Multicultural Communication and Courage are on tap in our continuing look at the finalists of the 2009 PRSA Silver Anvil Awards.

Brandy speaks with USMC Lieutenant Colonel Chris Hughes ,Director of Public Affairs for the First Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton, about his multicultural communication entry "Tell it to the Iraquis"

Tomás Dardet President of PRLinks and Dan Gross, CEO and Co Founder of PAX USA, about their “Arm Yourself with Courage” Campaign implemented in Puerto Rico.

Fleishman-Hilliard's Paul Dusseault and Aflac's Laura Kane fill us in on the Aflac Bone Marrow Registration Program which made them a finalist for a 2009 PRSA Silver Anvil Award.

Plus, Stephen Chavez, Ketchum's Director of Hispanic Marketing tells us about their award entry on "100 Years of Mexican Music".

Learn about Air New Zealand's new flight offering for the GLBT community, The Pink Flight, and how comedian Kathy Griffin was brought on to celebrate the inaugural flight. We speak to CRT-Tanaka' Marcy Walsh and Air New Zealand's Sarah Miller Reeves about their PRSA Silver Anvil Award Finalist entry.

Sherry Goldman of Goldman Communications Group discusses her campaign with the Writers Guild of America entitled "Making East Coast Writers Voices Heard During the 100-Day Writers Guild Strike".

Sales and Marketing veteran Andrea Nierenberg introduces us to her new book: Savvy Networking: 118 Fast Effective Tips for Business Success

PR Training and Media Relations with the Media Relations Maven Margo Mateas. Margo fills us in on her training workshops which will have traveling from Puerto Rico to Australia.

PR industry veteran PR Jack O' Dwyer on the changes of public relations versus advertising and how he's survived on Madison Avenue in New York City for the last 40 years.

The Push and Pull of Public Relations with guest Lee Odden of TopRank Online Marketing, plus Jiyan gets some SEO questions answered.

Convergence of social media, marketing and customer service study, plus Susan Getgood discusses the Marketing Roadmaps Blog.

Jenny Schade on Thriving in a Dismal Economy, plus her work in understanding the emotional connections that people have with products and services.

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Shashi Bellamkonda of Network Solutions discusses how Social Media is Driving New Customer Acquisitions, plus how to track those new customers, plus he offers his thought on product mangement and the outlook of social media in 2009.