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Why You Should Blog – (a little tribute to my mentor)
A classmate of mine, Sophia, approached me the other day about getting back into blogging. She, much like a lot of our generation, had a Xanga. Long before the days of Facebook and MySpace, that was our way of communicating, mainly gossip, but communicating nonetheless. Sophia has a ton of questions, and in the middle of responding via email, I...
Turn down the Christmas music, please.
Penelope Trunk made a good point on her blog earlier this morning. I commented, and my comment inspired me to elaborate on why Christmas at my “office” sucks. I’ll tell you what I hate about Christmas at my “office” (read: restaurant). I hate that one of my coworkers says “Merry Christmas” to guests as they leave. I told her we...
What it means to be Brazen.
If there is one thing I have been harping on since October, is the importance of networking. I was unaware of how important this was to my career. And in the world of public relations, it really is all about who you know. Case in point – when I met Penelope Trunk. I was an innocent bystander to a speech...
Redundant?
So the PRSSA National Conference in Detroit was an experience and a half. I learned a lot, dealt with some drama reminiscent of high school, and explored a new city and a new country (Canada). More on that later, and probably not here. The thing that struck me as odd however, is the man next to me on the plane...
