http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress Public Relations :: Marcom Tue, 06 May 2008 16:46:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Growing up in a university family, both parents were professors, I was always surrounded by books. One vivid memory is the encyclopedias and dictionaries that filled our home. Britannica was one of the encyclopedias. Big black books that took up two rows on the main family bookcase. Right ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/05/06/britannica-online-kicks-wikipedias-butt-it-isnt-even-close/ The subtitle of this podcast could quite easily be, "Ducks are Cool!". I was fortunate to have Kellie Matthews and Lisa Poplawski join me for an interview some weeks ago. Sadly, I goofed the recording and there were pops and hisses ... just a general bad audio hair day, so ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/04/21/interview-with-kellie-matthews-and-lisa-poplawski-university-of-oregon/ Yes, I'm still focusing on the work we're doing at PROpenMic, the social network for PR students & faculty. Bear with me for a bit, please. I'll admit, all of the people signing up are my favorites. I'm still kinda stunned by the turnout we've experienced. We surpassed ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/04/21/meet-danielle-warby-most-recent-member-of-propenmic/ Newspapers. I still love them. That is why these stories make me very sad. Rick Edmonds, Poynter's Biz Blog, shares "the latest American Society of Newspapers Editors' annual census" and it ain't pretty. Print is continuing to hemorage at a sad rate. The good news may be, they will ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/04/14/two-frightening-stories-newspapers-continue-to-hemorage/ Over on PROpenMic, I've posted a run down of the population we've developed from countries around the world. The experience of launching this community, and watching it grow, has been very enjoyable. I deeply appreciate all of the people that have visited the site and signed up. PROpenMic ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/04/12/diverse-international-population-of-our-pr-higher-education-social-network-propenmic/ 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 ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/social-network-for-college-university-pr-students-and-faculty-propenmicorg/ For the longest time, it seems, we've been doing projects for clients in our Style & Design class, as well as Campaigns, PR Writing and Survey Research. I had a thought. Yes, I know ... that's often a dangerous thing. Why not take our ongoing blogging and podcasting activities and fold ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/03/30/latest-thought-for-a-class-project-a-new-loveliest-village-social-network/ Always seeking new ideas to incorporate online reality into class practice, the first two links below look very promising, to me. Seero and Ning, alone or combined, could offer a very simple - yet broad and complex - implementation for a class campaign project. Add Utterz, Flickr, YouTube ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/03/21/links-to-tidbits-and-stories-im-following-seero-ning-and-a-silly-survey/ The Edelman Digital Bootcamp was an enjoyable experience. Many thanks to all of the very kind people at UGA for hosting my students and many others from various colleges and universities around the southeast. UGA's Kaye Sweetser (so this is mass communication?) and Karen Russell (Teaching PR) had their students ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/03/02/edg-uga-fun-conference-for-students-and-educators/ It is UGA Week at infOpinions. Our recent interview with Ashley Beebe led to a pitch from Lindsey Loughman to do a podcast about the upcoming Edelman Digital Bootcamp. I will be attending, along with some Auburn students, and very happy to oblige Lindsey's request. After ... http://www.auburnmedia.com/wordpress/2008/02/28/lindsey-loughman-uga-edelman-digital-bootcamp/