So I listened to this podcast that consisted of a discussion between Mark Ragan (posing as a CEO that is refusing to incorporate social media into his corporate communication channels), and about 5 panelists (his team). The panelists include: David Biesack (of SAS) Shel Holtz (of Holtz Communication + Technology) Vida Killian (of Dell) Terry… [Read more…]
February 18, 2012
So back in class on February 9th, we had a couple of guest speakers. Through this time, they told us about who they are, what they’ve done in the world of public relations, and how they got into doing what they’ve been doing. The first speaker was Amy Wiggins, a VP of Communications at the… [Read more…]
February 17, 2012
If I ever had to choose between working at a pr firm or for a corporation’s pr department, I would pick the pr firm without hesitation. Think of the idea of working with so many other people, think of how you could collaborate with, and help (or even receive help from) others. Think of all… [Read more…]
February 12, 2012
Unless if you’ve been living under a rock for the last month and a half, Super Bowl forty-six happened this last weekend. Unless if you’ve been living under a rock for the last five months, there’s been this thing called the Occupy movement. I’m not going to get into detail on those two, as there’s… [Read more…]
February 12, 2012
Being that this is a social media class, I figure it would make sense to use Mashable as a resource for these PR Connections. This week’s entry is about the idea of writers using social media. Well, that’s pretty obvious, as it’s titled “10 Pro Tips for Writers Using Social Media.” To sum it up,… [Read more…]
February 12, 2012
The Avengers Promotional Poster: Copyright by respective production studio and/or distributor. Having been a fan of comics for a great part of my adolescent life, it’s easy to assume which Super Bowl commercial was my favorite. Of course I’m talking about Marvel’s new trailer for The Avengers. What’s there not to like in this? There… [Read more…]
February 5, 2012
So after the latest PR class that covered social media, I began thinking about the different kinds of social media available to the public. But what really got to me was the idea of all of the different types of social media. This made me want to poke around on Mashable, a social media news… [Read more…]
February 5, 2012
So, I had a lot of things running through my mind after the latest PR Applications class. In class, we spoke on competition and conflict, and crisis management. All of this made me want to dig deeper, and look into some of the more difficult PR crises that have happened in history. That’s when I… [Read more…]
February 5, 2012
I really couldn’t find much after my first attempts of Google searching myself. Maybe that’s a good thing? There happens to be many different musicians who share the same name as me. By the looks of it, many of them appear to be DJ’s. But then I realized I should include other search terms into… [Read more…]
February 5, 2012
So in my Social Media for Public Relations and Journalism class we are reading this book called Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Honestly, it’s a pretty interesting book. Groundswell tells the reader of how to utilize this so-called “groundswell” of social media for business and… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
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