Linky Love of Numbers

Image by Stewf via Flickr Sorry for the delay in posting this week’s linky love. But I found lots of good stuff and and each is a numbered list. How handy! Debunking Six Social Media Myths (BusinessWeek, written by BL Ochman aka @whatsnext) Five Digital Trends to Watch for 2009 (Authenticities, written by Steve Rubel aka @steverubel) Five Stories of...

Personal Branding: Advice for PR Students on the Job Hunt

Erika Penner, one of my PR Campaigns students, also happens to be an HR professional about mid-way through her MBA program at the University of Oregon. Lucky us! She spent some time last week giving her best advice for resumes, portfolios and interviews and she is allowing me to share her PointPoint with you...

Weekly Linkity Love Posts

Well, I thought I’d avoided the Oregon Plague (i.e. the terrible head cold that’s been going around), but I think I was wrong. Fortunately, not everyone’s brains are filled with fog and some folks managed to put out some great stuff this week. PR Colleagues: Don’t Forget to Brush Up on the Basics (Arik Hanson on PRSarahEvans.com) Facebook...

Chris Brown & Rihanna Strike a Chord with Students

Reading through my students’ posts this week, I noticed that several picked up the Chris Brown/Rihanna story that I included in last week’s linky love to write about. This is an interesting topic with lots of angles – not the least of which is that it’s raising awareness about domestic violence among an audience that probably...

Blog Clearly & Purposefully: Transparency for Newbies

We talk about transparency a lot in social media (in public relations, too, for that matter). But what does that mean if you’re a blogger? And particulary, if you’re a new blogger. According to Paul Gillin‘s book The New Influencers, “transparency is about a lot more than just not lying. It’s about opening yourself up to inspection,...