Heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s a-conferencing I go. Today and tomorrow anyway. And Friday. Oh and next week at ad:tech too. First up: today and tomorrow

Ross Monaghan
Deakin University and Founder, The MediaPod

Rob Shilkin
Head of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Google Australia & New Zealand

Adrian Christie
Head of Public Relations, Sony Computer Entertainment

Rod Bruem
Founding Editor, Now We Are Talking, Telstra

Trevor Cook
Director, Jackson Wells Morris

Virginia Stewart
Public Affairs, Church of Scientology

Kylie Johnson
Head of Multimedia, CSIRO

Ross Dawson
CEO, Advanced Human Technologies

Max Uechtritz
Editor-in-Chief, ninemsn

Bruce Belsham
Editor, abc.net.au, ABC

David Higgins
Editor, News.com.au

Mike Van Niekerk
Editor-in-Chief, Fairfax Online

Tracey Arthur
General Manager, Communication, Roads and Traffic Authority

Paul McKeon
Corporate Communications, Dell Computer Australia

Pippa Leary
Marketing Director, Fairfax Digital

Matt Jones
Creative Strategist, Jack Morton Worldwide

Ant Kelaher
Marketing Director, MySpace

Con Frantzeskos
Head, Me2Revolution, Edelman

Laurel Papworth
Director, World Communities and Social Networks Strategist

Yep that’s right:

The Church of Scientology & BBC Panorama

The web allows any organisation to be a broadcaster. This case study looks at the BBC’s Panorama program that covered the Church of Scientology – including the BBC Reporter’s “meltdown moment” which was later broadcast on YouTube. This session will cover how and why The Church of Scientology made their own documentary about the BBC and used their website to host the program. Virginia Stewart was in London, England, at this time and had first hand experience of dealing with the BBC Panorama journalists.

I am sure Virginia will be fascinating.
I’m on first, on Wednesday – a day of workshops. See you there?

PS haven’t you always wanted to put PR and New Media in the same heading as Scientology? Go on, admit it. :P

 

I signed up for Squidoo today. I’ve tried a few times before, but then would get part of the way through the sign up process, see that they wont’ state what is published publicly and what is not, and give up. I tend to walk away from sites that don’t treat me with respect. I took a deep breath and worked my way through annoyance and signed up anyway. But let me state that registering for a site that insists I give personal information – be it my real name, my email address or my birthdate, and does NOT make Continue Reading…

 

From Blender magazine by way of FasterLouder.com.au by way of the inimitable Vashti Rosenberg: US magazine Blender has named Steve Jobs and Apple as the world’s most powerful technology trendsetters, placing the company at the very front of the online music revolution that has reshaped the way people listen to, buy and even watch music. The ‘Powergeek 25’ list reflects what Craig Marks, editor-in-chief of Blender Magazine, identifies as the true power players in Web music. The full list of winners in the Blender Magazine’s ‘Powergeek 25’ was… 1. Steve Jobs: Apple (Technology corporation)2. Tom Anderson and Chris Dewolfe: MySpace Continue Reading…

 

This is from the esteemed Tim O’Reilly’s blog (wiki him here) called O’Reilly Radar: SF Chronicle in Trouble? I hate to play Valleywag, but I’m hearing rumors that the San Francisco Chronicle is in big trouble. Apparently, Phil Bronstein, the editor-in-chief, told staff in a recent “emergency meeting” that the news business “is broken, and no one knows how to fix it.” (“And if any other paper says they do, they’re lying.”) Reportedly, the paper plans to announce more layoffs before the year is out. It’s clear that the news business as we knew it is in trouble. Bringing it Continue Reading…

 

I wandered into The Sydney Institute’s function on Monday night, where the speaker was Mark Scott, the new MD and Editor-in-Chief at the ABC. Mark is from Fairfax (and government and education). The ABC was announcing it’s new editorial guidelines. (script here) Both the tone and the content were strong statements. Mark clearly was laying down the law – bearding poor ol Aunties critics in the lion’s den. And I very deliberately wanted to speak about this issue here, at The Sydney Institute. It isn’t just in the hope that by being my gracious hosts tonight, Gerard and Anne Henderson Continue Reading…

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