Woulda Coulda Shoulda "mommy blogger" turned book author, Mir Kamin, participated in a book signing for "Sleep is for the Weak" at Borders Books on Sept. 21, 2008.
Tailgating in the SEC is more than a tradition they take it all too seriously at UGA. The girls don their cute dresses the boys slip into red pants then everyone hangs out by the arches. Well, some Dawgs put on jean shorts, but you'll see that too. It's Saturday in Athens time to tailgate.
I "early voted" in Athens, Ga. for the U.S. presidential election on Oct. 3, 2008. You have a month left - vote early or vote on election day but make sure you vote!
Presenting on behalf of a team of great co-authors, this video was shot in Chicago at AEJMC 2008. Dr. Kaye Sweetser presents a study investigating the dialogic features of candidate blogs during the primary season leading up to the 2008 election. This paper began as an undergraduate research methods project.
This paper, "Profiting Public Relations: A Look at Social Media Use in Nonprofit Organizations," was produced for ADPR 3510 in Dr. Kaye Sweetser's public relations research class at the University of Georgia. Here Lindley Curtis, Carrie Edwards Elizabeth Elmore, Kristen Fraser, Sheryl Gudelsky, Jenny Holmquist and Kristin Thornton present it during the spring 2008 semester.
This paper, "Student Perceptions of a University Following a Crisis Situation," was produced for ADPR 3510 in Dr. Kaye Sweetser's public relations research class at the University of Georgia. Here Ashley Duel, Andrea Feminella, Jessica Jakulski, Elizabeth Kirby, Jackelyn Lynam, Rebekah Martin Brittany Raines present it during the spring 2008 semester.
A regular series on teachingpr.org by Dr. Karen Miller Russell is her "Meet the Teacher" section where she asks PR professors a few quick questions. When she asked me to participate I was honored got my flip cam right out! I talk about 1. how I got interested in blogs, 2. the Grady College PR program at UGA, 3. advice for new PR bloggers 4. where you can find me online!
This paper, "Reputation Management in Institutions of Higher Learning," was produced for ADPR 3510 in Dr. Kaye Sweetser's public relations research class at the University of Georgia. Here Rachel Atcheson, Becca Bauer, Tia Capps, Kimb Daniel, Chanel Isaac, Shundra Jackson, Allison Key and Lauren Rausch present it during the spring 2008 semester.
Each semester in ADPR 3510, my research methods students at the University of Georgia do an entire original research project with primary data they collect. Here is a group working on their data SPSS at my house from the spring 2008 semester.
Social media PR guru, Brian Solis from the San Fransisco-based Future Works, talked to Dr. Kaye Sweetser's Social Media class at the University of Georgia via Skype on 10/16/2007. Here Brian answers whether he thinks companies should train their current employees or hire new ones to handle their social media needs. He says regardless of what they do, orgs need to pick the right person.
Labor Day weekend 2008, we sailed 70 nautical miles from San Diego to Santa Catalina Island. Day 1 was in Avalon Day 2 at Two Harbors. Then back we went.
Walter Johnson from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources on Sapelo Island gave a tour of the island in April 2008. Here he tells a great story about RJ Reynolds, Jr.
UGA PR senior Kirsten Lee talks about the upcoming "Face the Music" panel on Mar. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the SLC on campus. Kirsten will moderate the panel which is to bring together people from the music industry and the university to talk about the issue of illegal downloading. Kirsten is a part of the "Do it Legally" campaign which is promoting legal alternatives to getting music, movies TV shows.
UGA Connect, sponsored by Porter Novelli, was a social media conference held at UGA's Grady College in Athens, Ga. on Sept. 19-20, 2008. The conference brought together professionals, academics students.
I answer 3 quick questions from Dr. Karen Miller Russell about the upcoming Sept. 19-20, 2008 Connect social media in pubilc relations conference at the University of Georgia.
As a guest lecture in Dr. Spencer Tinkham's fall 2008 UGA class on politics, Dr. Kaye Sweetser talks about political discourse online in relation to political socialization.
Grady College's Jarek Beem talks about his father, who works in the Atlanta music industry, and how illegal downloading hurts more than just the big record company or the artist.
Dr. Ruthann Lariscy, UGA doctoral students Carl Bishop Kristin English along with Dr. Spencer Tinkham discuss a recent research project the collaborative nature of Grady College.
My graduate Research Method students I took a field trip over to the psychology building to visit the UGA Infant Research Lab run by Dr. Janet Frick to see a real social science research lab.
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