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[24 Oct 2007 | 12 Comments | 38 views]

Christi Eubanks, of my PRception, asks me and dozens of PR educators and practitioners to share our “top 3 DOs and DON’Ts for personal online reputation management.”
That’s a good question. We talk about it in class from time to time.  Jeremy Pepper just wrote an interesting post on this very topic – Reputation – Both Corporate and Personal -  at Pop PR!
That’s also a tough question. Only three? I’m going for three of each. I’ve seen some of the other answers, so I’ll …

Blog Talk, Blogs, CMS, New Media, OpenPR, Opensource, Publishing, Social Media, Technology »

[19 Oct 2007 | 7 Comments | 27 views]

Previously, I mentioned the question I received during the HighEdWebDev conference. I was asked the always difficult question, “So, what’s next? What is the next thing on the horizon?” Again, if I knew (if any of us knew), we’d invest in it and reap the rewards. I did not have the answer, because I don’t know what is next.
It did remind me of something that I’ve thought about for a long time. The relatively unsung true driving force, in my opinion, of social media’s growth. Surely, …

Blog Talk, PR, PR Education, PR Higher Ed, Public Relations, Public Relations Education, Public Relations Higher Education, Teaching PR »

[19 Oct 2007 | 6 Comments | 11 views]

Wednesday I was fortunate to participate in a presentation with some great people in Rochester, NY at the HighEdWebDev conference. However, I was in Auburn, Ala. I joined the group via Skype.
The occasion was Dimitri Glazkov and Jeff Keeton‘s session Post-Conference Workshop 2.0. Thanks for inviting me, guys. I joined, among others, “Web 2.0′s uncle Chris FactoryJoe Messina” for the approximately 20 minute Skype conference portion of their presentation.
During the questions, I was asked the always difficult question, “So, what’s next? What is the next …

Lesson du jour, Video »

[18 Oct 2007 | 2 Comments | 16 views]

Danger, Will Robinson! Robert’s about to be corny. I know this may be considered totally off-topic (maybe) and most have likely seen it before, but I had not.
Our good, fun friend Lee Hopkins shared this in Facebook recently. It is too beautiful.
Recently, as I listen to students about to head out after graduation, some are expressing doubts about whether they are ready for the real world stage. If this story cannot inspire, I don’t know what will.
Following the Paul Potts storyline, it turns into an amazingly …