Last Linky Love of the Term

Next week is the last week of the term, so this will be the last of the linky love posts for a while. Probably for the rest of 2008, in fact. It looks like I won’t be teaching Advanced PR Writing in the fall, which is the sole purpose for writing these posts. I might do some other version of recommended links, though. We’ll just see. You better be...

Expert Advice on Portfolio Reviews

Kaitlin Stewart (who provided tips for us this week) and Stacey Myers, our PRSSA president sat down with me and provided some tips about portfolio reviews. p.s. Can I tell you how much I love this FLIP camera? Thank you, wonderful client, for getting it for me… I mean us to use....

Tips for Monitoring the Media & Writing Coverage Reports

If you’re dreaming an agency career, chances are you will need to know how to monitor the media for coverage. Often the monitoring doesn’t mean just collecting a bunch of links, but writing short summaries of the coverage so the busy executive can breeze through and read those pieces that are important. The final product at the end of the quarter is...

Guest Post: Tips for a Great Portfolio Review Episode 2

This guest post is from senior Jessica Lomelin. Winter term 2008, Jessica participated in portfolio reviews and had very positive evaluations from her reviewers. I asked her (and a few others) to share their tips. You can find Jessica’s blog, A Moment of Wonderful, here. Know your stuff. Do some research on your interviewers before meeting with them....

Linky Love: Busy Busy Week Addition

As I write, more than 3, 000 items loom in my feed reader. Yes, they are looming. Mocking me for having too little time to read this week. It’s been a busy week! I quickly pulled a few good posts for this week’s linky love: From Kami at Communications Overtones, Beat Reporters Have a Love/Hate Relationship with Blogs and Bloggers. Crisisblogger...