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Networkers of the world, unite!
Clickerty, clack; clackerty click. (That’s the sound of sixty hands blogging). So why do people come together to blog? They come to learn from others (and above all from Stuart). And they come to...
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Ghetto busting
It’s important for a university teaching public relations to be connected with the world in which public relations is practised. It’s also useful to break out of the silo/ghetto of scheduled teaching...
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Travellers’ tales
For me, this was no geek dinner (though I don’t know what Stuart, Paull and Simon – half hidden here – were talking about). The common theme was travel. There was a murmur of approval when I said that...
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Let’s face it
I must have registered for facebook a year ago and left it at that. I’d not even uploaded my photo and was in danger of forgetting my login details. This week a growing number of ‘friend’ requests...
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Guest lecture programme – you’re welcome
Our new guest lecture series opens next week. These are open events to which students and practitioners are welcome. Let me pick out one event (because it was cancelled last year) – we have Google’s...
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Reasons to love PROPenMic
He’s done it again. Robert French, the educator who offered the world PR Blogs, has now gone further with PROpenMic. Someone has described it aptly as ‘Facebook for the PR community’. Here’s why I like...
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If Twitter’s the key, what does it unlock?
I can’t quibble with this (except over the capital letters, perhaps): In the Social Media era, getting better at Public Relations means getting better at the Relationships, not the Publicity. Todd...
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Students: here’s how to join the CIPR
As Carys Samuel (one of our CIPR student reps) said at last night’s guest lecture, you should consider joining the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. The student application form is here (in pdf...
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Face to face or Facebook?
Does our cornucopia of communications channels lead to restricted personal relationships? We’re all on email, most use Facebook, many have blogs, and some are merrily twittering away. So the temptation...
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The importance of being charming
What is charm? It involves thinking of others, and is particularly welcome as it runs counter to our apparently narcissistic, selfie-obsessed world. Charm costs little, and is a necessary early step in...
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