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[16 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 8 views]

I love a lot of people and places. You may think I throw around the word love, in that respect, but no … I really do love them. You know, in that respectful “You’ve made my life happy and better, so I want to say thank you” kind of way.
Examples? How about our interns at Camp ASCCA. Danika Kmetz, Kelli Hood and Zeb Ramey. These people are absolutely terrific and did such a wonderful job. Look at ASCCA Friends and the Camp ASCCA Journal …

Blog Talk, Communication, Journalism, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Education, Style and Design, Teaching PR »

[16 Aug 2008 | Comments Off | 12 views]

Four sites I visit regularly have been redesigned, lately.
Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning and Poynter have all gone throught redesigns of varying degrees.  Poynter’s will launch on August 23rd.  Bill Mitchell, Director of Poynter Online, sent an email to all members yesterday announcing the much anticipated new site.
Mitchell offered a mockup look at the new look. It promises to have enhanced social media aspects. The video below, from January 2008, highlights their desire to create a “journalism social networking experience.” The Alpha version of the site is visible here.
I …

Blog Talk, Emerging Digital Media, OpenPR, PR, Public Relations Education, Public Relations Higher Education, Social Media, Teaching PR, Top Level »

[4 Aug 2008 | Comments Off | 2 views]

A recent video post to PROpenMic drew my interest.
Luke Walker shared a video he created for submission to the Edelman Studios project.

Features, Public Relations Education, Teaching PR, Top Level, WordPress »

[28 Jul 2008 | Comments Off | 15 views]

Every year or so, usually before Fall classes begin, I go in search of a new theme for this site. This year, I found more than a theme. I found a site that is quite the model for providing depth in documentation, tutorial videos and more. It is Revolution WordPress Theme led by developer Brian Gardner.
The best part about the theme, to me, is the ability to highlight posts in a rather easy manner. But, it isn’t really the theme that sold me. It …