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Twitter: How long until it’s valuable to you?

October 30th, 2008

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Learning from the PRofessionals

October 17th, 2008

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Powerful PowerPoint Presentations

September 24th, 2008

Creating Your Presentation

Always create an opening slide with the title of your presentation, and perhaps a relevant graphic, along with your full name.
Use a template that complements your subject.
SmartArt adds to the presentation when you want to show your words graphically.

As with any presentation, use the three-pronged rule

tell ‘em what you’re going to tell ‘em
tell [...]

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New Media Academic Summit 2008 : People Are Talking

July 5th, 2008

People are talking. Actually, they are blogging about their experiences at the New Media Academic Summit 2008, co-sponsored by Edelman and PR Week.

Robert French :: Several video interviews
Neville Hobson :: Good to see you, Chicago & Hobson & Holtz Report # 358
Sean Moffitt :: Debrief: The Edelman Academic Summit
Keith O’Brien :: Dr. O-No
Karen Russell :: [...]

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Join a Social Network, Get a Job?

June 30th, 2008

Can joining a social network get you a job?
Perhaps, if you’re like Allie Osmar, Edelman’s newest Social Media Analyst. Watch the short video below to see Robert French, PROpenMic founder, interview Allie at Edelman’s New Media Academic Summit last week.

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What is PROpenMic?
PROpenMic? A metaphor. Step up and speak your [...]

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If Only I’d Known . . .

May 11th, 2008

Back in the dark ages (two years ago), Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications wrote a pair of blog postings about the state of public relations education for undergrads. He wrote about The Trouble with Undergrad PR Programs and Fixing Undergrad PR Programs. Since I teach public relations at Georgia Southern University, this topic piqued my interest. [...]

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