Jumpstart on Spring Classes: Textbooks

October 20th, 2008

If you’re looking to get a jumpstart on my classes at Georgia Southern University this spring, here are the books that I will be using. I’ve linked to many of them at Amazon.com, but of course you can purchase them from anywhere you like. I recommend you try the Facebook Marketplace first, so you can get [...]

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The Groundswell Inside

October 7th, 2008

Here’s an activity we’ll be doing in my Corporate PR class this week. Our focus this week is Chapter 11 (The Groundswell Inside Your Company) of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies.
Directions: Think about an organization you’re currently a member of. It could be a campus group or even your current employer. [...]

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Blog Assignment for PRCA 3331 (Corporate PR Class)

September 30th, 2008

As you saw in your Corporate Public Relations Syllabus and we’ve discussed in class, part of your grade in PRCA 3331 will come from your blog. After setting up your blog, let me know your blog address as a response to a discussion board question in our Facebook group for PRCA 3331. Then, write four [...]

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Groundswell: People, Objectives, Strategy, Technology

September 24th, 2008

Groundswell POST Process
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(Note: Portions of this presentation are reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Press.  Adapted from Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies.  Copyright © 2008 Forrester Research, Inc.; All Rights Reserved.)

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Groundswell: An Overview

September 14th, 2008

This week in my Corporate PR class, we’ll be discussing Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. I’ve provided the slides for Monday’s class here.
Groundswell
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We’ll also watch Charlene Li’s presentation on Groundswell from Edelman’s New Media Academic Summit.

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Groundswell: Will It Blend?

August 28th, 2008

 In my Corporate Public Relations class this fall, we’re reading Groundswell. Teams of students will present the five objectives of the groundswell: listening, talking, energizing, supporting, and embracing. But for a little fun before we dive into the book, I thought it might be good to share this YouTube clip. What happens when you try to [...]

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Jumpstart on Fall Classes: Textbooks

July 30th, 2008

If you’re looking to get a jumpstart on my classes at Georgia Southern University this fall, here are the books that I will be using. I’ve linked to many of them at Amazon.com, but of course you can purchase them from anywhere you like. I recommend you try the Facebook Marketplace first, so you can get [...]

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Groundswell as a Textbook?

July 10th, 2008

I’ll be using Groundswell as a text to augment Reputation Management in a Corporate PR class this fall. Are other public relations educators using Groundswell? If so, perhaps we could collaborate on discussion questions and exercises. Please drop me a line!

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Pix from New Media Academic Summit 2008

July 4th, 2008

The Flickr photostream for items tagged with Summit08 is an interesting conglomeration of photos from several of us who attended Edelman’s New Media Academic Summit. Below are a few of my favorite ones.
Here’s a photo of me with Neville Hobson (blogger and co-host of For Immediate Release), taken by Edelman’s Rick Murray.

Charlene Li, author of [...]

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