Cruise (2 hours, families and partners welcome)

Sunday, June 20, 2010

9:00am Death and Digital Legacy (Adele McAlear)
10:00am Cult of Listener: Podcaster as shaman in the post-literate Global Theatre (Adam Gratrix)
11:00am Making Meaning: How to Create Content that Speaks to People (Susan Murphy)
11:40am Conclusion (Bob Goyetche and Mark Blevis)

Rounding out the PAB2010 speaking sessions

PAB — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:12:21 +0000

At long last, here are the final speaking session announcements:

Adele McAlear will deliver a unique, made-for-PAB2010 version of her Death and Digital Legacy presentation. Adele will raise issues surrounding the lack of global infrastructure to manage online identities and digital assets.

Mike Tennant, co-creator of CBC’s Age of Persuasion (and co-author of the book of the same name), will deliver our Saturday keynote on 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.

We will be announcing workshops in the next few days.

Click here to register for PAB2010

Download your PAB09 program

PAB — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:09:07 +0000

Hot off the… computer… we present to you the PAB09 program. This PDF file includes a welcome letter, news about our Ambassador program, the schedule for the weekend, session summaries, a reminder about the annual group photo and information about Kingston.

In an effort to save trees, we will not be handing out printed copies of the program. If you want a hard copy, please remember to print one out and bring it with you.

DOWNLOAD THE PAB09 PROGRAM

New Thought vs. Prevailing Thought – Valerie Hunter

PAB — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:31:23 +0000

We asked Valerie Hunter how her session, While You Weren’t Looking: From the Visible to the Audible, challenges prevailing thought.

I hope it helps raise the profile of audio description, helps people to consider when they might lean too heavily on visual media in presenting ideas and inspires people to think about what they can do verbally to help audio tell a story. I also hope to reinforce the notion that when we all listen to audio only, we are all essentially blind, so these matters are really about inclusion, which is a guiding principle of podcasting. This is not about addressing a niche.

I guess the session isn’t bringing out new thought, but rather thought that goes dormant sometimes. We assume that people see and hear the same things we do, but I learn over and over again (sometimes the hard way) that isn’t the case. It’s not just about sight and hearing, but perspective. So maybe the session will tweak some people to the fact there are these other considerations, but also conclude that while it’s important to remember them, when it comes to expressing our own perspective, there’s only so much we can do, and we can only do the best we can at the time.

Valerie Hunter will be speaking at 11:00am on Saturday, June 20 as part of the PAB09 program.

New Thought vs. Prevailing Thought – Tod Maffin

PAB — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:37:14 +0000

We called Tod Maffin, our closing speaker, to ask how his session Twenty Moments of Epic Awesomeness challenges prevailing thought. Tod’s reply? “Who the fuck is this?!” We forgot that Tod is in Vancouver and woke him up at 4:30 a.m. Later that day, his lawyer sent us an abrupt letter that started with “Dear chronologically challenged pinheads,” Luckily, the letter also contained a brief summary (poorly handwritten on construction paper) of how the finalé will challenge your thoughts:

Rarely have I seen a podcaster fail who has thoroughly followed this path. Those who do not succeed are those who can not or will not give themselves to these 20 simple and awesome things — usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being awesome. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way.

If you have decided that you want to be awesome and are willing to go to any length to get it – then you are ready to take certain steps. The first of which is to stick around for Tod’s closing address. Remember that we deal with audio – cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who can get you on your own personal path to awesomeness. That One is Tod. May you find him now.

Yeah, we don’t really understand it either, but Tod always delivers.

Tod Maffin will be speaking at 11:40am on Sunday, June 21 as part of the PAB09 program.