Tuesday, April 25, 2006

RutgersQBO: Rutgers University School of Business at Camden Quarterly Business Outlook Podcast #2

Lubetkin & Co. Communications is pleased to present the second podcast of the Rutgers University School of Business at Camden Quarterly Business Outlook. This quarterly forum, presented by Rutgers University in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey and sponsored by the law firm of Flaster Greenberg, features South Jersey area business leaders who assess the Southern New Jersey economy in their business sectors.

This program was recorded on Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Cherry Hill, NJ. Technical specifications regarding our production of podcasts is available here.

Download the podcast program here (Stereo MP3 file, 85.6 mb, duration 1:00:54.)


The program was introduced by Peter R. Spirgel, managing shareholder in Flaster Greenberg, sponsor of the QBO panel.


(Photographs at QBO Copyright © 2006 by Steven L. Lubetkin)


The Moderator is Mitchell P. Koza, Ph.D., Dean of the Rutgers University School of Business at Camden.

The panel includes five leading experts in economics, health care, manufacturing, retail/consumer products, and real estate who discussed current and six-month outlooks in their respective fields:

Panelist #1, The Economy: Dr. Ted Crone, vice president and economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Panelist #2, Utilities: Ellen Wolf, senior vice president and chief financial officer of American Water
Panelist #3, Capital Markets: Meyer (Sandy) Frucher, chairman and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
Panelist #4, Real Estate Development: Carl Dranoff, president of Dranoff Properties
Panelist #5, Temporary Staffing: Roy Fazio, owner of Protocall Staffing Services.


Special thanks to Samantha Collier, director of external affairs, Rutgers University School of Business, Camden, and Michael Sepanic, Director of Public Information, Rutgers University, Camden, for their interest in promoting podcasting technology.

Total program length 1:04:02. Program is a 90.1 mb stereo MP3 file.

Time Codes for the Podcast

00:00:00 Steve introduces the program
00:00:54 Steve explains the history of the Rutgers Quarterly Business Outlook.
00:02:10 Steve introduces the panelists for the program
00:03:09 Steve introduces and interviews Dean Mitchell Koza, Dean of the Rutgers University School of Business at Camden
00:06:42 Peter Spirgel, managing shareholder of Flaster Greenberg law firm, introduces Dean Koza
00:08:11 Dean Koza introduces the panel
00:10:24 Panelist #1, The Economy: Dr. Ted Crone, vice president and economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
00:18:05 Panelist #2, Utilities: Ellen Wolf, senior vice president and chief financial officer of American Water
00:25:27 Panelist #3, Capital Markets: Meyer (Sandy) Frucher, chairman and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
00:36:46 Panelist #4, Real Estate Development: Carl Dranoff, president of Dranoff Properties
00:46:27 Panelist #5, Temporary Staffing: Roy Fazio, owner of Protocall Staffing Services.
00:57:34 Dean Koza concludes the panel, conducts Q&A and closes the program.
01:02:29 Steve concludes the podcast with program notes about Rutgers and invites listeners to send comments.