Youth Congress in a podcast

(FROM left) Meralco’s Abby Mendoza, TPN’s Riza del Rosario, TOG Integrated’s Rudy Villar, Meralco’s Charles Manimbo, Truth 360’s Jocel de Guzman, PRSP’s Aye Ubaldo, MullenLowe MARC’s Gerald Lim, PRSP’s Jam Palang-at and Rose Malantic.

The PRSP Education Committee has partnered with The Pod Network to create Breaking Down The Buzz, a 12-episode Youth Congress in a podcast, curated for the academe and young professionals.

A pioneer milestone in the Public Relations and Communications industry, Breaking Down The Buzz makes use of the technical and creative services of The Pod Network, one of the leaders in the podcast industry.

(FROM left) Globe Group’s Yoly Crisanto, Maynilad’s Abigail Ho-Torres and SM Supermalls’ Rochelle Gamboa. | PHOTOGRaPHS COURTESY OF PRSP

“Choosing to do the YouthCon in a podcast and partner with TPN shows the time is now to leave comfort zones to pursue endeavours not yet tried before like using data and analytics to push boundaries. It’s inspiring for our Board to get the chance show the next gen of PRSP a new way forward,” Harold Geronimo, PRSP 2023 president, said.

The recently-launched series features the country’s top-notch educators, industry veterans, renowned and award-winning communicators, and a crop of exceptional young business leaders and content creators.

Episodes range from “PR Evolution: From Classroom to Workplace;” “Preparing the Next Gen: Careers in PR and Communications;” and “Public Relations in Omnichannel Communications;” to even current buzz discussions about “Communicating In the Age of Info Overload and Fake News;” and “Influencers, KOLs, Content Creators, and their Rise to Relevance.”

Alan Fontanilla, The Pod Network chief executive officer and co-founder, said “We are excited to work with PRSP on this groundbreaking YouthCon. Podcast is a platform that is so now, catering to the youth and how they access information. Putting the YouthCon a podcast makes the information convenient so many more can benefit from it.”

The series may be accessed on Spotify.