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The Power of Local Knowledge: Why Product Development Should Start with Listening to Your Community

Stern + Associates

How can organizations confidently take advantage of the benefits associated with modern technology while avoiding negative impacts on surrounding communities? Existing data science techniques cannot accurately understand key cultural nuances in language amongst predominantly communities of color.

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RADventures: Exploring Life Past Retirement with Patti Stueland

PR for Anyone

Now a vibrant 62-year-old, Patti traces her love for education back to her early years—she always knew that she wanted to be a teacher. The Second Act: Living Her Best “Dash” The journey of discovering her “second act” in life after retiring from a fulfilling 30-year career in education was remarkable for Patti.

Travel 130
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Community for Career Development: A Look Inside One NAVUG Community Member’s Journey

Presspage

I’m a member of NAVUG , an online community that is the epitome of Margaret Mead's statement. If you will humor me and enjoy the story I am about to share, you too can build a thriving and successful online community in your sphere of influence. From Formal Education to Dedicated Mother. I joined two communities while at home.

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Reflexivity Memo on PR practice from craft skills to education. A case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’.

PR Conversations

Do you have a view of why so many PR practitioners focus on craft skills and are reluctant to educate themselves despite many decades of body of knowledge creation? Are practitioners themselves to blame for this, or does the blame lie more with the research and education establishments? Opportunity or opportunism?

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Recap Part I: #PRStudChat Discusses PR Education & Learning

Deirdre Breakenridge

After all, I am an educator, right? I have been teaching communication/public relations courses for a decade, if you include the earlier years when I was a Teaching Assistant at Syracuse University and the University of Maryland. Compared to many other seasoned educators, I still have a lot to learn and reflect upon.

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World Economic Forum Recap: 7 Experts Showcase a Brighter Future

Stern + Associates

One of the dangers of last year was that people started to lose their faith in technology. Ordinary voters would start to dislike this path of what is quite a helpful technology, and technology is what provides prosperity. All of us have been playing with Midjourney and ChatGPT and a lot of really cool technologies.

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Online newsroom makes college a community information hub

Presspage

Del Mar College is the first higher education institution to subscribe to PressPage in Texas. That means it’s a hub of academic activity as well as a resource for a community that is both a tourist attraction and center of industry on the Gulf Coast, Eddleman says. The school produces a wide range of content. ”