Digital and audio storyteller, with a passion for multimedia and multi-vitamins. Telling stories using audio, video, photography and social media on air in communities across Ontario. Serious passion for podcasting production and audio technologies.

For Immediate Release: Podcasts for Communicators
by Shel Holtz
Digital and audio storyteller, with a passion for multimedia and multi-vitamins. Telling stories using audio, video, photography and social media on air in communities across Ontario. Serious passion for podcasting production and audio technologies.
by Shel Holtz
Ross Simmonds is passionate about technology, the future, good people, good coffee, and storytelling. He teaches people how to use content, social media and storytelling to achieve their business goals.
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by Shel Holtz
Chris Christensen is the CEO at BloggerBridge.com, a website that helps connect companies with relevant bloggers, writers, podcasters, videographers, and other content creators. He’s also the host of the Amateur Traveler Podcast, which he’s been producing almost as long as this show, since June 2005. Chris is also a coder; he was a director of Engineering for TripAdvisor, Executive VP of Engineering and Operations for LiveWorld, and a manager at Apple, designing and programming server solutions.
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by Shel Holtz
Leif Pettersen is an award-winning travel & tourism marketing professional, author, humorist, and world traveler from Minneapolis, Minn. He has traveled through 56 countries and lived in Spain, Romania, and Italy.
Pettersen was a silver medalist at the 2014 International Jugglers’ Association championships, loves chocolate, hates pickles, types with exactly four fingers, and can escape from a straitjacket. He has not vomited since 1993, making him a consummate travel journalist and excellent party guest. His first solo, book-length project, BACKPACKING WITH DRACULA, is available on Amazon.
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by Shel Holtz
Simon Young is co-founder of cross-cultural marketing firm syENGAGE, co-author of The Social Media MBA, host of the world’s first Chinese-language video platform in Chinese, for Chinese, by a New Zealander, and finally, he’s the host of the Digital China Podcast.
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by Shel Holtz
Tina Barton loves finding new ways to communicate and connect with people. Raised in New Zealand, she moved to Canada in 2005, following her passion for adventure and new horizons. Starting out as a journalist and freelance writer, she moved into strategic communications, marketing and membership relations for the technology, health, non-profit, and association sectors.
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by Shel Holtz
Sherrilynne Starkie is IABC Ottawa’s past president with an international reputation as a PR social media pioneer. She is the president of Thornley Fallis Communications, a leading Canadian integrated communications agency and in the past has held leadership agency roles in the UK and USA. She’s a prolific blogger, a frequent contributor and, until now, only a sometimes podcaster. Have an idea for the show or want to connect? Reach out to Sherrilynne on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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by Shel Holtz
Rich Klein, president of Rich Klein Crisis Management, is a media relations/crisis communications consultant with more than 30 years of experience in public relations and journalism. He is the founder/host of The Crisis Show, which launched on YouTube in June 2012 as the first live video educational program focused on crisis management, crisis communications, emergency management… Continue Reading →
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David Strom is a veteran technology journalist and prominent expert on networking and communications technologies. He has worked extensively in the information technology media industry serving both business and consumers. He writes more than 100 articles a year on technology for ITworld.com, TechTarget, Network World, Dice.com, Slashdot.org, and numerous corporate blogs. His topics cover a wide range of topics, including cloud computing, virtualization, Web applications, network infrastructure and data center operations. He has also managed editorial operations for trade publications in the network computing, electronics components, computer enthusiast, reseller channel and security markets. He’s also the author of two books.
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by Shel Holtz
Krishna De (http://www.Krishna.me) is a digital strategy and social media communications speaker, commentator, educator and mentor. She is a judge of several Irish digital marketing awards and developed and leads the Certificate in Social Media Communication for the PR Institute of Ireland.
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