Archive for the ‘Students’ Category
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
At the urging of Richard Bailey across the pond and Constantin Basturea across my desk I'm currently reading Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody.
It's a great read on internet culture and the communications revolution that's upon us, but this quote that I read on the train to O'Hare airport this morning ...
Posted in Australian Media, Blogging, Marketing, Media Ownership, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, word of mouth | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
If you follow the PR blogosphere closely you would have read a lot of blah blah about PR ‘blacklists’ recently. If you don’t follow it closely, in this case you’ve missed very little of note.Who spammed who, what list or directory was at the core of it, bloggers overreacting to ...
Posted in Blogging, Issues Management, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Relations, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 15 Comments »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
My good friend Robert French has done the PR world yet another service, this time starting up PR Open Mic a social network for PR students and faculty to get together alongside practitioners and move our profession forward.
If you're a student you're an imbecile if you don't join up. It's ...
Posted in Blogging, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 18th, 2008
I was walking back to the office past the New York Library on one of New York's first lovely April days when I spotted this on the sidewalk footpath.
Love it! I think I'll print this photo and sit it on my desk. A mission statement of sorts for the new ...
Posted in Blogging, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, word of mouth, writing | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
How much does your name influence who you are? I'd have thought bugger all, until The Atlantic pointed me to Moniker Maladies: When Names Sabotage Success by Leif Nelson and Joseph Simmons.
From The Atlantic:
The authors argue that our preference for our names is so strong that we unconsciously gravitate towards ...
Posted in Blogging, Humour, New Practitioners, Students | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
My Yank readers will no doubt be familiar with the painful Verizon ad campaign 'It's the Network'. Essentially, the campaign features an army of helpers backing the lucky Verizon customers. Despite the fact the commercials shit me to tears, they provide a good metaphor for the greatest opportunity for individuals ...
Posted in Blogging, Marketing, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Students, Twitter, Wikis, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 12 Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
You can absorb the theory 'till the cows come home, but you won't start learning until you get your hands on the keys.
Posted in Blogging, Humour, Marketing, Online PR, Podcasting, Second Life, Students, Twitter, Wikis, Workplace Issues | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
In my first post for '08 I'd like to take a leaf out of Todd Defren's book and point out the importance of passion as the spark that can turn '08 from a good year to something truly spectacular - for both you and your clients.
I rewatched Jerry McGuire over ...
Posted in Blogging, Marketing, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, Workplace Issues | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
I'm slightly embarrassed to report that in the 6 months I've been in the States I've only written 36 blog posts. I'm online all the time but my time is divided amongst a variety of venues. I appreciate you taking the time to follow me, and thought you might be ...
Posted in Blog Admin, Blogging, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Students, Twitter, word of mouth | No Comments »
Friday, November 9th, 2007
An important question in the wash up of Podcamp Boston:
What is a digital native?
Here's the wikipedia definition, sparked by Marc Prensky's seminal Digital Natives Digital Immigrants:
A digital native is a person who has grown up with digital technology such as computers, the Internet, mobile phones and MP3. A digital immigrant ...
Posted in New Practitioners, Online PR, Students | 9 Comments »
