tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65969570903351502502024-03-14T00:54:37.848-07:00The voice of John ConklinThe purpose of this blog is to explore leadership and how it relates to my life in a variety of capacities. These capacities will include personal, professional and philosophical. I hope you enjoy reading my blog. John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-86560016007394908062013-07-25T10:51:00.000-07:002013-07-25T10:51:04.577-07:00Sarah MacDougallEvery year at the Winnipeg Folk Fest I manage to stumble upon some music that I wasn't planning on seeing but end up loving. Sarah MacDougall is my random find this year. Her music really spoke to me and left me with a feeling of peacefulness and calmness.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-35093042190762615692013-06-27T08:19:00.001-07:002013-06-27T08:19:17.396-07:00I feel like a BuddhistIf you're like me at all, then I know you're hyped for the 40th anniversary of the Winnipeg Folk Festival. In less than two weeks me and about half of Wolseley will cruise our bikes up to Birds Hill Park for 5 days of friendship, jokes, eats and great music.<br />
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This year's going to be special. I have that feeling you get deep down in your stomach that isn't excitement or nervousness, but giddiness. I feel like a kid again!<br />
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Here's Whitehorse - The dude Luke Doucet is a solid Wolseley boy!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-75238866435622230242013-06-07T14:07:00.002-07:002013-06-07T14:07:31.266-07:00Summer gemsIf you haven't heard this track yet, you will soon. From what I understand this band and song is taking Europe by storm. I can see why, it's so catchy.<br />
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Here's another gem I stumbled across the other day. We all know the original but to me this might take the cake. Most of my friends disagreed with me ;)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-36597827893170569562013-03-19T10:20:00.000-07:002013-03-19T10:20:06.951-07:00Folk Festival 2013On Saturday the 16th of March the Winnipeg Folk Festival released the <a href="http://www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca/festival/schedules/">line-up</a> for this summers upcoming festival. I must say that I'm one person who is very excited about the performers this year and went out and purchased my ticket later that afternoon.<br />
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Folk Festival for me is a tradition. I've attended the festival since I was a kid and know that it's a place where I will bump into old friends. It is also a place for me where I seem to make peace with myself and the world around me. The experience differs from year to year, but the positivity that the festival instills in me always seems to remain the same. <br />
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This week on the <a href="http://radio.rrc.ca/?page_id=14">Morning Hike</a> I will be featuring many of the performers so the listeners can gather a greater understanding of some of the talent that will be featured this year.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-30644786533270483512013-03-18T15:58:00.004-07:002013-03-25T10:25:41.300-07:00A face for radioA few weeks back some buddies of mine came into the <a href="http://radio.rrc.ca/">Red River Radio </a>studio and shot Mike Cuma and myself in action.<br />
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The second thing is that I have a new favourite song that is sung by a Canadian and is about one of Canada's most beautiful geographical regions. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-56471363490690584152013-02-07T15:04:00.001-08:002013-02-07T15:04:13.926-08:00More good musicAs the Morning Hike on Red River Radio keeps on keeping on the music seems to keep getting better as well. Just this past week station manager Dan uploaded a ton more great local Canadian Indie music. One thing that I can definitely say has contributed to the success of this new online radio station <a href="http://radio.rrc.ca/?page_id=10">Red River Radio</a> is the quality of music that the station manager has programed.<br />
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Here is a song from a Canadian Folk Rock band <a href="http://cityandcolour.ca/">City and Colour</a> that has just the right amount of harmonica. I must admit I am a fan of the harmonica but this gem by City and Colour is one I think even non supporters will enjoy.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-10206076914886788592013-01-25T14:38:00.003-08:002013-01-25T14:46:07.774-08:00Ahmadou this one's for you. When I was younger, I spent some time living overseas in Ghana. While living in Ghana, I become best friends with a man from Senegal, Ahmadou. Ahmadou I miss you buddy and wherever you are today I'm sure you're doing just fine and spreading that positive vibe. I dedicate this track to you, and my memories of you and time spent in Ghana.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-83082654849331191012013-01-18T10:28:00.000-08:002013-01-18T10:28:15.185-08:00Mac DemarcoOne perk about waking up at 5:30 am to do a morning radio show is that you're constantly looking for new music to share with your listeners. What this means is that while you're trying to make your listeners happy you also get to discover new music for yourself. One young Canadian musician who has caught my attention lately is a young man from British Columbia Mac Demarco. <div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-88216808126817624182013-01-11T14:52:00.001-08:002013-01-11T14:58:12.045-08:00The boys are back<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a longish break the boys from the morning show are back on Red River Radio. The holiday season is supposed to be relaxing, it’s supposed to be a time you spend with family and loved ones, and it's supposed to be a time that you recharge the batteries. However if your family is anything like mine, you know that there's no recharging of the batteries. It's simply, go go go. </span><br />
