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How To Become A Public Relations Star

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This, for successful applicants, turns into an interview (which is where I came in). One applicant, who I argued against having in the course, gave fantastic answers, was well spoken, but as soon as another person started to speak (including panelists) got glassy-eyed and stared at their nails. That got a big “check&# from me.

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5 Social Sites That Aren’t Facebook

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The mobile interface is much easier to use than Facebook’s, and was built for a mobile life instead of trying to make a desktop application retroactively fit a phone. One of the most compelling, for me, is Path , which lets you keep an ongoing journal of your life for both personal reflection and sharing with close friends.

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Surveys: Essential to the PR Pro’s Toolbox

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These require that I: turn in an application and research proposal to the University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), wait two to three weeks (our IRB is über-efficient; other institutions don’t get back to you for months), and. Throughout graduate school, I have conducted in-depth interviews for all of my investigations.

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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

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My soldiers told me MySpace was a place to meet girls, so it didn’t seem to have a practical business application and I didn’t want another password to remember. Preparing for change is a critical point we address in PR every time we launch a new product, or add more features. Facebook had a mere 20 million registered users.

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Blogging for Grasshoppers: The Most Numerous Steps To Do The.

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In the event that your tips do not produce successful results, readers will be able to understand the logic behind each tip, discern what went wrong in their application, and then adapt your tips to their situation. The blockquote feature also provides convenience for readers who may not have time to go through the whole post.

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Kpop Lessons: Handling Defamation Through Public Relations

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His interviews, along with the MBC Special episode, were featured on countless Kpop blogs; two articles on the Korean online community Soompi had 118 comments altogether, a majority of which were positive. Garner support Tablo granted interviews to both the JoongAng Daily and the KBS network , who were sympathetic to his situation.

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Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros

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Google Docs Another of my fave G-suite applications, because it lets me share and update documents in real time with as many people who need to be involved, without the pain that inevitably comes with people emailing each other different versions of a document that you have to keep saving and re-saving. Read All About It!

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