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How Long Should Your Online Paragraphs Be?

PRSay

As Jon Ziomek, associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism, says: “Long paragraphs are a visual predictor that a story won’t work.”. Write short paragraphs. Ziomek, a professor at the Medill School of Journalism, suggests that your paragraph contain: 1 idea , expressed in. Especially when writing for mobile.

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#Leaders Listen Up: #Millennials Share what Gets their Attention on Social Media

Deirdre Breakenridge

Social Media Workshop in Princeton, NJ. Use a writing style that’s personal or journal-style writing. FEEL First Workshop in New York City. In August of 2018, 99 Firms reported that Instagram supports approximately 100 million images and videos each day. The social media numbers continue to grow.

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Practicing Creativity

The Hoffman Agency

During our agency’s famous storytelling workshop, I received some of the best advice to date – practice your creative writing everywhere. Whether that be in a text message to a friend, an emailed response or even journaling on your own. You become hyperaware of writing styles and learn how create your own.

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PR Rock Stars: Retired Vice President of Content & Public Relations at DKY, Holly Donato

Communications Conversations

But journalism does addict you to quick results and to working alone. The free prep workshop alone was a fabulously valuable experience, and I wished I’d done it years ago. Along that line, keep your writing conversational. I’ve noticed a tendency for PR people to write like academics. Many times, this backfires.

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10 Ways Communicators Can Be Kind to Their Minds in Honor of Mental Health Awareness Month

The Hoffman Agency

This can look like keeping a gratitude journal, expressing thanks to others, or even making a “work wins” document that you can add to each time you secure media for a client, win an award, or get kudos from a team member. For example, Hoffman has many workshops related to PR tools for its employees. Practice gratitude.

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Back to School! 3 Solo PR Pros on Becoming an Adjunct Instructor

Solo PR Pro

My first adjunct position was at Texas Christian University, teaching PR Writing. Courses taught: Principles of Public Relations, Public Relations Writing, Communications Ethics, Media Relations, Campaigns (graduate program). DBC: I've always organized workshops and seminars, so you could say teaching comes naturally to me.

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The AI Gold Rush: Understanding & Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI for Business Growth

Stern + Associates

Since the release of incredible generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Bing AI and DALL-E, the world has been astounded by their seemingly human-like ability to tell stories, have conversations, create art and write code. Cars can drive themselves and machines outperform doctors in medical diagnostics.