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Okay, this ain’t stayin’ up long… but here’s a 13-year-old me at my first radio gig, on UBC’s campus radio station CiTR. Press the blue Play icon below to listen. About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major conferences from Stockholm to Sydney, Berlin to Florida, and across North America. Each year, he speaks to more than 40 groups around the world and has appeared in/on Bloomberg TV, The New York Times, CBC, BBC, ABC, and many more. Read the full text of this article (Tod on Tape: A 13-Year-Old Broadcaster).

Forty-six years ago, today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. That much is known. The rest, pretty much, is speculation. When I was 11, I found myself browsing through the used books section of the Value Village in New Westminster, B.C. My eyes stopped on a weathered copy of the Warren Commission findings the U.S. government s official report on the Kennedy assassination. It was a buck, so I bought it. I started reading it that night and I don t think I put it down until I d gone through all 718 pages of it. More than 25 years later, I m still constantly reading books about the assassination. And in that time, I ve ended up with a pretty substantial collection of materials. I d venture to say I have one of the largest private collections in Canada. Some of my favourite acquisitions: Every letter about the Kennedy assassination sent to the Dallas Police Department in the two years following November 22, 1963 (digital copies) A three-inch piece of the infamous wooden stockade fence behind the grassy knoll An autographed copy of JFK: The Case for Conspiracy (Robert Groden, author) Remastered digital copies of every publicly released film of the assassination More than 20 hours of live uninterrupted television coverage from the first bulletin Several weeks ago, I finally had the chance to get to Dallas in person, thanks to a speech booking. Definitely went down as a highlight in my life. Here s a short video I shot of my walk through Dealey Plaza, including when I run into famous assassination researcher Robert Groden. Of course, when I tell people about my fascination (obsession?) with the Kennedy assassination, many people ask if I think Lee Harvey Oswald did it. I do have a theory. ( Well Chris, what is it that it is this theory of mine. Well, this is what it is my theory that I have, that is to say, which is mine, is mine. ) Like the Warren Commission found, I think Oswald fired shots from the sixth floor of the TSBD building. Except don t think he was aiming at Kennedy. I m going to finally write out my theory in the coming day or two and will post it here. In the meantime, here s a partial summary of my collection. Official Findings Report of the Warren Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (complete text) Paperback, first printing, October 1964, 718 pages (32 pages of B Father Knows Best. No commercials. WFAA Television, Dallas, 14 hours Including JFK s arrival in Fort Worth on 11/21/63, his speech on the morning of 11/22/63, his arrival in Dallas Mr. Peppermint Greene, who both saw the assassination. One of the people they interview in studio is Abraham Zapruder. The reports prior to the assassination are strange to hear as the reporter gives a rundown of what President Kennedy will be doing during the rest of his time in Texas. He also gives the route of the motorcade a number of times. No commercials. CBS Television, 7 hours Begins with the first bulletins during As The World Turns. Has a few commercials until the wall-to-wall coverage begins about fifteen minutes into the footage. Various JFK Newscasts s a little errie. The station was carryng the network broadcast of the Arthur Godfrey Show. The covers the first ten minutes of this 70 minute CD.  At one point, they break away for a station ID. The time given was one minute before the assassination took place. The Godfrey show had to have been taped, because after the first couple of bulletins from CBS News, they went back to the show s Cut) VHS, Oliver Stone director, 208 minutes Executive Action MP4 file, 90 minutes, Warner Bros., starring Burt Lancaster, David Miller director Audio Assassination: The Death of JFK Audio CD, ~35 brief interview clips from various JFK experts, critics, etc. Audio interview of Lee Harvey Oswald on New Orleans WSDU Radio, August 17, 1963 Interviewed by William K. Stuckey about the Fair Play for Cuba Committee Audio interview of Jim Garrison Interviewed by Johnny Carson Newspapers and Magazines Dallas Times Herald, November 22, 1963 Reprint, Headline: “President Dead, Connally Shot” Dallas Morning News, November 23, 1963 Reprint, Headline: “Kennedy Slain on Dallas Street: Johnson Becomes President”, 3 sections Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 25, 1963 Reprint, Headline: “Ruby Plea: Insanity; Kennedy Rites Held”, 1 section, 16 pages The Globe and Mail, November 25, 1963 Reprint, Headline: “Oswald Slain in Dallas Jail”, single front page (printed Nov 25, 1999) Life Magazine, November 25, 1966 Original, Cover: “A Matter of Reasonable Doubt” (first publication of Zapruder film images) Life Magazine, 1963 Reprint, Cover: “John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition” Saturday Evening Post Magazine, November 23, 1963 Original (publication deadline was prior to assassination, so no JFK content exists in magazine) Saturday Evening Post Magazine, November 21, 1964 Original, Cover: “The Undying Heritage of J. F. K. Saturday Evening Post Magazine, December 14, 1963 Original, Cover: “In Memoriam: A Senseless Tragedy” Misc. Small piece of wooden stockade fence from Grassy Knoll About 3” long, brown, not original 1963 material JFK: The Case for Conspiracy Robert Groden, 48-page full-colour photo magazine, autographed by author “Be a Member: The Sixth Floor Museum” Four-panel brochure, orange and black Every letter about the Kennedy assassination sent to the Dallas Police Department in the two years following November 22, 1963 (digital copies) About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major conferences from Stockholm to Sydney, Berlin to Florida, and across North America. Each year, he speaks to more than 40 groups around the world and has appeared in/on Bloomberg TV, The New York Times, CBC, BBC, ABC, and many more. Read the full text of this article (The JFK Assassination: Me and John F. Kennedy).

