Archive for November, 2008

 

Creating Our PRCA 3331 Final Exam

November 30th, 2008

Together, we (the students and I) will create the final exam for the PRCA 3331 class at Georgia Southern. In class on Monday, students will choose which topic areas to write questions about. Each student will write at least five questions total, from at least three different topic areas.
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PRCA 3331 Final Project :: Last Minute Reminders

November 30th, 2008

For your final project in PRCA 3331, you are analyzing a Fortune 500 company. The project is due by midnight on Tuesday, December 2.
Here are some important last minute reminders:

Review the grading rubric to ensure that you’re doing everything you need to for the project. (And I’ll even provide 10 bonus points if you print [...]

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Twitter “Unfollowing” Protocol

November 24th, 2008

This morning, Michelle Naranjo sent out a tweet asking about protocol for unfollowing someone on Twitter.

That got me wondering . . . so I sent Michelle a direct message and asked if she’d mind if I posted a quick poll. And here it is: 

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Locks of Love

November 20th, 2008

My nine-year-old daughter Katey has been growing her hair for two years to donate to Locks of Love. Today was the day for the donation.

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FYE 1220’s Southern Adventure

November 18th, 2008

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A Unicorn in a Balloon Factory

November 16th, 2008

If you recognized the title of this blog post, you must have already read Seth Godin’s newest book Tribes. And if not, what are you waiting for?
Seth has provided a free PDF Tribes Q&A book. As he says at his blog:

The Tribes Q&A ebook is here and it’s free

Dozens of volunteers, working together, put together [...]

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Public Relations During Times of Crisis

November 9th, 2008

Public Relations During Times Of Crisis
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Working with the GSU Eagle Print Shop

November 8th, 2008

Not long ago, my PRCA 3339 (PR Publications) classes took a field trip to the Eagle Print Shop on the Georgia Southern University campus. Our goal was to learn how students in the PR program could work most effectively with the print shop, especially for their PR Pubs class and their PR Campaigns class. Here [...]

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PRCA 3339 Blog Alternative

November 7th, 2008

As a project for Georgia Southern University’s PRCA 3339, you have two choices. You can create a brochure using InDesign as we originally discussed in the class. OR, you can add several postings to your blog that relate to the content of our PR Publications class. Please let me know your decision about the assignment [...]

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COMM 1110 Learning Journal

November 6th, 2008

Write a five- to eight-page typed (double-spaced) paper that addresses the following topics. Cite specific examples wherever possible. 
What are your three strongest points as a public communicator? (bullet point — no specific detail needed here)
What are three areas for improvement? (bullet point — no specific detail needed here)
Specifically, address the following on how, and how [...]

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