- Archive
- for April, 2009
The “new and shiny” is gone.
Okay, so here it is. My “I’m-so-excited-and-this-is-why” post. The post of all posts. The post that is supposed to brag about everything I’ve achieved through the diligent use of mentors, social media, and my education. Except, the story has changed. And I already did a lot of bragging here, and here. Yes, I’m still excited to move to Chicago. Yes,...
To Walk or Not to Walk, That Is The Question
I never planned to have a job lined up for after graduation. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I was hoping, but I didn’t plan for it. And I plan everything. My initial thought was to cram as much into this semester as humanly possible. But the timing was off. So I settled with the fact that I’d have to...
Social Media and all that jazz.
So I finished my 10,000 word paper for my directed reading on social media. Mid-semester my teacher found my blog and said I could use that as the word count requirement for the class. So, here we are. I’ve selected my favorites from this semester and here’s the little intro I gave to my teacher, outlining my experience. This is...
Dear Oprah, Please Don’t Ruin Twitter
In the past week I’ve been bombarded with crap and celebrities and overall garbage content on Twitter. I guess I should preface all this by saying that I use Twitter to network, find a job, get new blog post ideas, keep up with friends from conferences, find mentors and the like. I don’t use Twitter to follow celebrities (okay, there...
Why PR Doesn’t Work (and how I intend to change that)
I’m currently reading Putting the Public Back in Public Relations by Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge. In the first chapter, titled “What’s Wrong with PR?”, Brian and Deirdre list 20 reasons why PR doesn’t work (a list with reasons from Guy Kawasaki, Jeremiah Owyang and Dave McClure). After reading this list, I realize that there are some problems here, and...
