http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress Public Relations :: Marcom Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:20:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spring 2009 brings us this great group of students.Check out their digital portfolios & resumes. Hire them!Good people, all the way around. Kelly Adams Ansley Black Jill Bledsoe Emily Canan Kelly Cargill Alison Christenberry Kelly Coffed Carey Beth Elder Ragan Gibson Emily Horne Caroline Inman Karen Jones Lianne Lopez-Ceparo Evie Maddox Mikey Mahone Kimberly Meyers Mallory Middleton Emily Petree Whitney Prothro Maria Prysock Elizabeth Reynolds Merry Whidby Jacob Wilder Jordan Woo http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/06/26/spring-2009-student-digital-resumes-and-portfolios/ Today marks our one year anniversary. I'm feeling pretty good about it. I'll greatly appreciate your opinions and suggestions below. So, what have we accomplished? Your thoughts? Here are some observations. Out of 4,135 members (as of this writing), we have: 1,843 students 343 faculty 2,103 practitioners Yes, I know that adds up to 4,289. Well, ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/04/01/propenmic-reflections-one-year-old-and-growing/ The 5th Annual New Communications Forum is slated for April 27th - 29th, 2009. Hosted at the Marriott Hotel at 4th & Mission in San Francisco, CA. http://www.newcommforum.com/2009/ REGISTER NOW WITH DISCOUNT CODE SNCRFRIEND & SAVE $100. PARTICIPATE IN THE ENTIRE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE FOR JUST $695 OR JUST ONE DAY ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/03/30/sncr-newcomm-forum-2009/ Our PR social network has been in action for one year, as of April 1st.  I thought you might like to know how we're doing.  I'd also appreciate your feedback on the network.  We can't get better without hearing from your members (and those that haven't joined, yet, too). Here's an ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/03/25/propenmicorg-traffic-one-year-anniversary/ Robert Scoble doesn't like PR or journalism. Robert Scoble: A Citizen Journalist Contradiction Wine Me & Dine Me (or, I'll whine about bad PR) Alice Marshall has a post about Robert Scoble's recent audio blip heard round the block. "Last Thursday’s edition of For Immediate Release contained a very troubling rant by Robert ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/robert-scoble-as-jj-hunsecker-wine-me-dine-me/ A recent post by PinkMoxie, Miiko Mentz (see MiikoMentz.com and FutureWorks PR and Bub.bilicio.us), addressed a post by Jeremy Pepper in his Tumblr blog, Embargoed Release from Mindtouch. Miiko "is the senior director of New Media & PR at FutureWorks, a social media strategy and PR firm. She also contributes, as ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/03/22/miiko-mentz-her-unpunched-cluetrain-ticket/ Under the title, "AIG's Image Problem," MSNBC's Rachel Maddow crafts a rant against AIG and Burson-Marsteller. In her 3:44 minute rant, Maddow calls Burson-Marsteller the PR agency "from Hell." This is a slice & dice unlike any I've seen before. Yes, TV talking heads have ranted against PR and firms for ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/03/05/rachel-madow-slices-dices-burson-marstellar/ Danger, Will Robinson. This is probably longer than you would like. I'm trying to give the story some background, as little exists in the editorial (and ensuing comments) this crisis has spawned. I'm sure I don't have all the details, but this may help to better put the ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/02/16/auburn-plainsman-editorial-boards-strategy-and-tactics-questioned-by-alumni-and-fans/ Today, I responded to a CASE listserv request about recruiting blogs being launched by colleges. I have a lot of ideas about this kind of campaign. I'm sharing here in hopes you'll offer some feedback, too. Thanks. Here's what I shared on the list... You've likely already thought of ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/02/12/what-colleges-universities-should-be-doing-online/ I really don't like to post something that I fear will cause an unhappy disagreement, but what I read this evening on Social Media Today, Twitter losing its cool, just leaves me scratching my head. It is a post by Niall Cook, the worldwide director of marketing technology at ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2009/02/04/twitters-popularity-has-it-jumped-the-shark-i-dont-think-so/