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So if you're in the mood for an alternative voice and some groovy Christmas tunes, make sure to check it out. We also have lots of silly yet interesting segments planned for the show.<br />
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Here is a sample of some of the holiday goodness you can expect to hear on the show.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987526029242656167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-47970488072937630762012-11-16T12:51:00.001-08:002012-11-16T12:51:53.852-08:00Radio for a better causeOn Tuesday the 20th of November, Red River Radio will host a Radiothon. The Radiothon is being put on by the public relations majors at the college. I happen to be a public relations major at the college, meaning that I get the opportunity to play a vital role in organizing and producing the actual show.<br />
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This was the first promotional event planned by the public relations majors for this event, and as you can tell from the video, they have a lot of energy and passion for the cause. The theme of the Radiothon is Rally for Red and the goal is to have over thirty people donate blood. The public relations majors partnered with the Canadian Blood Services.<br />
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The Canadian Blood Services has provided our team with much support and resources. The staff have been available questions and excited about the efforts the public relations majors have made.<br />
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I can now successfully boast that I have done a daily morning radio show at Red River College for 11 consecutive weeks. You might find yourself thinking - oh boy, that sounds rough. And let me tell you, many of my friends and colleagues have expressed this sentiment to me. What I want to remind anybody thinking about taking on a project of this size is yes, it can be rough at times, content can be hard to find and you might not have found any new music in a while.</div>
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What I have found to be helpful is to make the show about quality over quantity. What I mean is if you don't have enough content for one day don't force it. Play music that you think people will like, if it's older music that's okay. You don't always need to be pushing the envelope to make a show good. But you do always want to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audiences are wanting. </div>
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The beauty about doing a morning show on a radio station that allows you to play the music you love is that you get to share the music you love with your listeners. Red River Radio and the Morning Hike with John and Mike are no exceptions. This year I have had the privilege to wake up every morning, bike to school which is about 15 minutes, and then jam out to some of my favorite music for two hours. Could life get any better? <br />
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I also get to talk to a very funny guy every morning, Mike Cuma. The guy tells a funny story.<br />
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I want to pass on some advice that a wise lady shared with me earlier today. Cathy Hanson is a radio instructor at Red River College. I spoke with Cathy today about my show in search of feedback on how I could tighten it up and make things better. The message Cathy left me with is so simple, but I feel important to share with anyone interested in radio. <br />
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So today when I sat down with Cathy, she said you guys are doing great, you're just being yourself and that's funny. You guys aren't gimmicky or cheesy at all, which is exactly what your listeners want. She said you boys are authentic. Wow what I compliment I thought. Not only did this make me feel good but it made me appreciate why I love doing my radio show so much, because it allows me to be me.<br />
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I hope you enjoy the track. <br />
John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-80150811321181427972012-10-19T15:04:00.003-07:002012-10-19T15:04:42.976-07:00You know what you know.The Morning Hike with John & Mike is now 8 weeks old. If you're unfamiliar with my blog I write about being on radio and my experiences operating a morning radio show at Red River College. The first few weeks were fun but kind of rough at times. Lately, things are operating much smoother.<br />
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Myself and counterpart were not used to getting up at 5:00 am, we weren't used to having to produce material everyday and so many other little things that I will not bore you with them here. After 8 weeks we feel like we're cruising. Everything is getting easier and we're still having a blast doing it.<br />
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You really only know what you know. My point is that play music you know about, stuff you enjoy and talk about things that matter to you. If you do this you will come off as more sincere and your listeners will respect you for it.<br />
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My new motto "Know what you know"<br />
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John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-36505409877276715932012-10-12T06:55:00.000-07:002012-10-12T06:55:35.804-07:00The Sweater ContestRecently on my morning radio show, the Morning Hike we launched a contest where we're giving away a very comfy and attractive sweater. The premise behind this contest is to have our listeners use our social media platforms to nominate and share a story about a nice person in their lives. We have received positive feedback from our peers and listeners about this contest and are happy to say that the Morning Hike is dedicated to making our costumers happy.<br />
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The beauty about running a contest where people get to share a feel good story is that it makes you feel good to win something for a friend or just someone you admire for being a great person. Running contests can be difficult and making people want to enter them can be even more difficult.<br />
