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Join host Maureen Kedes and her very special guest, Dennis Spring, President and Founder of Spring Associates, Inc., the largest Executive “Head Hunting” firm for PR and marketing specialists in the world. Spring is the author of The Official PR Salary & Bonus Report, considered the industry standard, published annually since 1996. Spring Associates has successfully completed thousands of executive search assignments for most of the Fortune 500 and top PR agencies in the country. Specialties include: public affairs, consumer marketing, investor relations, corporate communications, marketing communications, speechwriting, employee communications, financial communications, media relations, medical/healthcare, hi-tech (dot com, e-commerce, e-retail) and more. The company also handles communications audits, mergers and acquisitions, client/agency reviews and PR agency selection searches.

Just in time for pre-Oscar buzz, join two veteran Hollywood power players for an exciting, titillating hour of chat on the true goings-on of the PR game in Tinseltown. Join host Maureen Kedes and Emmy-nominated actress Tonja Walker Davidson, a former soap star who is using her daytime fame as a launching pad to a powerhouse producing career, including her own show, which makes its debut on our network next week! Making an appearance later in the hour is Marilee Mahoney of MPM Communications in Hollywood. A ‘publicist’s publicist, www.mpmcommunications.com you won’t want to miss this episode.

The Latest Technology To Track & Monitor Hits For Your Clients Join host Maureen Kedes with Pavan Nigam, Founder and CEO of Trackle.com, a new service for PR professionals that helps you “find it, track it and share it.” Learn the latest ways to monitor: news on your competitors; postings on media sites; and your LinkedIn contacts & profiles. And learn how to track “buzz” on: social networks; website changes; products and people; financial & patent filings; relevant topics for leads; and business prospects. Pavan will take us through a training session on the air and explain the benefits of Trackle. Mr. Nigam was the former Chairman and CEO of Cendura Corporation which he grew into a market leader for data center software for Fortune 2000 companies. Prior to that, Pavan co-founded Healtheon/WebMD (HLTH & WBMD) with Jim Clark (founder of Netscape) and served as its CTO and GM/EVP of its Internet Operations. He led the company to become the world's largest e-health company, approaching $1 Billion in annual revenues with over 8,000 employees and several billion dollars in market capitalization. Pavan's role was extensively profiled in the bestseller, The New New Thing by Michael Lewis.

The Latest Technology To Track & Monitor Hits For Your Clients Join host Maureen Kedes with Pavan Nigam, Founder and CEO of Trackle.com, a new service for PR professionals that helps you “find it, track it and share it.” Learn the latest ways to monitor: news on your competitors; postings on media sites; and your LinkedIn contacts & profiles. And learn how to track “buzz” on: social networks; website changes; products and people; financial & patent filings; relevant topics for leads; and business prospects. Pavan will take us through a training session on the air and explain the benefits of Trackle. Mr. Nigam was the former Chairman and CEO of Cendura Corporation which he grew into a market leader for data center software for Fortune 2000 companies. Prior to that, Pavan co-founded Healtheon/WebMD (HLTH & WBMD) with Jim Clark (founder of Netscape) and served as its CTO and GM/EVP of its Internet Operations. He led the company to become the world's largest e-health company, approaching $1 Billion in annual revenues with over 8,000 employees and several billion dollars in market capitalization. Pavan's role was extensively profiled in the bestseller, The New New Thing by Michael Lewis.

Just in time for pre-Oscar buzz, join two veteran Hollywood power players for an exciting, titillating hour of chat on the true goings-on of the PR game in Tinseltown. Join host Maureen Kedes and Emmy-nominated actress Tonja Walker Davidson, a former soap star who is using her daytime fame as a launching pad to a powerhouse producing career, including her own show, which makes its debut on our network next week! Making an appearance later in the hour is Marilee Mahoney of MPM Communications in Hollywood. A ‘publicist’s publicist, www.mpmcommunications.com you won’t want to miss this episode.

Join host Maureen Kedes with the 3 top players in the field of legal marketing, Our guests will be: Jay Jaffe, President and CEO of Jaffe PR; Bob Ambrogi, Legal Consultant; and Heather Milligan, Director of Marketing at Barger & Wolen. Find out how savvy legal marketing and PR can swing a judge, the jury, and the media.

