Virtual News Show

Jun 13 2021

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The format of the show bridges people and global communities together about living a purpose-filled life from your own back yard. The show celebrates community volunteers and leaders, community development, and those who creating real change with boots on the ground.

The original focus of Virtual Newsmakers was to feature everyday people who were bridging traditional and digital communications and empowering human communications through technology – people who using technology to tell great stories. Now it is about introducing inspiring stories.

The goal of Virtual Newsmakers is to give people something worth listening to and provide immediate and insightful tips they can take away and implement into their lives that will make a difference.

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Business Reinvention After the Pandemic

Jun 13 2021 6 mins

The 2020/21 pandemic has had many of us rethinking about how we do business, what we want to do for business, and how we can focus on things that are more important. This episode is a snippet from the book "Digital Public Relations for Business" and includes a couple of examples of how companies reinvented how they communicate with their customers.

How to Create an Online Community with Lisa D. Sparks

May 28 2020 51 mins

How do you meet and develop online networks and interesting connections? This archived interview is still every bit as relevant today.You've hear the term "building a community" all the time, but what does that really mean? Lisa shares how both corporate and personal businesses can learn to post their personal best, post their wisdom, and find authenticity in the digital realm.Lisa

Resilience and the Healing Journey with David M Boddy -- Virtual News Show

May 18 2020 36 mins

"The hardest thing about struggling is you feel like you have to suppress things. The more you suppress, the bigger the mess. Feel real. Feel everything. ... What made you happy today? What made you smile.""Dave Matthew Boddy is inspiring, motivating, and has an amazing story to tell. He has endured at least 15 concussions, which have cut short a career in professional wrestling an

The New Vigilante Justice - Stanford Survivor's Victim Statement

Dec 21 2019 45 mins

This show was about solidarity, about women, and about using our voice to protest lenient sentencing, a biased justice system, and the unreasonable expectations that society places on women in our courts. This was a show to honor and support the Stanford Survivor: Jane Doe, whose name has become known as Chanel Miller, whose words have inspired and empowered a movement for change.C

Sandra Wong - All In with Poker

Dec 12 2019 41 mins

This archived show is about poker and its appeal; how to choose the best online poker site to play; the professional women poker players; and more.Sandra Wong is an entrepreneur, designer & marketing specialist with a background in media, web and game development. She specializes in social media strategy, integrated marketing and game design. She has consulted for 50+ private and p

Leveraging Digital Media and the Documentary Film Industry

Nov 28 2019 53 mins

Stephanie J. Castillo is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker with strong roots in multimedia, photography, producing, and news journalism. She worked in radio news in Hollywood, multimedia production in Pasadena, CA and Madison, WI, and as a news reporter in Honolulu. She started filmmaking in 1989, producing her first documentary with Hawaii Public TV. That film, Simple Courage:

Australian Singer Songwriter Meri Amber

Nov 26 2019 26 mins

From Sydney, Australia, Meri Amber is a singer/songwriter who uses Internet media to share her music, but she sees the web as a community more than just a marketing venture. Her tip to others is to treat social media as a conversation, not just a place to put up posters. This interview is from the 2013 archives, where Meri closed out our year, singing three of her songs.www.meriamb

Kevin L Jackson - Cloud Computing and Why Your Company Needs It

Sep 04 2019 51 mins

Kevin L. Jackson is a globally recognized cloud computing expert, who will discuss how network management in the cloud can help you leverage your business.Jackson is an Independent Thought Leader for IBM and Dell and Founder/Author of the award winning “Cloud Musings” blog. He has been recognized as a “Top 100 Cybersecurity Influencer and Brand” by Onalytica (2015), a Huffi

Shahid Buttar -- Digital Civil Rights and Civil Protections

Sep 03 2019 43 mins

This archived interview with Shahid Buttar may have been done in 2016 but it still applies today.What rights do we have, how do we protect them, and how do we ensure we can maintain them? Shahid Buttar is the Director of Grassroots Advocacy at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org). He's a constitutional lawyer focused on the intersection of community organizing and policy re

Olympian Steve Mesler and Classroom Champions

Jul 16 2019 23 mins

Steve Mesler was a member of the Night Train United States four-person bobsleigh team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2010. Steve and his sister Dr. Leigh Parise founded Classroom Champions, an organization that matches Olympians and Para-Olympians with a classroom anywhere in the world, to work with teachers and within the curriculum to deliver a mentoring program.In this archiv