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Here is what I've learned. Make them about the listeners, make them about the costumers and empower them with the feeling of belonging to your community. Read the best entries out on air and share them on your social media platforms. The world is a crazy yet simple place. I say this because sometimes it's the simplest things that get people talking and sharing stories with each other.<br />
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When you run a contest keep this in mind. Simple is good, and feel good is always nice.<br />
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Here is a track by The Lumineers, a band we have started to play more of on the Morning Hike. Very good stuff in my opinion. I hope you enjoy this track and have a great weekend.<br />
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John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-13927895447975148592012-10-05T08:34:00.001-07:002012-10-05T08:55:08.182-07:00Hearts of Gold<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This past week, The Morning Hike had the opportunity and pleasure
to interview two very kind people who are at very different stages in their
lives. We interviewed the Dean of Business and Applied Arts Graham
Thomson on Tuesday and Jackie Doming, a second year communications student here
at Red River College on Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The interview with
Graham went quite well. We spoke with Graham about his participation in a
fundraising effort known as Change for the Better. Change for the Better raises
money that supports homeless employment programs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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participated in what is known as the CEO Sleep-out. Graham explained on
the Morning Hike that this is supposed to raise awareness about
homelessness and not stimulate it. Graham mentioned that it was a wakeup call
on how privileged he is to be able to go home to a warm bed. The
thing he said that was the most humbling was all the noise he
heard down-town throughout the night. He mentioned that he was
surprised at how consistently siren bells rang throughout the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The event brought
awareness to two solutions to ending homelessness: (1) Employment and (2)
housing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Change for the
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their goal of $150,000. Currently, they are at $111,595.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Jackie Doming, a
second year student at Red River College is doing some fundraising of her own.
She has started a project called Threads of Hope. This projects purpose is to
raise $10,000. This will be donated to the Children’s Wish Foundation. Jackie
explained that she was intrinsically motivated to take on a project
like this because she doesn't have any brothers or sisters. She further
disclosed that her parents come from the Philippines and that the health
care system is not as modern as here in Canada. Both of those things combined
with her love for DIY activities sparked the campaign to sell clothing
and accessories where the profits generated will go to benefit others
in need. This indeed is very inspirational stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">You can learn more
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">You learn a lot
from talking to people and even more from listening to what they have to say.
Radio is a great medium for listening. These two very different people, in
completely different stages in their lives, one ready to retire one just
getting ready to launch their career are out spreading positivity in their own
ways. It made me proud to be a part of something, the Red River College
community and to have my part, in helping share their messages through radio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This song is awesome;
it's by The Head and the Heart. It's been getting a lot of air time on
the Morning Hike these past few weeks. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-2294240099852161582012-09-27T20:02:00.002-07:002012-09-27T20:02:18.015-07:00Technical difficulties.Hello faithful readers,<br />
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I know you're out there somewhere, maybe it's your parents basement or maybe it's you office, whatever. Today I'm going to share some advice on how to react when technical difficulties occur. I wont say that I wasn't warned before I started The Morning Hike that technical difficulties happen, but to the extent they happened this morning was a wee bit much.<br />
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First of all, my co-host and I couldn't hear each other through our headphones. Lets just say panic followed immediately. Mike, my co-host and myself were furiously phoning everybody we could think of trying to sort out this chaos. It took us 15 minutes to solve this problem and when we thought the madness was over, we were wrong.<br />
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Eventually we could hear each other again, and we were on top of the world for about half an hour. Fantastic right? Wrong. No, it wasn't fantastic because we had lined up an interview with the Dean of Business and Applied Arts from Red River College, and needless to say we were stoked. However what we weren't anticipating was for more technical difficulties, especially after the fifteen minute fiasco we had already gone through earlier in the morning. We never ended up having the interview, the dean could hear us but we couldn't hear him, so we lost are opportunity to interview the dean.<br />
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If this was a swat analysis I'm not sure if this specific scenario would fall under a threat or weakness, I don't know if anybody really knows. Either way the dean is a nice guy and he has agreed to another interview some other time, which is awesome.<br />