How do recycling companies convince local governments to allow waste facilities in their districts? It’s a PR nightmare! Or is it? Learn how PR skills and savvy can play a vital role in helping environmental projects. Join host Maureen Kedes, and a special surprise guest, along with Chip Clements, President & Founder of Clements Environmental Corporation. Clements has over 30 years of experience in the environmental field and has managed more than 150 projects. Clements oversees all aspects of business development, project performance, client liaison, and administration. He is expert in the development of solid waste transfer stations, Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and solid waste management, including: innovative/alternative technologies, recycling, composting, wastewater treatment and reuse, industrial waste minimization, waste-to-energy plant development, and air pollution control technology. Let’s learn how a publicist can talk trash and transform the planet!

Join host Maureen Kedes with guests Sarah Riggs Amico, Harvard Business School MBA who is the Department Head of Entertainment Marketing & Brand Integration at APA Talent & Literary Agency in Los Angeles. Amico works with brands such as Reader's Digest, Harry & David and Amtrak, to develop their entertainment marketing platforms. Also joining the panel is Michelle Crames, CEO of Giiv.com, a new mobile gifting company funded by Google’s Eric Schmidt and by Saban Capital. Crames, a dynamic entrepreneur, will give a great perspective on how entertainment can be used to market – even launch – a brand.

Join host Maureen Kedes with the 3 top players in the field of legal marketing, Our guests will be: Jay Jaffe, President and CEO of Jaffe PR; Bob Ambrogi, Legal Consultant; and Heather Milligan, Director of Marketing at Barger & Wolen. Find out how savvy legal marketing and PR can swing a judge, the jury, and the media.

Join host Maureen Kedes and Matt Baron, founder of Inside Edge: Public Relations & Media Services (www.InsideEdgePR.com) Baron is an award winning (Illinois Press Association, Copley Newspapers, the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association) nationally syndicated investigative reporter for numerous national publications including Time, USA Today and the Chicago Tribune. Matt has developed not only strong media connections, but also a personal insight into how reporters, editors, producers think, their day-to-day challenges, and what draws them to one story idea over another. He gives that inside edge to his clients and to reporters, publicists, and business leaders through his workshops, webinars, columns and blogs. Matt will discuss interviewing techniques, numerical literacy, and working effectively with reporters under deadline pressure. Get your keypad ready. This is a note-taker!

Join host Maureen Kedes who preaches relating to your public with her guest, Joe Takash President of Victory Consulting (victoryconsulting.com), an international speaker who preaches how to utilize the most basic of PR skills, human relationships, to build success . Takash is a behavior strategist and the president of corporate development and training for Victory Consulting. He is the author of the newly released Results Through Relationships: Building Trust, Performance and Profit Through People, as well as a sought-after media resource and keynote speaker. Joe has worked with clients such as American Express, Prudential, Century 21, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Turner Construction.

Join host Maureen Kedes with expert guests who train clients to relate better, publicly that is. Whether it is losing your accent, correcting your lisp, training you for media, reading a teleprompter, appearing natural, or giving the best speech of your life, Performance Coach Suzanne Sena (suzannesena.com) an Emmy nominated international TV host, reporter and anchor (E!’s Celebrity Homes, Fox News Channel, CBS Dallas) and Accent Coach Claudette Roche (theaccentcoach.com) an award winning actress and a veteran of stage and screen (The Game, Cold Case, Without A Trace, Starhunter) will give tips of the trade and share insider stories on getting clients to optimize their image with their most important assets: their face and mouth! Put your money where your mouth is by closing your trap and opening your ears on Friday, Jan. 8 from 1-2 PM PST on PRInsider. Archive it anytime.

Join Maureen as she talks with two outstanding guests, Dick Grove, Chairman/CEO of INK Inc Public Relations and Judy Katz, Founder and President of Katz Creative Inc. Dick Grove has over 40 years experience in the public relations industry and is considered a pioneer in performance-based compensation. He has received considerable press attention over the last several years for his use of a non-traditional business structure and accountable compensation plans. CNN, PBS, Forbes Magazine and The Wall Street Journal, among others, have all profiled Grove and his unique and successful means of media outreach. Judy Katz is founder and President of Katz Creative, Inc., an innovative public relations agency that offers full-service national and local public relations as well as book collaboration for those who have not yet “birthed” their inner book – today’s ultimate marketing tool. The majority of the 13 well-received books ghostwritten by Katz Creative have been self-published through its publishing arm, New Voices Press.

