Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 2, 2022

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). I started in the fall of 2000 and taught there for about three years. That was an excused absence.

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Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It’s funny because I look back at the 22-year-old me, I think the very first difficult press release I had to write was something about pricing in SAP. How long have we been writing press releases, calling somebody the leading provider of X. I could talk about it for hours. And years later I’m like, it was fascinating.

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Ethics Data Training Agency 105

Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

I put a few guidelines on this–these folks had to be non-manager/non-director level. Of course, I couldn’t write a post like this without nominating a couple people myself! Bank social media team in 2018 after graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in journalism. They had to be younger than 30.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By By the way, the WSJ reporter on that byline used to write for PRWeek). So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies?

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Agency Trends Marketing Survey 93

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. It’s not quite journalism, it’s full of opinion and bloggers live by their own rules even as the best of them do their utmost to adhere to FTC guidelines. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 90

Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

What I wasn’t initially anticipating within the field is the creativity, anticipation and thrill it entails when conceiving campaigns, writing pitches and landing links. However, creative content surrounding your client’s core areas of expertise should be prioritised, in order to attract coverage on the right sectors and publications.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 30, 2018

How good it would be if every task could be automated, saving the time of PR professionals for vital tasks such as creative work and decision-making activities? Now think of other tasks where AI could be put to work organizing work back schedules or even writing rough drafts of a press release based on your firm’s brand voice and guidelines.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The PRCA has published guidelines to help communicators improve the accessibility of their communication. It’s also an issue of writing style. In To Be Clear: A Style Guide for Business Writing author Philip Collins says business writing has become dreary, boring, and incomprehensible, with jargon, clichés, and nonsense.

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Publicity Government Guidelines Facebook 128

Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Today, printed media includes not only newspapers but magazines, professional publications, academic journals, comic books, and graphic novels (photographic and illustrated communication is also printed media), even local newsletters put through doors about upcoming events is printed media.

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Ethics Communications Print Television 52