​​In a special end-of-semester episode, Todd Vogts reflects on the strategic communications management course he has been taking and that inspired this podcast. He approaches this reflection in several parts. First, he briefly discusses the reading materials presented. Then, he talks about the assignments that were completed. Next, he discusses the topic of strategic communication and what he's learned about the subject. Finally, he shares a few concluding thoughts and directions for the future of this podcast.

​​In this episode, Todd Vogts discusses the evolving media and branding as outlined in “Principles of Strategic Communication” by Derina Holtzhausen, Jami A. Fullerton, Bobbi Kay Lewis, and Danny Shipka. This is talked about in relation to the Thanksgiving holiday.

This episode of the podcast is a special Thanksgiving episode that was originally produced as a video podcast, or vodcast. A link to the video is included below in the show notes if you want to see it, but the audio of the production can be listened to in this podcast episode.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/srAtcjL72M4

In this episode, Todd Vogts discusses the messaging tactics of strategic communication management as outlined in “Principles of Strategic Communication” by Derina Holtzhausen, Jami A. Fullerton, Bobbi Kay Lewis, and Danny Shipka. He also discusses a 2007 study by Erik Bucy and Maria Elizabeth Grabe published in the Journal of Communication that was titled “Taking Television Serious: A Sound and Image Bite Analysis of Presidential Campaign Coverage, 1992-2004.”

In this episode, Todd Vogts discusses the three levels of strategic communication management as outlined in “Principles of Strategic Communication” by Derina Holtzhausen, Jami A. Fullerton, Bobbi Kay Lewis, and Danny Shipka.

In this episode, Todd Vogts talks with Micah Black, a strategic communication professional, to learn more about what goes into the work he does. 

In this episode, Todd Vogts discusses the idea of emotional intelligence as covered in "Emotional Intelligence 2.0," a 2009 book by Bradberry and Greaves.

This is the trailer for the new podcast Strat Comm Conversations, a podcast about strategic communication and journalism, hosted by Todd Vogts.