So you ve got a Facebook account and added a couple of dozen friends. In time, you begin to add some business contacts as well. Since your business contacts can now see your profile, you re faced with a dilemma. Do you stop posting any personal comments like jokes, updates about your family, etc.? Or do you post only business information from now on, irritating your friends and family? There s a better solution, and it s called Friend Splitting. In these five short videos, I ll show you how to split your friends into different groups ( lists ), send different status messages to different lists, prevent certain lists from seeing updates (e.g., prevent your business colleagues from seeing information about your personal life), and more. This is a small portion of what I present during my popular The Eight Keys to Marketing Online: Get More Leads and Close More Sales seminar. I hope you find these useful! If you found these videos helpful, you may want to consider signing up for my free low-volume newsletter. Or better yet, I d be pleased to come to your association or company and present The Eight Keys to Marketing Online: Get More Leads and Close More Sales. About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major conferences from Stockholm to Sydney, Berlin to Florida, and across North America. Each year, he speaks to more than 40 groups around the world and has appeared in/on Bloomberg TV, The New York Times, CBC, BBC, ABC, and many more. Read the full text of this article (Friend Splitting: Doing Personal AND Business on Facebook).

For more information about the full presentation, check out Tweet Warfare: Protecting Your Brand When It’s Attacked Online. About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major conferences from Stockholm to Sydney, Berlin to Florida, and across North America. Each year, he speaks to more than 40 groups around the world and has appeared in/on Bloomberg TV, The New York Times, CBC, BBC, ABC, and many more. Read the full text of this article (Watch Tod’s ‘SWARM Communications’ webinar).

Want to see the whole 90-minute keynote presentation? You are view­ing a selected por­tion of a longer keynote pre­sen­ta­tion I give called “Tweet Warfare: Protecting Your Brand from Online Attacks.” (Clicking won’t stop the video; it will open a new page up.) This keynote is for any pub­lic rela­tions or com­mu­ni­ca­tions per­son in an orga­ni­za­tion or asso­ci­a­tion, or really any­one who val­ues their brand on the Internet. How do you see the whole thing? If you have an event where you’d like me to present the full 90-minute keynote pre­sen­ta­tion, please check my avail­abil­ity and/or con­tact me. Embed this on your blog! Share this free webinar with your blog readers too! Just hover your mouse over the video and click Embed. Other links you might be inter­ested in: (Links open in a new win­dow. They do not stop the video.) About me My keynote presentations Join my monthly newsletter About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major conferences from Stockholm to Sydney, Berlin to Florida, and across North America. Each year, he speaks to more than 40 groups around the world and has appeared in/on Bloomberg TV, The New York Times, CBC, BBC, ABC, and many more. Read the full text of this article (Now watch online! “Swarm Communications: Protecting Your Brand When Good Buzz Goes Bad”).

One of the projects CBC is undertaking across the country is a sweeping integration of its news-gathering resources. Rather than having separate newsrooms, assignment desks, and reporters for TV, radio, and web, CBC will now have a single source for its operations. CBC Vancouver just opened its integrated newsroom. Behind the Scenes at CBC Vancouver s new integrated newsroom from Tod Maffin on Vimeo. Tod Maffin tours CBC Vancouver s new integrated newsroom. This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. Behind the Scenes at CBC Vancouver s new integrated newsroom

Sean Carruthers did a great review of the iPhone s new Voice Memos application (comes with the iPhone 3.0 software update) the other day. iPhone 3 s Voice Memo app One thing I haven t been able to find any reviews of the actual audio quality, so I did my own test and I have to say the quality is really much better than you d expect. It can easily be used in broadcast production on CBC Radio One (which has stronger compression/limiting at the transmitter end), AM stations, and podcasts. When you look at the file in iTunes (it creates a playlist called Voice Memos ), it will claim a ridiculously high bit rate (around 350kbps) which may trick you into thinking it would sound, well, like 350kbps. Don t let the numbers fool you. My tests sounded closer to around 128k, maybe a little higher. Also, pay no attention to the (beautifully retro) VU meter. It really won t help you. It has a clip light, but you ll overmodulate around -3dB or -4dB, not 0dB like you should. Just keep an eye on it when you re recording and when you hit -4dB, back the mic off a little. Attached is the audio of a field test I did a conversation between podcasters Mark Blevis and Tim Coyne. (P.S. If you re a fan of the This American Life style of storytelling, you need to subscribe to Tim s Hollywood Podcast the true stories of his life as an actor in Los Angeles). [audio www.todmaffin.com/uploads/voicememotest.mp3] Have you tried the Voice Memo app? Have you used it in your productions? What has your experience been? This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. What iPhone 3 s Voice Memos actually sound like (not bad!)

Audio of an interview I did on CBC Winnipeg s Information Morning radio show about my own journey through depression and addiction. This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. Mental health advocacy

Tech journalist Tod Maffin talks to a Flip Video rep about their new products. (This was NOT a paid promotion.) This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. Flip Mino HD and Flip HD: Review

Perhaps you ve seen the ads on television extolling the virtuals of the Gordon Campbell liberal government of B.C. Watch this video to see the TRUTH EXPOSED behind these misleading commercials. This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. VoteSmart B.C. EXPOSED!

This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. The TRUTH EXPOSED behind those misleading VoteSmart B.C. TV ads