This post is dedicated to the students about to present their campaigns (tomorrow) at Kent State…
All PRKenters (a.k.a. students in Kent State’s public relations sequence) heard horror stories about senior seminar/campaigns, which I wrote about here, from the time we entered the major. All of those who had gone before us had the same words of warning. It is the hardest [...]
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Benefits from Taking Campaigns Already?
Posted in Classroom Projects, RACE, Real-World PR on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
PRKent Blogging is All in the Family
Posted in Blogging, Classroom Projects, Internships, Real-World PR on May 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s amazing to me how many majors don’t require internships or any out-of-class experiences in order for students to graduate. My roommate is a biology/pre-med major graduating in December, and she was mentioning to me that she wishes she’d been forced to gain some experience during college, either in a healthcare setting or a research lab, so [...]
Campaigns: Look at the Real World
Posted in Classroom Projects, Hit the Ground Running, Real-World PR on May 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Each semester in our PR Campaigns class here at Kent State a client is selected and the class is divided into groups who form agencies and compete for the client by developing a plan during the semester. I have been working with my group, AntHill Communications, to create a public relations campaign for KeyBank. This [...]
Law and Media Conference
Posted in Blogging, Classroom Projects, News on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As part of one of my courses, Law of Advertising and PR, I was invited to attend a conference on ‘The Changing Face of Media Law’ at Kent State’s Stark Campus yesterday morning. While this counted as CLEs for practicing lawyers and provided great insight to the attendees in various news media fields, I learned [...]
Classroom PR: What are You Waiting For?
Posted in Classroom Projects, Media Relations, Portfolio, Press Releases, Real-World PR on March 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This was a stressful week at Kent State with what seemed like midterms underway, but the underlying complaint I heard from PR friends— that all the intense projects, hard work and sleepless nights will never prove directly useful in our careers— got me thinking.
I know it’s not that anyone thinks that what they’re learning will [...]
Nailing the Internship Part One—RACE for Your Goal
Posted in Cover Letter, RACE, Recommendation Letters, Resume on February 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just as I was getting used to my class schedule, workload and Britney Spears’ new hairdo, I realized there were a few items on the back-burner that had been simmering a little too long. Internship applications!
I have a few rules of thumb when it comes to applying for internships. (Interesting that this looks a little [...]
PR Overkill? Just Breathe
Posted in Hit the Ground Running, Print Beat Reporting, Real-World PR on February 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The other day, I remarked to my mom that I couldn’t wait for college to end and the real world to begin. I explained that school consumes by life 24 hours a day and my job would probably only require a nine-hour shift and perhaps the occasional weekend take-home project. It would be nothing like [...]
