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Just so you know…

September 30th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Social Media

Things are going to be changing around here. I’ll keep you posted. Until next time, email me with any thoughts, ideas, comments, concerns, any feedback you may have about the future content that will live here. Thanks for being here!

 
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From A to B: Part Four – network your face off.

September 21st, 2009 | 8 comments | Social Media

You need to network your face off. If you’re scared to meet new people, you need to get over that. Today. Use social media to find people you’d like to work with. The most important thing you can do for your career is find people to connect with (via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, whatever your medium of choice is) and meet...

 
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Be a duck.

September 19th, 2009 | 3 comments | Social Media

“We’re like ducks,” a fellow bartender told me. Having a lifelong infatuation with ducks, particularly baby ducks, I was intrigued. “We’re cool, calm, floating along, doing our thing up top, and furiously moving underwater to get to where we need to go.” It made perfect sense. Behind the bar, we glided effortlessly around each other, even when it was six...

 
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What do you want to see?

September 17th, 2009 | 4 comments | Social Media

So I started this gem as part of my Writing for PR class, that’s what got me here. Then, I went to PRSSA National Conference last year, met Penelope Trunk, realized the importance of blogging, blah, blah, blah, and that’s how sydneyowen.com came to be. It’s been over a year since that started, and now it’s time for my review....

 
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How to get from A to B: Part Three (Be the best intern… ever.)

September 15th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Social Media

So you got the internship because you rocked the interview. Congratulations! Now, you need to be the best intern they’ve ever had. Ever. Now, I’m not saying that I was the best intern ever, because I know for a fact I wasn’t. But I do know what lead to my success in getting a job -  I strived for intern...