Thank you to everyone who participated in our May PRSSA Twitter Chat! This was our final chat for this school year and chats will resume in August. Since this was our last Twitter Chat for the year the recap is a little longer, but it is filled with outstanding advice from our participants and co-hosts. [...]
Business Etiquette FUN-damentals
on May 14, 2013
Who holds the door? Who gets on an elevator first? What do I do with my napkin when I need to excuse myself from the table? Do I pass food to my right or left? Do I have to go to another networking event? Questions of business etiquette plague all of us – from those [...]
Campus Connections: Get Involved Early
on May 10, 2013
Wake up. Answer emails. Pitch media. Approve designs. Check email again. Just a typical morning in the life of a public relations practitioner. But wait – add ‘go to class’ to the list. Though it can be tough to balance class schedules and extracurricular activities, college is the prime time to get involved and start [...]
Five Things to Consider Before Accepting an Internship Abroad
on May 8, 2013
Internships are a fantastic way to gain valuable work experience – especially if you decide to intern abroad. However, before you accept an offer, my colleagues and I at the Graduate Recruitment Bureau in the United Kingdom recommend you consider these five crucial factors before accepting your place. Relevance Is the content of your internship [...]
The Toe Tapper, the Pen Clicker and the Gum Smacker – Office Meeting Etiquette for Everyone
on May 2, 2013
Whether it is an employee conducting a staff meeting, or a professional organization hosting a monthly luncheon, the “office meeting” can come in a variety of forms. Regardless of who, what, when and where, there are simple rules to follow to ensure you make the most of your meeting and allowing others to do the [...]
Snap & Tap: 16 Handles’ App Strategy
on April 30, 2013
I am the community manager for 16 Handles, an East Coast frozen yogurt chain. One of my favorite parts of my job is testing out new apps and figuring out a way my company can use them; it’s almost like a puzzle. Outside of the day-to-day management of our Twitter, Facebook, and other channels, I [...]
The Benefits of Participating in Student Campaigns Won’t Be LessThanUThink
on April 26, 2013
Have you worked on a project through your PRSSA Chapter or student-run firm that went farther than ever expected? For public relations and advertising students at the University of Alabama, this was the case with the “LessThanUThink” (LTUT) campaign originally created in the spring of 2009 for an American Advertising Federation student competition. Following the [...]
April Twitter Chat “Becoming a New Pro” Recap
on April 24, 2013
Thank you to everyone who participated in our April PRSSA Twitter Chat! We had many new participants from PRSSA and PRSA for this month’s “Becoming a New Pro” April Twitter Chat. Specifically, we’d like to thank co-moderators Amy Bishop tweeting from @PRSANewPros and the Vice President of Public Relations, Lauren Rosenbaum, tweeting from the @PRSSANational account. [View [...]
Life as a New Professional: Never Stop Learning
on April 22, 2013
This post is the second of a series of “Lives of New Professionals” guest posts for Progressions. The fact that a brand new job comes with an enormous learning curve is an understatement. Beginning my first full-time job has been one of the biggest life changes I have faced yet. I have said goodbye to [...]
Three Tips to Better Understand Social Business
on April 17, 2013
It is very easy to confuse social media and social business. The graphic in this post, created by my colleague David Armano, is a great illustration of the differences between a social brand (for the purposes of this post, this is synonymous with social media) and social business. At a very high level, a social [...]
