| Advocacy and Media Relations 101 | |
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This month’s show features four experts in public relations and news production: Ron Roberts, Senior Account Representative at Martino Flynn, a full-service agency offering strategic public relations consulting and media training services Ted Baker, News Director for the Finger Lakes News Network, covering the Canandaigua, Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn listening areas Sean McNamara, News Director for News10Now, a 24-hour-a-day TV news station in Syracuse, NY Barbara Pierce, Vice President and Director of Public Relations at Dixon Schwabl Advertising, a full-service agency offering complete public relations services |
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| Manners for Millenials | |
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Cindy Post Senning, ED.D., is co-director of The Emily Post Institute, Inc., writes columns on children’s etiquette, and develops etiquette curriculum for the Institute. She is co-author of The Gift of Good Manners: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Respectful, Kind, Considerate Children. Jane Lennox and her granddaughter Erica provide a multi-generational perspective on manners and etiquette. Mary Therese Friel is a former Miss USA, Ford Model, national spokesperson and goodwill ambassador. She and her husband/partner Kent offer modeling and self development coaching for children, teens and adults. |
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| Hobbies Family Style | |
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Valerie Hockenberger is a licensed and trained Kindermusik
educator. In addition to her Kindermusik program, Valerie is also the
owner/director of the Hockenberger Vocal Arts Studio, specializing in
voice and music theory instruction for students ranging in age from age 8
to adult. Pete Maxson is avid sailor who enjoys building and racing model boats. Melody Reynolds is an amateur genealogist who has traced her family roots. Lisa Bearnson is founding editor of “Creating Keepsakes,” a scrapbooking magazine, and the author of several books, including Joy of Scrapbooking. |
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| A Reunion to Remember | |
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Joanne Panarisi is a clinical social worker and Reiki energy healing practitioner. Jennifer Bacci resurrected the reunion tradition in her family and has planned two successful events. Rebecca St. John compiled and published a family cookbook as a memento for her family reunion. Dawn Rice is the official historian for her family and has published a family history book. Dan Roach developed a family Web site that serves as a “virtual family reunion” for relatives in California and New York. |
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| Foster Care: A Kids' Eye View | |
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Sara is a former foster child who was adopted as an adult and is now raising a child of her own. Tiffany and Derrick are teens currently in foster care. Marcy Unger is a foster care expert at Hillside Children’s Center. |
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| Family Comfort by Design | |
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Chuck Hilbert is a principal of Hilbert Realty. Rick Darron from Chase Pitkin Installed Services is an expert on planning and installing outdoor decks. Marie Kenton is President of custom home builder Ketmar Development Corporation. Pat Clancy from Morse Lumber and Morse Sash and Door is an expert on new home construction materials. Todd Liebert is an architect with Clark Patterson Associates. Jodi Narsisian is an interior designer from Plan Architectural Studio. |
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| Fitness: It's a Family Affair | |
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Darcy
Dyll is the founder and director of Buffalo Yoga. She received
her certification in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Larry Schultz of
It's Yoga in San Francisco.
Cynthia Juhre, an R.N. and wellness practitioner, offers a compassionate, patient practice with an emphasis on body awareness. Cynthia is certified in Kripalu Yoga, prenatal Yoga and partner Yoga. Tamiko Byrd, is Director of Heart and Stroke Initiatives for the American Heart Association. Claudia Herman is Director of Recreation Therapy at Hillside Children’s Center. Jeff Dorfman is owner of My Gym, a children’s fitness center in Dewitt www.my-gym.com Laura Fasano directs the CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) program for the YMCA in Rochester. |
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| Teacher Talk | |
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Tom Strining is Superintendent of the Webster Central School District. Andrea Erskine is an elementary school music teacher in the Bloomfield School District. Stephanie Merritt is an elementary school teacher in the Syracuse area. Denise Balsamo is a special education teacher at Hillside Children’s Center’s Halpern Day Treatment Center. |
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| Navigating the Healthcare System | |
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Barry Barnett, healthcare insurance consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers. Ken Walsh, human resources manager at Hillside Family of Agencies. Susie Nettleton, from Parent to Parent, an advocacy group for families of special needs children. Kara Stadt, mother of a child with a rare medical condition. |
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| Inside the Legislative Process | |
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Bruce Gyory, an attorney and lobbyist with Hinman Straub, a law firm specializing in government relations Roseann Flores, a parent advocate who has participated in two trips to meet with New York State legislators in Albany New York State Senator Joseph Robach Janice Grieshaber, executive director of The Jenna Foundation for Nonviolence Linda James, who raised her two grandchildren and became an advocate for kinship caregivers, a member of the National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights and a contributor to the development of the Kinship Caregiver Support Act. |
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| Time, Talent and Treasure | |
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Lauri Van Hise, vice president for Crestwood and Hillside Children’s Foundations Chris Kunz, specialist for volunteers and interns at Hillside Family of Agencies Mary Peters, executive director of Rochester Women’s Network Judy Fox, a former not-for-profit executive with Grenell Consulting Group |
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| Technology and Our Kids | |
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Jeffrey Isherwood is Electronic Crime Specialist for CyberScience Laboratory, an organization that helps to increase cyber security awareness nationwide. CyberScience Laboratory educates the public about security issues and develops collaborations with law enforcement, government, industry and academia to fight electronic crime. Teri Schroeder is the founder and CEO of i-SAFE America, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to educating and empowering students to be safe and responsible online. Schroeder is responsible for strategy and global execution of the i-SAFE program, which has reached more than one million children nationwide and in 14 countries abroad. Carol Gray, MCSE, MCSA, CCA; is Network Analyst at Hillside Family of Agencies. She is responsible for the technical design/support of all infrastructure components and also identifies technology specifications, researches/evaluates new relevant technology. |
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