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Advice: Don't lose your cool, or at least try to recover as quickly as possible once you do. Trust me, I was sweating. I was bummed out for a few hours after my radio show and let me tell you this, being bummed out is not a productive way of being. You're angry, frustrated and to sum it up nicely, you're pissed off. I walked into an image editing and design course I'm taking and started a fire storm. John are you al-right people kept asking me. No I'm steaming was a response of mine. Was I legitimate for being angry yes, should I have let it ruin my morning, no. Advice, relax, you'll live another day.<br />
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Next time, I'm hoping to practice composure. Composure is something I value but really need to work on, and if you're on radio you should focus on composure too. Composure is your friend, study it, practice it and act like you have it even if you don't, because it's unattractive to be that guy who loses it over minor things that are really out of your control. That angry guy for no reason, just isn't cool.<br />
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I hope this helps you in your journeys to becoming radio personalities, It is something I now know to expect in the future. Will I behave more maturely, maybe, or at least I sure hope so.<br />
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I will once again leave you with a track. A track by a band I quite enjoy Local Natives. This song I believe is about his grandfather and for some reason it speaks to me. Maybe it will speak to you too.<br />
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Producing a daily two-hour morning radio show has many
challenges, especially when you’re new to the medium and have little experience at waking up everyday at 5am. one of many skills you need to have is being
able to paint a picture in your audience’s imagination, tell them a story that is either entertaining or that provides useful information. You need to be able to execute this skill during every music break. And when you're show is two hours long, you need to prep about 15 talking points which can be quite challenging especially when juggling the rest of your life duties. You need to be able to conduct interviews effectively, and
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You need to know about the music your playing, know about up
and coming artists and concerts that your listenership would want to know
about. You must be able to run contests effectively, contests that engage your
audiences in ways that’s easy for them to act on. The contests should be
interesting enough that they should motivate your audiences to share them with
friends. A recent study shows that 92% of people trust recommendations from people they know, which I don't think is a big surprise. For more on this please follow the blog link below.</div>
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I know this all sounds like common sense, which in many
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The first thing I wish I knew before I started the Morning Hike is to just relax, practice
makes perfect and perfection is the enemy of good. You only know what you know and
being honest with your listenership will create trust and help build authenticity
for your show. Authenticity is my number one, always be yourself, it's better for you and actually way easier. You don't need to impress people with your music knowledge or charming personality all the time.</div>
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The second thing I wish I knew would be to be on social
media, and connect with your listeners by having contests where they can
interact with your show through Facebook and Twitter.This makes it so easy for your listeners to participate in your show, and is easy to monitor and can be fun for everybody involved. </div>
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The third thing I wish I knew before starting would be
interview techniques. Practicing and knowing the fundamentals of interviewing cannot
only make an interview, but also make sure that the person you interview wants
to come back to your show, and feels comfortable in your presence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Here is a link to the book I bought that when I have had time done some research on how I can become a better interviewer.</span></div>
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I will end this blog post with a song. This is just a great track from Billy Bragg & Wilco's album Mermaid Avenue and was released in the late 1990's. I hope you enjoy this track and remember to be authentic when on air, authenticity is the key to developing a successful radio personality.<br />
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John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-37341998892319365332012-09-14T11:52:00.002-07:002012-09-14T11:55:42.016-07:00A nice article about Red River RadioThe Morning Hike with John & Mike is happy to say that we survived our third week. Producing a morning show can be tough and challenging but when you're having fun time fly's. This week I will keep my post short, however next week you can expect an update about how our first contest is going.<br />
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This week I wanted to share with you and article that I'm featured in that was written by John Gaudes from the UNITER. I hope you enjoy,<br />
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<a href="http://uniter.ca/view/7866/">http://uniter.ca/view/7866/</a><br />
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I still want to include a song in my post this week. The Morning Hike has played this song a few times this week and we have received some positive feedback from our listeners. This song is by Of Monsters and Men and I feel is just a beautiful song. I hope you enjoy this song too!<br />
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John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-51669887912302061892012-09-07T08:09:00.001-07:002012-09-07T08:09:26.633-07:00The Morning Hike launches a contest.
