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Formerly known as the Holmes Report‘s Echo Chamber, the PRovoke podcast brings insight and intelligence from the global PR industry. Featuring interviews, analysis and conversation, the weekly show is hosted by PRovoke Media editors Arun Sudhaman, Maja Pawinska Sims & Paul Holmes.
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Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
In this episode of the PRovoke Podcast, Google's head of product inclusion Annie Jean-Baptiste talks about the movement she created three years ago inside Google to help underrepresented users feel seen throughout the product design process. In this conversation with Aarti Shah, she guides communications and PR professionals on how they can help the organizations they work with build more inclusive products — while also ensuring communications/PR and services are designed with inclusion. Jean-Baptiste is also author of the upcoming book, Building For Everyone: Expand Your Market With Design Practices From Google's Product Inclusion Team.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Jessica Hope launched Wimbart in London in 2014, as an independent PR agency specialising in Africa and emerging markets, with a focus on the continent’s tech and start-up sectors. She joins Arun Sudhaman on the PRovoke podcast to discuss the firm's rise and its ability to serve as a 'safe space' for Black PR executives in a notoriously white industry.
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Curtis Sparrer, principal of tech PR boutique Bospar, joins Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to discuss how having a virtual shop before the lockdown – plus the right mix of clients – has helped the agency continue to thrive during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Garland Stansell, chief communications officer of the Children’s Hospital of Alabama and the PRSA’s 2020 national chair, joins Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke Podcast to talk about how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has mobilised communications within the public health sphere.
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
In this episode of the PRovoke Media podcast, we speak to Reggie Dance, VP at Coyne PR, about the role corporate America can play in making “liberty and justice for all” a reality from Black Americans. The conversation followed a piece that Dance wrote "Dear Corporate America: Acknowledge, Listen and Take Action." In this episode, he talks about the recommendations in that piece and how brands and agencies can turn this moment into a sustainable movement.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
As the PR industry looks for bolder ways to address its longstanding issue with racial and cultural inclusion, we're talking to Black PR professionals about their experiences. In this episode, Aarti Shah talks to Sabrina Lynch, SVP at Taylor, about her experience working in both New York and London. She gives powerful examples and also advice that agencies can take around handling microaggressions, in particular in encounters with clients. Lynch also provided advice for the industry in our piece: Amid Protests: 'We’re Tired of Words. We Need to See Action'.
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
As #BlackLivesMatter protests continue around the world, IPG's PR and marketing group diversity & inclusion leader Margenett Moore-Roberts and Rogers & Cowan PMK multicultural head Stephen Macias join Diana Marszalek on the PRovoke podcast to discuss systemic racism and how the communications industry can harness the energy around recent events to move towards racial equality.
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
OPR CEO Richard Brett joins the PRovoke podcast to discuss the agency's new book, which explores how marketing communications has moved from telling and talking to doing and action. That focus on action, says Brett, becomes even more critical in the Covid-19 era, with companies around the world stepping up and doing what they can to help.
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
PRovoke editors Arun Sudhaman and Maja Pawinska Sims discuss Hong Kong's latest search for PR agency support, set against the backdrop of sustained political unrest in the city. The duo explore why MSL pulled out of the process, why so many firms have chosen to steer clear of the brief, and which firm might land the controversial assignment.
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Prospect Resourcing founder/MD Emma Dale joins Arun Sudhaman on the PRovoke podcast to discuss the 2020 State of the Industry Report, conducted in conjunction with Public Affairs Asia. Dale examines the difficulties facing the Asia-Pacific PR industry amid Covid-19, the implications for mental health and flexible working, and broader trends that are impacting talent development, recruitment and retention.