The other day the Wichita State student public relations society hosted a networking event at the Greteman Group. I spent most of my time there meeting students and critiquing resumes. I met some impressive young adults and they brought with them very good printed resumes. However, only one student had purchased and set up a web […]

I’m interested in blogging and social media primarily as tools for my  work, which is in public relations. These tools are  potentially great ways to develop targeted relationships to help achieve strategic goals. As a public relations professional, I  belong to the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). This organization works to separate what I […]

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Southwest Region held an excellent meeting in Little Rock last month. One of the speakers was alpha blogger Chris Brogan, who here offers links for beginning bloggers. Like me.

Here’s a great introduction to blogging in an article in the New York Times. In the spirit of the article, I’ll just post it already!

Most aspiring singer/songwriters would tell the world when they signed a major record label deal. But Marié Digby didn’t tell a soul. She didn’t tell anyone that Hollywood Records, owned by Disney and home to stars Hilary Duff and Raven Simone, bought her computer and production equipment so she could post simple videos to YouTube. […]

Last year I was asked to do an attendee evaluation for a national meeting Envision hosted for some 450 participants. “No problem,” I told my boss. And in a week, we had responses from 40 percent of our attendees – a response rate that rivals that of any professional research firm. It turned out to […]