Media Bullseye
My hometown paper printed what I find to be a rather depressing article this week. Not only is it depressing, but in my eyes it devalues my college education worse than a college president caught doing blow and hookers on his lunch break. Sharon Stone was just awarded an honorary degree from Edinboro University of [...]
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When I was a student I found it easy to preach blog prog. So, maybe progging won’t be a new word in 2006. But, not only did I have a little more flexibility in my schedule, but I was full of grounded theory, hypothetical situations, and self-righteous indignency. However, 5.5 months into my professional agency [...]
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Here ye, here ye. If you’re proud of PR, we want you to shout about it! Well, maybe shouting is a bit harsh, but my good friend Paull Young wants to hear why you’re proud of PR. And I mean “hear” you. Paull’s seeking audio comments for an October release of the Forward Podcast. Read [...]
Filed under: Admin Notes, Future of PR, podcasting, Proud of PR, Public Relations | Tagged: Forward, Strategery and Truthiness | Leave a Comment »
Well, I have decided to depart from my adventures on Observations of Public Relations. I have had a great time and learned a tremendous amount. Currently, I am not sure where I am off to. I am looking for nonprofit work outside of Ohio and taking some other non-PR related paths. As one last hoorah, [...]
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It’s a little twist on the ever-popular Friday Frivolity we’ve all come to know and love. Well, know, anyway. I’d like to take this time to plug my Forward family and some of the excellent work that they do. Forward is an online springboard for young and up and coming PR pros. Although, I think [...]
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Well, I completely flew by my one-month anniversary of agency life. Taking a deep breath, I thought I’d provide a little bit of a retrospective of that month. The most difficult aspect of this time has been pairing my education and experience with the realities of what faces me as I sit in my office [...]
Filed under: PR Lessons Learned, Admin Notes, podcasting, Public Relations | Tagged: Better Desirable Roasted Communications, for immediate release, Inside PR | 14 Comments »
First of all I just wanted to apologize for my extended absence. After graduation, life was just a whirlwind of activity. So much to do. First there was going on the obligatory "yippee, I just graduated" road trip followed by the continued job search followed by getting a job followed by going to a really [...]
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A while back we posted that we'd be having a contest to change the name of our blog. We received a few comments and suggestions, but none so thoughtful and encouraging as those of Todd Defren who authors the PR Squared blog and The Good Pitch blog. Now, we didn't actually use any of Todd [...]
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