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I’m not usually one to read business books. I got really burned out on them during grad school and would much rather spend my free time devouring a good novel. I paid little attention to the swath of social media tomes that hit the shelves in 2009. I felt like there were probably a few [...]

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The Business Case for PR: according to whom?

by amy mengel on October 28, 2009

Today PRSA rolled out its “Business Case for Public Relations” initiative, aimed at spit-shining the image of the PR industry and combating a lot of the misperceptions and negativity that surround the profession. The campaign includes a variety of features like resources to help articulate the value of PR to the C-suite, formation of a [...]

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Reaching stakeholders through social media

by amy mengel on October 14, 2009

Here are the slides from the presentation I gave today to the Capital Region Chapter of PRSA:
PRSA: Reaching Stakeholders Through Social Media
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Here are some links to content I referenced:

Mayo Clinic YouTube video of older couple playing piano
Volkswagen’s “The Fun Theory” with  piano staircase video
Examples of corporate social media policies
Columbia CVB home [...]

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Can “sponsored journalism” really work?

by amy mengel on September 29, 2009

If you still even subscribe to your local newspaper, you’ve probably noticed that it’s getting thinner and thinner. What once would have passed for a phone book is now, at best, a placemat. Even if you consume your news online, news organizations are having a harder time keeping reporters on staff as they struggle to [...]

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This August marks 10 years since I started my freshman year of college, and while it doesn’t seem as though I should be that far removed from today’s college freshmen, consider this list:

I did not own a cell phone and would not get one for two years.
I did not have a laptop, nor did many [...]

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