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you’re like me at all and believe the above words to be true then you would
agree with me that it takes time and practice before mastering a skill. This
week the Morning Hike has announced that it will be launching the shows first
contest next Monday. You might call this initial announcement a teaser. We're doing this in
an effort to help promote our new show but also to try and create some interaction with our listeners which will hopefully engage them in a meaningful way. </span></div>
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contest is simple. It requires our listeners to make song requests through
Twitter, Facebook and the telephone. Every time someone makes a request
they will earn 1 Hike Mile. The winner will receive 100 dollars and we will be
doing a draw at the end of the month. The contest is simple and the “what’s in
it for me principle” is the principle of persuasion we used for this contest. The
idea was make it easy for our audience to enter and provide them with enough
incentive that they will enter more than once.</span></div>
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have approximately 1 year of experience running contests for a not for profit
environmental company under my belt. The best way to learn how to run a
successful contest I have found is by trial and error. This will be my first ever radio
contest so I’ll make sure to post what works and what doesn’t just in case any of you would like some insight on this subject. Something I
think would work well for radio is a photo caption contest. The idea here is to
post a funny/interesting picture to your Facebook page and ask your audience to
come up with clever captions. This challenges your audience to innovate and get
creative and if the prize is right you know people will participate.</span></div>
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is all for this week. I will finish by playing another song for you. I will
also let you know that even though we’ve only been doing the Morning Hike on
Red River Radio <a href="http://radio.rrc.ca/">http://radio.rrc.ca/</a> for two
weeks it feels like two months. It’s a lot of work but if your passionate about
radio you will find doing a show of this sort both rewarding and fulfilling. The song I'll leave you with is by the Alabama
Shakes, and is off their debut album Boys & Girls. The entire album is great
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John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-46348199064346615982012-08-31T09:19:00.000-07:002012-08-31T15:39:12.215-07:00Red River Radio<br />
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The Morning Hike with John & Mike can officially say
that it’s first week on radio was a success. We ran one contest, did two
interviews and played a lot of good music. This blog post will walk you through
our journey to become Red River Radio’s first ever morning show team.</div>
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I was first introduced to radio last year, when two
colleagues and myself decided to do a weekly sports comedy show on Red River
College’s radio station which was 92.9 KICK FM at the time. Now days the
college radio station is known as Red River Radio. </div>
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It never occurred to me when I first started doing my sports
comedy show that I would be hosting a morning show on a radio station,
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I first realized that I wanted to host a morning radio show
after about two months of doing a weekly 1-hour show. I enjoyed the back and
fourth banter and liked the energy and adrenalin I felt during and after every
show. I was hooked on the feeling and inquired with the station manager about
what it would take to host a regular morning show on the College’s station. I
knew there wasn’t currently a morning team but that the station had had a team
in previous years. I discussed with the station manager about the idea and received
positive feedback that they would be open to having such a thing.</div>
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Preparing to launch a morning radio show took lots of
planning and brainstorming sessions. We would meet regularly with the station
manager and other morning show hosts here in the city of Winnipeg, ask for
advice and the dos and don’ts of the radio business. After we came up with a general
theme for our show we had to pitch our idea to the station manager and with
some convincing we were told that we were going to be able to do our morning
show starting in the fall. This was exciting and scary because both Mike Cuma
and myself were told about the hard work and dedication required producing such
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Mike Cuma, who is co-hosting the morning show with me, had
both decided to take the summer off radio. However we would meet up regularly
and talk about ideas, express the fears we had as well as talk about all the
exciting opportunities that our show would provide us. Our biggest fear was
waking up early, 5:30 am every day. However we were both generally excited
about the thought of talking on the radio, playing music we like, as well as
delivering friendly banter back and fourth. </div>
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My advice for anyone who is considering working in radio in
any capacity would be to relax, enjoy it and make sure it is something that you
really want to do. I would also advise you to plan, plan meticulously but to be
open for anything. As the old saying goes planning is guessing and you never
know who might call in or what might happen so you do never really know what
you will be talking about on air. </div>
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the heartaches and joys of hosting a morning show on radio. I will be
discussing challenges, opportunities and the planning involved in producing a
morning show.</div>
