The other day Chris Brogan tweeted the following:
When I saw the tweet pointed out to me by a friend I joked that Chris Brogan will do anything to get me to follow him. Truth be known, he won’t and his tweet is just part of who he is, a very cool guy. Full disclosure, that [...]
I love this time of year, immersing myself in the new semester, seeing the students, meeting new ones, and hearing from those who have gone on to greatness as well as those who are struggling in this down economy. Bottom line, I love being a teacher… Professor as the case may be. The list [...]
Yesterday at the beginning of class (the first time for us to meet this semester) I gave every student a marshmallow and told them not to eat it.
Class progressed as normal and at the end I asked them what they thought the marshmallow represented (keep in mind I teach PR at Oklahoma State University). Answers [...]
I couldn’t attend the Saxum Social Media Summit but I followed along, while I could, on Twitter. The chatter seemed to be positive and as I scrolled through the tweets I ran across one of my favorite OKState students and Saxum Intern, Mindy Robson. Since Mindy was there I asked if she would mind sharing [...]
The beginning of another school year is right around the corner and I have a feeling it isn’t just the students who are financially strapped this year. Parents, take notice, you might not need to shell out several hundred dollars for software this year – although I would suggest you purchase a smart phone for [...]
I wrote the following back in October of 2008. It seems the tide is slightly turning on social media, specifically Twitter, or at least it is here, in the echo chamber of social media, so I thought it was worthy of a revisit.
I don’t think I would change much. I might add a comment or [...]
The Ad industry cut another 18,700 job in December and I would argue others affiliated with the industry (marketing, public relations, journalism, etc.) also suffered job losses. This isn’t the first time there has been downturn in these industries and it won’t be the last. So what should a soon to graduate college student do [...]
Interesting comment from my sister (I would provide a link to her website but she doesn’t have one… ahem) regarding the rules listed below. Her point was simply those rules listed are really the rules for civil communication in general. I would agree and add many of us sometimes need to be reminded of [...]
If you read and watch the previous post, “First day of social media class” you will see a group of students in awe of the amazing technology available and at their disposal. In this case it was the ability to stream video via a blackberry phone (just an old curve, not one of the new [...]
Easy post but probably the most thought provoking of any I have every made. Too bad I didn’t really write it.
I keep this quote with me all the time. I have other ditties which I am sure I will share in time (the equation for rate of return, a few measurement quotes, etc.) but this [...]