Are your key audiences sick of your organization's social media presence? How do your employees feel about it? How about you? Graham Machacek is joined by Mark Evans via Skype to unearth some key insights surrounding this popular topic. Find out if the bubble on social media time-wasters is about to burst and learn top tips to stay focused. Follow Mark's blog at www.markevanstech.com and on his website www.markevans.ca.

Ottawa's startup community is full of talented, innovative and driven entrepreneurs, but it's always a struggle to move a company from "unknown" to "well known." Jud Rasmussen sits with Mercury Grove CEO and Ottawa's resident startup expert Scott Annan to discuss what it takes to start, launch and grow a business in the Ottawa region.

This is Jud's final episode with The Voice. We want to thank him for his great interviews, engaging guests, and for being with us since the very beginning of the podcast. Thanks, Jud. You'll be missed!

Discipline and sustainability are just two of the many aspects worth considering when developing a strategic communications plan. Find out more great tips as The Voice co-host Graham Machacek explores the topic with Caroline Kealey, Founder and Principal, Ingenium Communications, and Marlene Floyd, Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group. This is the second of two parts recorded with senior communicators in mind.

The Voice co-host Graham Machacek does a deep dive on strategic communications planning with Caroline Kealey, Founder and Principal, Ingenium Communications, and Marlene Floyd, Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group. This is the first of two special episodes on the topic that have been recorded especially for senior communicators. IABC Ottawa delivers this special cast just ahead of Caroline Kealey's forthcoming Communications Strategy Lab in Ottawa on November 2.

Are you presenting today? Tomorrow? Ever? Find out what it takes to achieve presentation excellence. Graham Machacek drills down on the importance and practical application of storytelling in presentations with Anil Dilawri, owner of Save it like Sully, and Ken Evraire, Streaming Sports Network Director of Relationship Development and Owner of QuickTwitch Creative. This edition is dedicated to Steve Jobs and it features a special audio clip of his legendary commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005.

Jud Rasmussen continues his talk from last week with Greg Macdonald. This week, they talk about how creative vendors can improve their client relations and product.

Is the 'Creative Class' failing its clients? Where are Ottawa's designers and agencies falling short and how can some of them improve their business, the quality of their work and their customer service? Jud Rasmussen sits with Greg MacDonald, the Creative Director of Carleton University Communications, for a candid chat about the creative supplier landscape.

It is often said that the Internet 'has no borders', yet CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) is proactively engaging Canadians in an effort to frame effective Internet policy. In 2009 CIRA commissioned an opinion survey on Internet policy making, and in February of 2011 it hosted the Canadian Internet Forum. A visit to www.cira.ca will reveal the winners of the organization's .CA Impact Awards. Is this focus on 'Canada's Internet' necessary or useful? Jud Rasmussen sat with David Fowler, CIRA's Director of Marketing and Communications, to find out.

Is your organization following through on its promise to its stakeholders? The Voice co-host Graham Machacek sits down with Jon McGinley, Director of Marketing, Radian6, at the MARCOM conference to dissect the components of a strong brand, the difference between brand and reputation, and how "social listening" can help protect a brand.

A collection of MARCOM attendees weigh in on the best non-proft and government brands in Canada.