Leading talent coach Steve Reynolds discussed ten simple things that leaders can do to motivate talent within their business. Defining leaders, Steve suggested that the term encompassed more than just managers and executives but that anyone working in a team could use these ten points to create a better working environment, which

In this entertaining session, the world’s most awarded radio creative, Ralph van Dijk, talked through the best radio ads of the last year. Many had received multiple awards for their campaigns

Cathinka Rondan, Pete Donaldson, Tom Webster and Charlotte Pudlowski talk through some of the ways podcasters can create successful programmes. Podcasting has grown steadily over the last few years but it has not exploded. Tom Webster, of Edison Research, has been looking at podcasts for 12 years but said that in the

The Music Director at Antyradio in Poland, Marcin Bakiewicz, tells us how his station has stayed on top in the competitive rock music market in Poland. Marcin thinks that stations should only use talent who are real fans of the music. You need that in order to ensure that the station stays

A change is coming to your radio stations website. dotCom is done. dotCo.CUK is done. dotRadio is here. It's the new domain for the whole radio sector. ‘It’s a testament to the vitality of radio, that people are looking for other ways to consume the medium, and to spread the brand’. Graham

Lee Thompson, Music Editor at ‘Record of the Day’ discussed the history of music, from records and cd’s to the world of Apple Music, Tidal, Soundcloud and Spotify – where you can have a hit record without radio airplay. But where does that leave the ‘star factory’ legacy of radio? Tapio Hananen,

Historically, Australia’s Triple M has been known for making ‘manly’ and ‘blokey’ radio. In this session, Head of Content, Mike Fitzpatrick, discussed some of the changes that the station has made in recent years to address the international shift in masculinity and the rise of the ‘new man’. Ten years ago, Triple

There were four speakers during this session, chaired by Nick Piggott from RadioDNS. Walter Huijten, Distribution Manager at NPO, spoke first. He thinks Hybrid Radio answers a lot of issues for listeners, but there are very good independent reasons why stations should continue to invest in digital radio too. We can’t rule out any of the platforms,

How can we set up the station to fit the new digital world but keep our end users as the focus? Well, Simon thinks that modernising the working structure and bringing all the teams together certainly helps. Swedish Radio has new technology going into their newest apps. They are curating playlists and

'Be the cockroach and evolve'. That's the only way to stay relevant to advertisers and listeners according to Radioanalyzer. By using minute-by-minute analysis, Radioanalyzer is able to accurately conclude what engages listeners and what programmers, producers and presenters can do to keep them entertained. Ottesen starts with a run-down of how radio’s