The Dr. Vibe Show™
Nneka Elliot is the president of The Media Huddle (http://www.themediahuddle.com/). The Media Huddle is a skills development company located in Toronto that assists media professionals in the development of timely and essential skills that will help them navigate an ever-changing media industry. Before starting The Media Huddle, Nneka had various broadcast roles at CFRB (http://www.newstalk1010.com/), The Weather Network (http://www.theweathernetwork.com/) and CP 24 (http://www.cp24.com/). She is Canadian born but spent most of younger days growing up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. During our interview, Nneka speaks and shares about various subjects including how performing became a part of her life at a young age, how she got her start in the media industry, her journey working for various media outlets, the story behind The Media Huddle and how things are going since it's launch on May 26, 2011 and the story and the reason for the July 16, 2011 event: Diversity In A New Media Era which will feature a keynote from Tavis Smiley (http://www.tavistalks.com/tavis/mediakit) and a stellar line up for the event's panel discussion. The panel producer, actor and creator of Da' Kink in my hair Trey Anthony, diversity and culture expert Dalton Higgins, TV/Radio personality and host of The Mike Chalut show on Proud FM, Mike Chalut and University of Toronto Professor Megan Boler who specializes in digital media and democracy. For more information on July 16th event, please go to http://tmhtavissmiley.eventbrite.com/ For more information on The Media Huddle, please go to: http://www.themediahuddle.com/ (website) @mediahuddle (Twitter) http://www.facebook.com/themediahuddle (Facebook) Please feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com. If you live in North America, you can leave us a message at 1-866-280-9385 (toll free). Please feel free to "Like" the "The Vibe and Vegas Show" Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vibe-and-Vegas-Show/155099174532923 God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Vibe and Vegas info@blackcanadianman.com Podcast: http://thevibeandvegasshow.wordpress.com/ 2011 Black Weblog Awards Finalist (Best International Blog and Best Podcast Series): http://www.blackweblogawards.com/bwa2011finalists.pdf Black Blog Of The Day - Black Blogger Network - June 23, 2011: http://www.blackbloggernetwork.com/category/black-blog-of-the-day/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/vibeandvegas "The Vibe and Vegas Show" Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Vibe-and-Vegas-Show/155099174532923 iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-vibe-and-vegas-show/id434781229