MIKE TENNANT
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PODCAST CREATOR / WRITER / SHOWRUNNER
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TRANSLATION: He's been around, and made tons of mistakes. Maybe all of them. That's good news for you, when you think about it.
I work closely with with clients developing and producing branded series.
TRANSLATION: As a dumb kid, he thought clients were a nuisance. They grew on him. Now he'd rather work closely with a client than not. Weird.
I assemble and lead production teams, run idea/production meetings, and I create and oversee workback schedules.
TRANSLATION: (Control freak.)
I love every minute of it.
TRANSLATION: He loves every minute of it.
BROADCAST
Co-creator/writer/showrunner The Age of Persuasion (CBC Radio, Canada) 88 Eps. Amassed one million weekly listeners.
Created dozens of syndicated explainer/"history of" pieces for Canadian public radio. 2000-2005
Ad Copywriter: created dozens of award-winning radio ads
Staff Copywriter for Radio Stations in Toronto, Calgary, Regina and (bless it) Moose Jaw.
Bestselling Author: The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture with Terry O’Reilly (Knopf, 2009)
Humour Columnist, Toronto Sunday Star (2 years, while in high school.)
AWARDS
Signal Awards, Webby Awards, New York Festivals Gold Medals, Clios, Radio Mercury Awards, Icon Awards, London International Ad Awards, et al.
SELECTED WORK
WRITER/SHOWRUNNER
CREATOR/EXEC PRODUCER
Testing 1, 2, 3 (for National Instruments)
World Reimagined (for NASDAQ)
WRITER/RESEARCHER
Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson (for DELL Technologies)
Ahead of Its Time (For Setapp)
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