Vox Talk

VOX Talk PODCAST: EPISODE 9

Salutation:

Hi there, this is Stephanie Ciccarelli and I’m your host. Welcome to VOX Talk!

The Loop:

Screen Actors Guild tribute to voice overs

This past weekend, the Screen Actors Guild awards were handed out in style with a special Life Time Achievement award bestowed upon Julie Andrews for her work over the past 50 years, including voice over work in the movie Shrek II and the upcoming Shrek the Third. SAG, with the help of actor Kiefer Sutherland, also honored the voices behind the scenes, featuring a series of interviews with voice over greats including Don LaFontaine among others.

For more information about the Screen Actors Guild and who the winners were this year, visit sagawards.com.

News #2

Apple iPhone Verizon said no

In other news, do you remember all of the buzz surrounding the Apple iPhone and Cingular partnership? Well, Engadget reports that Verizon was actually the company’s first choice for service providers, citing that Apple and Verizon could not work out a deal that was mutually beneficial.
To learn more, visit engadget.com
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/29/verizon-passed-up-apple-iphone-deal/

News #3

To wrap up, the New York Times reports that entries from Wikipedia, an online human edited encyclopedia, are now being used by judges in their rulings, albeit selectively. More than 100 judicial rulings have relied on Wikipedia, beginning in 2004, including 13 from circuit courts of appeal, one step below the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court thus far has never cited Wikipedia.

For more information, check the links for this show on the VOX Talk blog.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wikipedia.html?_r=1&ex=1327726800&oref=slogin

If you have any news to share, send it to me via email. You can reach me at media@voices.com.

The Biz:

This week in The Biz, Kristi Stewart will share her experiences with podcasting.

Kristi Stewart

Thank you Kristi!

If you have any questions or topics that you’d like to see covered in this segment, email your suggestions to media@voices.com

Tech Talk:

Flickr
Have you ever created a slideshow? Flickr, an online photo-sharing website is a great tool that makes creating slideshows easy.

Like most Internet businesses, we have a slideshow that explains how our service works. We use the set of slides to walk new prospects, business partners and colleagues through our business to show how we can work together and why they should work with us.

How did people usually receive these slideshows in the past? Most were sent via email as large attachments such as powerpoints or videos which took up a lot of storage and sucked the energy right out of your email program.

See the problem?

This is where Flickr comes in. Started by a couple in Vancouver, Flickr is an online photo-sharing website that has recently garnered attention by business professionals for creating nice looking presentations, also known as slideshows.

If you've ever needed to create a presentation and distribute it on the Web, I'd encourage you to check out Flickr.


I’ve included links for you to View our Flickr slideshow and check out Voices.com's Flickr profile to see how Flickr can help you. To create your own Flickr slideshow, signup free at Flickr. Have fun!


VoxBox:

This week, I received some feedback from Mike Cain about warming up your voice. Let’s have a listen.

Mike Cain feedback.

Thank you Mike for highlighting just how important a good vocal warm up is!

Farewell:

So, that puts episode of VOX Talk in the books. You can send in your comments and audio feedback to air on the podcast or join the conversations at the VOX Daily blog. Until next time ☺