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PROpenMic :: 35+ Countries & 70+ Universities
Recent new members to PROpenMic from around the world.

Linda Martins - Mann (left) is a Graduate Student with the University of Phoenix Online. She is from California, a U.S. citizen with a Portuguese background. Linda's interests are in Non-Profit, Fund-Raising, and Event Planning. She writes, "I am a Public Relations Specialist, who has been doing Fund-Raising now for 6 six years. I have also been with Toastmasters International for 6 years."

Kelly Reynolds (right) is a South African graduate student at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She writes, "I am an outgoing person, i have a passion for nature and the outdoors and I'm really enjoying Public Relations and it is my major this year!"

Nicole Wasowski (left) is a public relations practitioner with LEWISPR in San Francisco, California. She may be found on Twitter @nicolemw. Learn more about LEWIS PR - global public relations agency.

Leo Bottary (right) is a Senior Vice President in PR at Mullen in Wenham, MA. His areas of interest in PR? Crisis communication, client service, corporate, and business development. Leo writes, "I've spent 25 years in the PR business both on the agency and client sides. I'm passionate about client service, and I look forward to helping grow the PR Practice at Mullen. Previously, I served as SVP, Corporate Practice and Director of Client Service for the U.S. at Hill & Knowlton. It was there where I started the original Client Service Insights (CSI)."

Benson (left, well - sort of) is, I believe, Public Relations Specialist Benson Hendrix at the University of New Mexico. That link will take you to one of his podcasts. Benson is, in his own words, "a writing, rugby-playing, cyberpunkish nerf-herder (check your Star Wars movie collection for reference) ;) here in New Mexico and points all over the world." (Source) I have added his podcast to the music player on the front page here.

Take a look at our network's demographics here. So far, we have 721 membership accounts.

The breakdown of our membership: 399 students, 114 faculty, and 291 practitioners as of 11:00 p.m. CDT / 04:00:00 GMT - 05/11/2008. (Some list two distinctions, i.e., student/practitioner.) A previous breakdown of the demographics is here: Diversity :: PROpenMic's Demographics, by Country.


Visit PROpenMic's Google Map. Place a maker on the map to show where you are from, so we will have a neat little graphical representation of our worldwide network. Kudos to Philip, and then Lou, for suggesting this.

Forum

Survey of Young PR Agency Professionals

[x-posted with MarComm Pros Group] If you're working at a PR Agency full time and are younger than 26, please take minute to read the info below and respond to our survey (link at the bottom). **... Continue

Started by Kelli Matthews 1 day ago

PR Taking it in the Teeth (Again)
14 Replies

In the right corner... we have Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.com and Matt Haughey of MetaFilter and in the left corner... PR. Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.com has created a wiki with the domain names o... Continue

Started by Kelli Matthews. Last reply by Phil Gomes 1 day ago.

The First Social Media Newsroom WordPress Theme
1 Reply

Hey everyone, Our Fathom SEO team just developed, what we believe, to be the very first customizable social media newsroom theme in WordPress. http://www.fathomseo.com/pressroom/med we were brain... Continue

Tagged: socialmedianewsroom, socialmedia

Started by Dominic J. Litten. Last reply by Robert French May 9.

What should students learn in PR Writing?
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In the typical PR writing course we teach news releases, backgrounders, fact sheets, media kits, etc. In the social-media aware PR writing course, teachers will include blogging, commenting on blog... Continue

Tagged: writing

Started by Mihaela Vorvoreanu. Last reply by Mihaela Vorvoreanu May 6.

Louis Vuitton's potential brand crisis: brand-jacked in the anti-genocide campaign
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Nadia Plesner, an artist, has started a campaign to raise awareness of genocide in Darfur. Her main point is that the media is more interested in covering tabloid stories about celebrities instea... Continue

Started by Helena Makhotlova. Last reply by Helena Makhotlova May 5.

Transitioning From College to Career
3 Replies

I see a lot of questions and focus on landing that first job out of college, but not much discussion on actually making the transition into your career. I've started collaborating with some friends... Continue

Tagged: career

Started by Allie Osmar. Last reply by Richard Bailey May 8.

University PROs - what's your expert's guide like?
3 Replies

Hi all, I'm doing a review of our online 'experts guide' which is a facility journalists can use to locate expert comment on current issues. At the moment, it's quite sparse, just listing the expe... Continue

Tagged: university, office, media, experts

Started by Kath Hardwick. Last reply by Robert French May 9.

Crisis Management and Social Media
2 Replies

Emerging social media tools have had a major impact in the way organizations communicate with their publics. This recent Tweet made me think about the impact these social media tools can have on o... Continue

Tagged: social, crisis, networks, engagement, management

Started by Miguel Sepulveda. Last reply by Sarah Hutton Apr 30.

Collision Of "Communications" And "Technology" History

Posted on the Edelman Digital blog, which I thought might be worth discussing here. In common practice, most undergrad communications programs offer some kind of history course as a lower-level req... Continue

Tagged: history, communications, technology

Started by Phil Gomes Apr 29

How are university PR pros dealing with JuicyCampus.com?
6 Replies

JuicyCampus.com, of course, is the controversial, anonymous, gossip-mongering site that seems like it could launch a thousand university PR crises. Should a PR pro working at a university that's p... Continue

Started by David Murray. Last reply by Brett Pohlman May 6.

 
 

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Blog Posts

If Only I'd Known . . .

Posted by Barbara B. Nixon on May 11th, 2008 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments (Add)

Let's talk about Sex and the City

Posted by Richard Bailey on May 11th, 2008 at 9:15am — No Comments (Add)

Reality check! Focusing on Consumer 2.0

Posted by Paul Matson on May 10th, 2008 at 8:23am — No Comments (Add)

Three Key Practices

Posted by Leo Bottary on May 9th, 2008 at 10:12pm — 3 Comments (Add)

"A Minute With Phil" Theme Music Uploaded

Posted by Phil Gomes on May 7th, 2008 at 10:51am — No Comments (Add)

Public Relations Matters :: New URL

Posted by Barbara B. Nixon on May 7th, 2008 at 9:10am — 1 Comment (Add)

The dangers of over-delivery

Posted by Paul Matson on May 7th, 2008 at 3:30am — No Comments (Add)

Marketing My Life

Posted by Aly Dolan on May 6th, 2008 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Notes

Students: Help Me Help You

Created by Phil Gomes May 4, 2008 at 9:25am. Last updated by Phil Gomes May 4.

Acceptable Use :: Rules of conduct

Created by Robert French Apr 30, 2008 at 6:55am. Last updated by Robert French Apr 30.

Woo Hoo! I found PR contacts in Africa

Created by Robert French Apr 26, 2008 at 1:48pm. Last updated by Robert French Apr 26.

Haiku -- 2008-04-13

Created by Phil Gomes Apr 13, 2008 at 1:37pm. Last updated by Phil Gomes Apr 13.

Haiku -- 2008-04-12

Created by Phil Gomes Apr 12, 2008 at 4:41pm. Last updated by Phil Gomes Apr 12.

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