Join Maureen as she talks with two outstanding and fun guests, Michele Smith and Michelle Gamble-Risely, Co-Owners and Principals of M Communications, and 3L Publishing. Michele has recently co-authored her first book, SMASH: A Smart Girls Guide to Marketing and Public Relations with 3L Publishing business partner, Michelle Gamble-Risley. With every broadcast and print producer and editor contact nationally; Michele has received calls from Oprah, Bonnie, and the Today show; and will be effectively promoting 3L Publishing clients. Michelle Gamble-Risley is an award-winning author with over 20 years in the publishing and marketing business. Her first book Second Bloom: 10 Steps to Reinvent, Rejuvenate and Realize a New Life was published in January 2009 and immediately won two awards from the Indie Book Awards, which is the equivalent to the Oscars for movies.

Join Maureen as she talks with two outstanding guests, Dallas Teague Snider, Founder, Speaker and Impression Engineer of Make Your Best Impression and Jill Lublin, author of the bestselling book Get Noticed…Get Referrals: Build Your Client Base and Your Business by Making a Name for Yourself

Publicity expert Joan Stewart shows people how to generate thousands of dollars in free online and offline publicity by becoming experts in their topic and using that expertise to promote a product, service, cause or issue. Her popular electronic newsletter, The Publicity Hound's Tips of the Week, goes to more than 40,000 subscribers around the world. She blogs at PublicityHound.net and you can find her on several social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. She lives and tries to stay warm in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Also on the show Michelle Tennant: Good Morning America Producer, Mable Chan says, Michelle Tennant is a five star publicist. Michelle is co-owner of Wasabi Publicity, Inc and is known globally as the Storyteller to the Media blogger.

Back for another entertaining episode, Today’s guest is Tim O’Brien who has worked in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years; informing family and children of exciting adventures, amusement destinations, and unusual distractions from the everyday grind of life. He serves as the national corporate spokesperson for Ripley Entertainment Inc. and has the privilege of showing off the company’s 70-plus attractions throughout the world. An industry specialist and award winning photojournalist, has had nearly 5,000 articles and more than 3,000 photos published.. He has appeared in 10 theme park documentaries on the Travel Channel, The Discovery Channel and National Public Television. In demand as a Ripley spokesperson, O’Brien appears on more than 100 radio and television shows each year. In 2001, O’Brien won the coveted “Lifetime Service Award” from the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA).

As CEO of Ziglar, Inc., Tom Ziglar not only shares a last name with his father, Zig Ziglar, but he also carries on his philosophy, which is simply, “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” Prior to being named CEO, Tom initially began his career in retail and direct sales. He joined the Zig Ziglar Corporation in 1987, learning every aspect of the business as he climbed from working in the warehouse all the way up to leadership. With the last name Ziglar, Tom has had a lot to live up to. But rather than try to fill his father’s shoes, Tom has created a whole new pair of his own! He is boldly taking Ziglar, Inc., into the world of social communities, Twitter, blogs, and webinars to present the tried and true message of hope, integrity and positive thinking to a whole new audience. While the content has remained consistent, the method is ever-changing; as Ziglar’s leader, Tom is positioned to do just that – lead.

PLUS Media plus Large Animals equals Success!!!: With Special Guests Victoria Lang (Co-President of PLUS Media) and Josh Welber (CTO of Large Animal Games)

A true professional in every sense of the word, Jane Dayus-Hinch is equally comfortable at home, planning events, in front of the camera, or behind the scenes. Although being a wedding planner, toastmaster and television personality makes for an exhausting schedule, Jane still finds time to enjoy her other passions. When she isn't spending time with her beloved son, Fraser, or her darling Shih-Tzu, Oscar, Jane can usually be found tearing up the asphalt on her Heritage Soft Tail. An avid motorcycle enthusiast owning Harley-Davidsons, Jane tries to attend every motorcycle convention she can. She is also a keen traveler, having explored most of the world's continents. Her most recent travels have taken her to Peru and the Galapagos Islands. www.janedayus-hinch.com