Author Archives: MAP Communications Consulting

That voice talking to you from miles and miles away

We make podcasts here at MAP Communications Consulting, but sometimes we get a little wistful over the old days where high-power stations broadcast stuff like this. Here’s Wolfman Jack at his paraphrasing best. Enjoy.

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Aboriginal Self-Government affects you. Listen up.

Negotiators. Leaders. Elders. Innovators. Hear the voices that created some of Canada’s most innovative Aboriginal Self Government Agreements. This series is intended to deepen public understanding of Land Claims and Aboriginal Self-Government. It was produced by MAP Communications Consulting in … Continue reading

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Voices of Vision podcast series launches on National Aboriginal Day

The Yukon is a land of trailblazers in modern-day Aboriginal self-government. SinceĀ 1995, 11 of Yukon’s 14 First Nations have become self-governing, and account for more than half of the national total of self-governing First Nations. The mapcommunications.ca produced Voices of … Continue reading

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Welding, Geology, Sustainable Building. MAP helped the students tweet it all.

Here’s a shot from the Discover Your Future conference. This is a typical scene at the MAP Communications podcast and twitter station, where these students shared their thoughts after trying out geology, welding, and electrical work.

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Being a podcaster has its perks…

A four-hour drive from Whitehorse to Mayo, then back again was totally worth it for thehour spent interviewing Robert Hager Sr., and then this sunset on the way home:

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Tweet. Tweet. Tweet-tweet! MAP Communications Consulting’s conference package is a hit with the kids.

This year, the Yukon Women Exploring Trades conference brought MAP Communications Consulting in for two tasks: 1) get the girls to tweet about what they were learning at the conference and 2) produce some interviews with instructors. MAP thought it … Continue reading

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Daniel Lanois on striking a balance

Daniel Lanois is a musician, songwriter, and super-producer. After listening to one of his albums, I remembered sitting down with him for an hour on the Whitehorse waterfront. Here’s an outtake of our interview. This is Daniel Lanois, after being … Continue reading

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Podcasting the big dog sled race: MAP Communications at the start of the Yukon Quest

This weekend the 2011 Yukon Quest got its start. The dogs and their mushers will travel 1000 miles from Whitehorse to Fairbanks in what is billed as the toughest dogsled race around. MAP Communications heads to Quest kick off whenever … Continue reading

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MAP Communications was really happy to see this article about how podcasting is being picked up by law firms across the country. Check it out!

Podcasts way for law firms, lawyers to develop ‘strong bonds’ with listeners     By Luigi Benetton October 29 2010 issue, Lawyer’s Weekly   Can your practice produce promotional or educational radio and television segments? No? Well, if you can’t … Continue reading

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Reveal – a Yukon College Science brochure

MAP Communications Consulting’s Tanis Davey writes: I greatly enjoyed creating this science brochure for Yukon College. Science writing is a growing field as researchers are discovering that the public is interested as long as they can understand it! http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/images/uploads/Research_Brochure_.pdf

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