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I Want to Thank the Academy… a Language Rant

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Even Steve Jobs’ commencement speech to 2005 Stanford graduates included the phrase: “Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.” She also blogs. If, in high school, our teacher had said, “I would appreciate it if you all would get out your pencils,” how many of us would have done so? ” And we did.

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Weekly Roundup: Linking, Thinking and Blinking

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What makes real blogging success? Kitchen confidential – 2 , from 30 in 2005, by … Why: The author (I won’t name her unless she wants me to) is one of my dearest people; I’ve known her since she was a baby. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. from Chris Garrett on New Media. Wanna Subscribe?

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A Decade of Thanksgivings

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Thanksgiving in India In 2005, it was time for us to make a trip home… and when I say “home,” I mean India. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. That’s love. Thanks for visiting!If If you are in the U.S.,

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Sticky PR Measurement: Are We There Yet?

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McCormick also serves on the board of directors for Plank Center for Public Relations Leadership at the University of Alabama and the University of Florida Department of Public Relations Advisory Council; served as the president of the PRSA Foundation in 2006 and 2007, and has been a co-chair of the Champions for PRSSA since 2005.

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7 PR Lessons Komen for the Cure Didn’t Know It Was Giving You

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” So I went onto their website (couldn’t even load the blog, still can’t), to read what those policies were, and what they are. Many of the Komen and Planned Parenthood partnerships that began in 2005 provide women in remote areas with access to breast health services.

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Color Clash: Pink or Purple?

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Image: Kurtis Garbutt via Flickr, Creative Commons Kim, who runs the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV), asked what I thought was a valid question on her blog: where is all the purple? Kudos to you for using your blog to shine the light on domestic violence. <3 Or, at least, I thought I did. In other words, kinship.

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It’s 2015 and #PRDiversity Is Still An Issue

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I’ll be back in the blogging saddle next week. That percentage has doubled since 2005. When not blogging here, Mayra can be found communicating in status updates, thinking in hashtags and living life in 140-characters. Ed: Did you do a double take? Yes, you get TWO guest posts this week. And that’s no double talk.

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