Articles Archive for March 2010
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Meet the Don Quixote of PR. Jack O’Dwyer.
O’Dwyer has been tilting at the PRSA windmill since 1994. He mounts Rozinate for regular jousts with the PR association.
Recently, Jack O’Dwyer was visited by what O’Dwyer might call demons. He’s called them a lot of other things.
His visitors were from the PRSA. Meet “chair Gary McCormick and president Bill Murray.”
They went round and round, as usual, and likely all fell down. Does it bring to mind images of the Black Death?
Well, the visit actually seemed to bring great joy to Jack, as …
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I’m doing an impromptu Auburn University day over on PROpenMic because these are two pretty unique stories. Both stories broke yesterday while we were in class, of all places. So, this was a pretty cool experience for the students. My students are working on these projects, in various ways, and I wanted to share them with you.
Taylor Swift Challenges Two Auburn Students
Taylor Swift Tells Auburn Students :: Good Deeds Are Rewarded with Hugs
In a continuing story, Taylor Swift finds the site AHugfromTaylorSwift.com launched by two Auburn students. She challenges the …
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Resuming my blogging on a more frequent schedule, I thought I’d share what I’ve been doing.
Over at PROpenMic we’ve been continuing our growth. I like the way we’ve been reaching more and more students from around the world. Today, PROpenMic has students from about 70 countries and over 400 colleges and universities.
Auburn Family is another project. It recently brought the students a silver medal from SIAA. Auburn University also rewarded the students with a front page (top right hand corner) link to their project. …
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This is my little homage to those that think way ahead of the curve. Those people that see what others cannot see are great motivators. They are not afraid to fail. The key is to try. Failure can actually be a good thing. You learn from it.
Fred Allison at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).
Who was Fred Allison? A man way ahead of his time and peers.
“Dr. Fred C. Allison (1882-1974) was a pioneering physicist whose controversial methods of scientific observation identified two chemicals of the …
