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Lubetkin Communications LLC and its Professional Podcasts LLC subsidiary form a diversified communications services firm with practices in three broad areas: public relations and strategic communications; Internet broadcasting and digital photojournalism; and publishing.

Our primary business unit is our Professional Podcasts LLC subsidiary, which produces broadcast quality audio and video business programming for corporate and professional clients. We also produce online presentation programs that integrate audio and video with synchronized slide presentations (sample here) for e-learning, sales/marketing, and other business applications.

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Podcasting 101: Last summer, Steve attended BlogPhiladelphia, the first social media conference in Philadelphia, where he was interviewed by Viddio, a consumer-generated video website, about Podcasting.

View Steve's short explanation of podcasting and how Professional Podcasts produces programs for our clients.




Professional Podcasts Introduces Flash-Based "Podcasts with PowerPoint" Presentation Service:
Clients of Professional Podcasts can now have their speeches and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations combined into comprehensive e-Learning modules, including video, audio, self-paced quizzes and other interactive programming. Check out this sample program, our basic presentation about using podcasts to promote thought leadership in a business or corporate environment.

Steve's Speaking Engagements: Steve has a number of appearances where he will discuss the implications of social media (blogs, podcasts, networking websites) for various organizations. Here are a few:

June 27, 2008: NJ Technology Council IT Conference, Newark, NJ, presentation on using podcasting to promote an organization's thought leadership.

June 10, 2008: American Blood Centers Communicators Workshop, Las Vegas NV

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Professional Podcasts News Coverage

Steve Lubetkin, Managing Partner of Professional Podcasts LLC
Photo by Tina Markoe Kinslow, Courier-Post

Our podcasting division, Professional Podcasts LLC, was featured in the Sunday, August 6, 2006 issue of the South Jersey Courier-Post newspaper. Please visit here to read a PDF of the print version of the story.

Earlier, our podcasting business was profiled in the South Jersey Focus section of the April 28 , 2006 Philadelphia Business Journal. Be sure to read the article, "Consultant advises companies on podcasts and blogs," on page P22 of the pullout section. PDF available here.

Professional Podcasts produces 11th podcast for Rutgers/CCSNJ Quarterly Business Outlook

Professional Podcasts is distributing the 11th podcast in its series of programs providing the Rutgers University Quarterly Business Outlook panel, a joint program of Rutgers and the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey, sponsored by Flaster/Greenberg, a Cherry Hill-based law firm.

Download the podcast program  here (Stereo MP3 file, 83.5 mb, duration 01:00:48.)

Listen to the podcast using this player

 

Panelists were (from left): Jay Jones, deputy executive director, South Jersey Port Corporation; Lance de la Rosa, regional general manager, Wal-Mart Stores; Deb DiLorenzo, president, Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey; Dean Mitchell Koza, moderator; Stephen Greenberg, shareholder in FlasterGreenberg, sponsor of the program; Anthony "Skip" Cimino, president and chief executive officer, CMX Engineering; and Herb Taylor, Ph.D., vice president and corporate secretary of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

 

 

Professional Podcasts helps NJ Public Research Organization Deliver New Jersey Business Climate Study in a Podcast


Sara Bluhm
NJPRO Executive Director

In one of the most comprehensive studies of New Jersey’s business climate conducted to date, NJPRO, the research foundation arm of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, surveyed business leaders, compared the ways other states retain and attract firms, and recommended short- and long-term policies New Jersey can adopt to make its business environment friendlier.

Professional Podcasts worked with Public Advocacy Associates and NJPRO's Executive Director, Sara Bluhm to create a podcast program outlining the study's findings and recommendations. More information on the study is at NJPRO's website.

You can listen to the podcast using this player.

Download the podcast here. (23.3 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:17:01 duration)

 

 
Lubetkin Communications Photojournalism Division Scores Fourth Cover Photo for Smart Business Magazine

Our digital photography continues to meet the high standards of editorial clients around the country. Cleveland-based Smart Business, which publishes regional business magazines around the US, has been using our photography services to create dynamic images of CEOs profiled in the Philadelphia edition of the publication since the middle of 2007. The July issue of the magazine bears our photo of Bill Nelligan, Plymouth Meeting-based president of the North America division of IMS Health. See our other Smart Business covers and the rest of our corporate photojournalism portfolio.

 

 


Steve gives NJ Technology Council a "speed dating" presentation on using podcasts to promote a company's thought leadership

Professional Podcasts was one of seven companies from New Jersey and Quebec, Canada invited to present a seven-minute overview of their business at the New Jersey Technology Council's "What's Next in IT?" conference held at the Mezzanine in 744 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, on June 26.

About 125 high-tech executives, investors, and others attended the event.


Professional Podcasts Producing Programs from International Association of Online Communicators Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland


View of Reykjavik, Iceland, from The Perlan near
Reykjavik's Municipal Airport

Our Professional Podcasts mobile recording team travelled to Reykjavik, Iceland for the IAOC's annual conference. We recorded audio podcasts from all of the research presented at the conference, which will be distributed by the Public Relations Society of America's Phialdelphia Chapter.

You can also read our live-blogging summaries of the presentations at Lubetkin's Other Blog or the PRSA/Philadelphia Brainstorm Blog.



Here's a short video excerpt from one of the panels at the conference.

Photos of our trip are at these locations

IAOC Photos
Reykjavik and Iceland sightseeing
London sightseeing

 

Professional Podcasts Managing Partner Quoted in Article in Jewish Daily Forward: Steve Lubetkin is quoted in a June 18 article in the Jewish Daily Forward, a leading national Jewish newspaper, entitled, "Technologically Impaired? Jewish Organizations Struggle To Keep Pace With New Technologies." You can read the article here, or download a PDF of the print version here.

PRSA/Philadelphia Panel on New Media's Implications for Mainstream Journalists is Newest Professional Podcasts Video Pod

We recorded " Media Chameleons: How the Visual News Media is Adapting in the Fast-paced Video World," a video podcast program, at the Union League Club on May 22, 2008.

In this vidcast, a group of media experts discuss how their jobs have changed and the media has adapted to technology and changes in the news business. The program runs 1 hour 23 minutes, and includes an audience Q&A session.

This vidcast is also available on the PRSA/Philadelphia Brainstorm Blog.

 

NJ Bank Marketing Association Video Podcast: "Using Podcasts to Promote Thought Leadership"

In this vidcast, NJ Bank Marketing Association Board Member Steve Lubetkin, managing partner of Professional Podcasts LLC, explains how banks can use podcasting technology to distribute messages and promote thought leadership in financial matters. The program was recorded May 2, 2008 in Woodbridge, NJ. It runs about one hour.


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