Monthly Archives: March 2010

Podcast #1 of Lauren’s PR Podcast Station for Beginners

http://ia361309.us.archive.org/22/items/LaurensPrPodcastForBeginners/PODCAST.mp3 Show Notes: music: “such great heights” by the postal service show name: Lauren’s PR Podcast for Beginners by Lauren Parr, March 31, 2010 Topic: Internship Advice for PR Students Discussion (based on blog postcreated for PR Practicum)  internship is … Continue reading

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Interview with a PR Professional

For my informational interview, I decided to interview a family friend that I have known for many years. Rich Mitchell works for Ernst & Young, one of the “big four” accounting firms. Although he is a CPA and works primarily … Continue reading

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Delicious Thoughts

I’ve known about Delicious for some time, but wasn’t jumping to create a page because that means one more project to update and visit. I reluctantly created one for this topic of the week, and found it was actually very … Continue reading

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What I Like About PROpenMic

Since I have joined PROpenMic, I have been trying to understand and explore all the functions of the networking site. I usually just log on and tend to search around the main homepage for interesting topics or videos. Today, I … Continue reading

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Internship Advice for Beginners

An important part of gaining field experience and meeting potential employers, interning can be an overwhelming topic for those who are unsure about what it exactly is and how they go about getting one. According to Webster’s dictionary, an internship … Continue reading

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PROpenMic.. What is it?

When I hear the words “open mic,” I think of comedians and stand-up. I had no idea about PrOpenMic and wasn’t sure if it was something I wanted to belong to because it sounds intimidating. After creating my profile, I … Continue reading

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Trade Book Review

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Reading Notes

A useful book that goes along well with our PR Social Media class is “Groundswell: Winning in World Transformed by Social Technologies.” I judged it by the cover, but in a good way, because it was bright and seemed relatively … Continue reading

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Domino’s PR Strategy

I came across this video about how Domino’s had to deal with overcoming the bad press it was receiving over a dirty video posted by employees. The workers made crude, inappropriate comments about the company and tampered with the pizza on … Continue reading

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Implementing Social Media into Sport Websites

Being an athlete at GSU, I access the athletic website quite a bit. Mostly so that I can find schedules and meet results, but sometimes in order to learn more about a certain athlete or coach. While there is not a … Continue reading

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