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John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-12913636204367361822012-04-19T13:21:00.000-07:002012-04-19T13:21:42.630-07:00You might find this interesting<pre>"Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the life boats." Voltaire</pre><pre> </pre><pre>A little girl teaches us a big lesson. If you have an extra 8 minutes you might want to check out this video.</pre><pre> </pre><pre> </pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFExgTJzEV4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><pre></pre><pre> </pre><pre> </pre>John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-35749653284099754672012-04-11T08:45:00.000-07:002012-04-11T08:45:39.657-07:00Teemu visits the theatre.<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Dionysus In Stony Mountain is a play that I attended as part of a school assignment. The play ran from March 29 to April 8 and was located at the Rachel Browne Theatre, 211 Bannatyne. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Part of my assignment is to write about my experiences at this play, which happens to be uneventful. The theatre is a small theatre that requires you to walk up some stairs before you reach the main stage. Once you arrive you will nestle your way into a cozy spot that I imagine would be quite uncomfortable for those taller than 5-feet 10-inches. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The play challenges middle class liberal values, at least from what I understood. The play makes a call to action for those from River Heights to challenge the way they think and to step outside their comfort zone.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It was funny, being a middle class male from the Wolseley neighborhood I had run into people who I had grown up with who have their Masters in Sociology or some other social sciences and told me how lucky I was to be attending this play and how much they had enjoyed it. All I could think about was hockey and what was happening in the hockey world that night.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The thing about sports fans is that you can’t take your mind of something that you are passionate about and obsess over, especially when the playoffs are in arms reach.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now back to the play. The play, right, didn’t leave much of an impression on me, I like funny, simple things and this play I believe has a good message for its audiences but just makes it way to complicated. I believe this was actually a contradiction to what the play was trying to accomplish.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I feel that the play was trying to portray the message that middle class people need to think critically about society and especially about our prison system. I think the tone was a bit stuck up and left me uninterested after the first 15 minutes.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">The one thing I enjoyed about the play was telling people I was attending the theatre, it made me feel smart. </span>John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596957090335150250.post-24351104108123224542012-03-29T17:39:00.000-07:002012-03-29T17:39:15.140-07:00Journey for Justice<div class="MsoNormal">Journey for Justice</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What works in this book? What does not Work? Why?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The book is easy to read and follow. McIntyre provides the reader with an abundance of background information about the case and the people involved in the case. I enjoyed reading the facts and learning about the Derksen family. This allows the reader to feel connected with the family adding to the overall experience. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sometimes the book seems to drag on, especially with the actual court trial of Mark Grant and when Doctors diagnosed him. This was a bit lengthy at times and more work than leisure.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Journalists can learn a lot from McIntyre’s presentation. He talked about taking chances and that it never hurts to ask when you’re trying to get your hands on a story. He spoke confidently about what he did and was obviously content with the final product. He showed that journalists can help tell a larger story in the form of a novel and that this can be quite rewarding. It also teaches journalists that writing a novel is something you can do on the side of your regular journalistic duties and how the two of them can be combined in some cases. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">How does this book compare to another non-fiction work in any medium?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I find this question a little tough to answer. I’m going to compare it to March of the Penguins which is narrated by Morgan Freeman. March of the Penguins is a video documentary that provides its viewers with everything they could have possibly wanted to know about the species of penguins. Not only are you amazed by the grueling life these penguins endure year and year out, but you come to garner a certain amount of respect for the species. As for Journey for Justice, the readers learn a lot about what happened to Candace Derksen and how the community initially reacted and continued to react over the years. Both are similar in that they are full of details, both have a beginning, middle and end. In both cases you gain respect for characters involved in the story and in Journey for Justices sake you gain distaste for Mark Grant. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I bet that if done right Journey for Justice could turn into a great movie. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">How does it compare to other work by McIntyre, e.g. his stories in the Winnipeg Free Press?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Well I am not all that familiar with McIntyre’s work but after reading a few of his articles I can say that his story although professional is much more conversational. The opportunity he has to tell a story in a novel is greater than in a newspaper publication. His newspaper publications are heavily fact based and don’t seem to have the same human interest aspect that Journey for Justice has. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was very happy to hear Wilma Derksen speak. She is a very upbeat and positive lady. I found McIntyre to be very passionate about his work and quite serious in nature. Wilma has a very soothing voice and said just the loveliest things about her daughter Candace. Hearing Wilma speak was refreshing because she demonstrated grace, sophistication and humbleness all at the same time.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The book was okay, I didn’t mind it but I generally don’t read much outside of the sports and political world. Crime stories have never been my thing; I do however enjoy the old episodes of Law& Order. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It was nice to read a story that I was familiar with its settings. It really adds to the experience because I know this community and understand where everything actually took place. This helped me visualize what I was reading.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The book was good and it was nice to hear the author and mother of the victim speak. <a href="" name="_GoBack"></a></div>John Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357255165667079724noreply@blogger.com0