Just I have done for most of the last 20 years, I will be attending and presenting at the International Listening Association convention again this year.
Last week, USA Today’s Brian Dresher posted his tips on making the most of South by Southwest. These were great tips. I asked him if I could borrow liberally from [...]

In the two years that I’ve been using Twitter, I’ve tried my best to get my PR students using Twitter, too. Most of them dutifully complete their One Week of Twitter assignment, then fade away when it’s no longer a requirement.  One week definitely isn’t enough time to “get Twitter,” but the classes I teach [...]

COMM 4333 & PRCA 3330 Students Only
Our One Week of Twitter assignment begins on Monday, February 15, and will end at midnight on February 22. Your blog post about this experience count as your Topic of the Week for Week Seven.
First, Learn a Bit About Twitter

Listen to Laura Fitton discuss Twitter for Business.
Listen to my [...]

In this short presentation, I share the four ways I benefit from using Twitter. Connect with me on Twitter, where you will find me as @BarbaraNixon.

Other than the four ways I mention in this video, are there other ways you have benefitted by using Twitter?

[Updated from a blog post from September 2009]
As PR students are nearing the end of their college careers and beginning their job searches, one of the most powerful online tools for them is the business networking site LinkedIn. Creating a profile in LinkedIn is a requirement in my PR Practicum class and is recommended for [...]

The PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) at Georgia Southern University asked me to join them for tonight’s meeting and share with them one of my favorite subjects: Twitter! How could I say no? 
Twitter: WII-FM
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Thanks to Mitch Joel of Twist Image, I discovered this quaint little film about five etiquette rules on an “electronic friendship generator” called Facebook. 

The first Savannah area TweetUp is scheduled for Friday March 13th, 2009, at Cheddar’s, 1425 Benton Blvd in Pooler, GA. The “official” start time is set for 6 PM.
Come join us as we go off-line to greet our old Twitter friends and to meet new ones. Live music, beautiful people, great wings – what else could you ask for? 
Many thanks [...]

Birmingham City University’s Paul Bradshaw shares this excellent Twitter overview with his Online Journalism students. In this slidedeck, he “attempts to describe what Twitter is, how it can be used, and some of the most impressive Twitter mashups and tools.”
Even long-time Twitter users can benefit from this overview.  I will definitely share this presentation with [...]

As many of this blog’s readers already know, I am a huge fan and heavy user of Twitter. It’s challenging for me to explain to others what impact Twitter has made on me. Then, I discovered this blog post and presentation by MinXuan Lee: How Twitter Changed My Life. 
 
As MinXuan Lee says,

My intent was not so much [...]