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Rick Murray :: President, Edelman Digital at the New Media Academic Summit ‘08

Rick Murray kindly agreed to an interview at the recent New Media Academic Summit in Chicago.
Rick Murray shares why Edelman Public Relations has taken a leadership role in helping academia better prepare students for the future of public relations.
This conference is an excellent model for others to follow. We need all the help we [...]

Can Involvement in PROpenMic Lead to a Job? :: Allie Osmar’s Success Story

Shared from my post to the front page of PROpenMic
My goal in starting PROpenMic, the social network for students & faculty, was to provide a resource that would help all of us.
I’m happy to report one particular success story from that site. I’m looking for others, too. So, if you have such a [...]

Live Blogging the Edelman / PR Week Education Summit in Chicago

In Chicago for the Edelman / PR Week 2008 edition of the Education Summit on New Media and PR.
I brought my laptop with webcam, as well as my Flip camera and cell phone for Utterz. I’m going to try and use the

Students: Job and Internship Seekers Resources

The search. It is intimidating. Frustrating. Confusing.
Two great posts help you with links and resources.
Oregon’s Beth Evans offers us Arts and PR Job Search Tips From a PR Ninja. Actually, her links and resources will serve many areas of interest, not just those seeking work in the Arts.
Tiffany Derville, also from [...]

Interns at ASCCA Begin Their Summer Social Media Campaigns

Each summer, interns from around the country visit Camp ASCCA.
This summer, we’ll be doing podcasts using Utterz. I’ll give them a prepaid phone they can carry with them to the activity areas. While taking photos and videos, they can also grab a quick audio interview easily embedded in the camp blog as well [...]

Google’s Friend Connect Arrives (Tonight)

Must admit, I’m intrigued by Google Friend Connect (Note: Not up yet. Later tonight.)
The details are here: Google Press Center: News Announcement.
Lots of other people are, of course, buzzing about it. See Techmeme: Previewing Google Friend Connect: Website owners can make any site social (Sean Carlson/Google).
Now, since it is just launching, I’m not [...]

HighEdWebDev Conference Over, Now Off To Connect UGA

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 [...]

PR Edu Thoughts on Past, Present and Future

In preparation for the coming semester, I’ve found myself thinking back and then looking forward.
My interests here are primarily on evaluating where people are, what positive aspects they may have gained from our classroom projects, and - how we can make them even more valuable and entertaining. Yep, that’s right. I said entertaining. [...]

Summer 2007 Class PR Blogs

This summer, all my classes are mini-mesters. Think about it. A class that usually takes 15 weeks, all packed into five weeks … pretty much in class all day.
Well, despite the flurry of activity all packed into five weeks, we will still be blogging. In fact, we will be video blogging. [...]

A PR Program That Doesn’t Teach Communication Research?

OK, I’m going to rewrite the definition of malfeasance in this post. My point is to address a concern / question posed by Alan Chumley, Vice-President for Business Development at Cormex Research, in his post - “Why do so few PR programs have research courses? - Measurement PRoponent / PRomulgator.

CollegeWebEditor.com Gets ReDesign :: Same Great Writing

For her blog’s second anniversary, Karine Joly chose to update the look of the site. I like it. Visit collegewebeditor.com. Karine’s all about “web, marketing & PR in higher ed.” One of the many things I really like about Karine’s site is the writing. She’s quite good … and very thorough. The site is filled with great tips and news items I’d likely never see without her tireless efforts.