January 11, 2010

Back from my Orange reunion in NYC

Had a great time in New York City meeting with alumni of Syracuse University’s Newhouse Executive Master’s in Communications Management. I graduated from the program two years ago and hadn’t been back to their NYC facility, Lubin House, since. It was great to network and enjoy a fantastic line up of public relations speakers including Richard Edelman and Dierdre Breakenridge.

When I started the master’s program in 2005, I chose my field of research to be Web 2.0 communication (that research spawned this blog). My capstone research focused on best practices in Web 2.0 public relations. Back then, I remember having to convince the professors and academic director that this was a worthy topic of academic research. Thankfully, they were open to the idea (that’s the great thing about the program, you can tailor it to your interests). Amazing that two years later, Lubin house is filled with talk of digital media and enthusiastic tweeting. I just love it!

I highly recommend the Syracuse University master’s in Communications Management program to anyone looking to take their public relations practice to the next level. You’ll meet incredible people and make lifelong friends.

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October 15, 2009

Planning New Media Conventions for April 2010

I’m excited to announce I have joined the New Media Conventions team and plans are in the works for another social media conference in Hampton Roads for April 2010. I was privileged to be a speaker on “The Role of Public Relations in Social Media” and attend their first event in September at the Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club in Virginia Beach. The next New Media Conventions is going to be even bigger, and I’m looking forward to planning the program with many talented, social media savvy professionals from throughout Hampton Roads.  We’re going to put Virginia Beach on the social media map!  Be sure to follow @NewMediaConv on Twitter as well as the hashtag for the next event, #NMC10. Also, check out the New Media Conventions blog for more information as plans for the big day are announced.

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