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Social Network for College & University PR Students and Faculty :: PROpenMic.org

Robert on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: Communication, Marketing Communications, New Media, PR, Podcast, Public Relations, Public Relations Education, Public Relations Higher Education, Social Media, Teaching PR, emerging digital media

One place for all PR students and faculty to meetup and mashup ideas about emerging digital media. That’s been my dream.
Sure, we’ve been creating our blogs and podcasts. We’ve been following each others writings and media. All fun. All good. But, there really hasn’t been one place for everyone to [...]

FlackLife Reveals Foolish Astroturfing Campaign from Hunter College and Coach Handbags

Robert on Feb 22 2008 | Filed under: Blogging topics, Blogs, Communication, Marcom, Marketing, Marketing Communications, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Education, Public Relations Higher Education, Social Media, Teaching PR, Video, guerilla marketing

Definition of astroturfing:
Astroturfing refers to marketing / public relations campaigns which attempt to create the impression of being spontaneous and true, genuine (and representations of *real* people and their opinions) when, in fact, they are not. In all of the standards of practice listed below, this practice is considered to be unethical.
Astroturfing is an interesting [...]

HighEdWebDev Conference Over, Now Off To Connect UGA

Robert on Oct 19 2007 | Filed under: Blog Talk, PR, PR Education, PR Higher Ed, Public Relations, Public Relations Education, Public Relations Higher Education, Teaching PR

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 [...]

Great PR Internship Available - Immediately :: EBSCO Industries

Robert on May 07 2007 | Filed under: Education, Media Relations, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Education

Sheri Thompson, of EBSCO Industries, writes to inform us of an unexpected internship opening. It is for this summer and they would like to fill it ASAP. Starting date is late May.
According to Sheri, “The candidate who originally accepted the position as a graduate intern position has since obtained permanent full-time employment, so [...]