Steven Lubetkin

Current

• Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member at Society for New Communications Research
• Member, organizing committee at PodCamp Philly
• Outside Public Relations Counsel at Success Communications Group

• Managing Partner at Lubetkin & Co. Communications LLC and Professional Podcasts LLC
• Member, Senior Practitioners Alliance at Anne Klein Communications Group LLC
• Computer Columnist at Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey

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Past

• Senior Vice President, Media Relations at Bank of America
• Member, National Board of Directors at PRSA
• Member, National Board of Directors at Public Relations Society of America

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Education

• University of Phoenix
• University of Phoenix/ONLINE
• Monmouth University

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Company
• My Company
• My RSS feed

Steven Lubetkin’s Summary

Leading producer of business podcasts in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Clients include NJ Bankers Association, Sun National Bank, Public Relations Society of America, Rutgers University (Camden).

Corporate photojournalist, skilled digital photographer and videographer with national photo credits. Public photo portfolio is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lubetkin/.

Senior Fellow and Advisory Board member of the Society for New Communications Research (http://sncr.org/?p=81) Experienced technologist, counselor to senior management regarding the business and commercial implications of leading edge technologies. MBA thesis, “Bond Ratings in Cyberspace,” studies attitudes of financial industry professionals toward computer-mediated meeting technologies. Fluent in Spanish.

I am the host of three blogs and podcasts, and I am invited to speak on these technologies at many industry conferences:

"Lubetkin's Other Blog" - Where I comment on public relations and journalism issues, and the podcast interviews people making news in the PR and journalism worlds. RSS feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/lubetkinsotherblog

"CompuSchmooze" - blog and podcast supplementing my monthly newspaper column about technology and Judaism in the Jewish Community voice of Southern New Jersey. RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/compuschmooze

"Middle Chamber Books Podcast" - which supports our Middle Chamber Book Store (www.middlechamberbooks.com) with podcasts in which we interview authors and other creative artists.

Highly articulate spokesman with strong track record of persuading skeptical opinion leaders and public policy influentials.

Steven Lubetkin’s Specialties:

Extensive experience in corporate public relations, financial communications, media relations, seminars, speechwriting, issues management, and employee communications, and community relations for Fortune 100 companies and their senior executives.

Nationally published writer of business articles on financial services, technology, genealogy, and other topics, interested in additional writing assignments for clients and major publications.

Steven Lubetkin’s Experience

• Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member

  Society for New Communications Research

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (7 months)

  The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit 501(c)(3) think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new communications tools, technologies and emerging modes of communication, and their effect on traditional media, professional communications, business, culture and society.
  
  The Society’s Fellows and Senior Fellows include more than 40 futurists, scholars, business leaders, professional communicators, members of the media and technologists from around the globe. In addition, the Society’s members include a Vendor Council with representatives from more than a dozen leading technology companies and Organizational Affiliates comprising membership associations, research organizations and other leading think tanks.
  
  For more information, email us at info@sncr.org or call +1 (650) 331-0083.

• Member, organizing committee

  PodCamp Philly

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

  This is the organizing committee for PodCamp Philly. PC Philly 1.0 was held in 2007; 2.0 currently planned for September 2008.

• Outside Public Relations Counsel

  Success Communications Group

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  2005 — Present (3 years)

• Managing Partner

  Lubetkin & Co. Communications LLC and Professional Podcasts LLC

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  December 2004 — Present (3 years 8 months)

  Lubetkin & Co. Communications LLC provides corporate leaders with high-level advice and counsel on their communications programs and strategies. The firm also provides guidance on crisis communications, reputation management, and how to leverage emerging technologies effectively to enhance outreach efforts.
  
  Our Professional Podcasts LLC subsidiary is the leading producer of business podcast programs (audio and video programs distributed over the Internet) for corporations, trade associations, and not-for-profit agencies in the Northeastern US. Among our clients are: ACE-INA Insurance; Sun National Bank; NAPL, the leading graphic communications trade association; the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians; Rutgers University; Samost Jewish Family and Children's Service of Southern New Jersey; the law firm of FlasterGreenberg; Pinnacle Financial Advisors; the New Jersey Bankers Association, and others.

• Member, Senior Practitioners Alliance

  Anne Klein Communications Group LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  2004 — Present (4 years)

  Senior Practitioners Alliance is an extended network of independent senior communications practitioners who work with Anne Klein Communications Group LLC from time to time on joint projects for clients.

• Computer Columnist

  Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  September 1996 — Present (11 years 11 months)

  Write a monthly column on computers and technology trends for this 20,000+ circulation biweekly newspaper serving the affluent Southern New Jersey Jewish community. Also regularly contribute technology features to the companion quarterly magazine, "Attitudes."

Additional Information

Steven Lubetkin’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company
• My RSS feed

Steven Lubetkin’s Groups:

PRSA Financial Communications Section (Executive Committee, 1993-1999; Chairman, 1995-1997; chairman-elect, 1993-1994); Chair, PRSA Technology Section 1997, Executive Committee 1995-1999; Member, PRSA Universal Accreditation Board (1997-2002); elected (at age 42) to PRSA College of Fellows, 1999. Elected to three-year term on PRSA National Board of Directors, November 2002.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInPhilly, New Jersey MarCom Holiday party, Online News Association, PRSA Philadelphia, LinkedIn, Twitter, Greater Philadelphia Senior Executives Group

•    Online News Association member
•    Executive Suite member
• Forbes.com New York City Group member
•    Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group member
•    U.S. Government Relations / Global Public Relations Group member
•    ThoseInMedia (The who's who in all the media markets) member
•    Bank of America member
•    The Innovators Club member
•    Mid-Atlantic Consultant's Network member
•    LI Live - Philly member
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators member
•    Accredited in Public Relations (APR) member
•    PRSA Health Academy & Friends member
•    Corporate Communications Executive Network member
•    HARO--Help A Reporter Out member
•    Podcasting Technology Resource Group member

Steven Lubetkin’s Honors:

McGraw-Hill Inc. Corporate Achievement Award for Customer Service (teleconferences), awarded 1995. Named in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the East, 25th Edition, 1995-1996, and Who’s Who in the Media and Communications, first edition, 1997-1998.

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