PRos in Training

Tag: Social network

  • UO Takes Over PROpenMic

    UO Takes Over PROpenMic

    [note: my J452 strategic PR communication class is taking over PROpenMic next week. I’m pretty excited for them and think they will do an amazing job. Tune in, join the conversation and participate! The text below is from the email the leadership team (Nicole Perkins, Ana Strgar, Allison Moran and Samantha Luthra) sent out today]

    To the PROpenMic Community:

    As a class of aspiring public relations practitioners from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, we’re looking forward to serving as PROpenMic community managers all next week (May 3 – 7).  We will be providing content, asking questions, initiating discussion and encouraging you, the PROpenMic members to share your experiences.

    Our theme is “The Many Faces of PR,” and we will be posting articles, podcasts or videos each day to correspond with a new daily topic. PR is multifaceted and we hope to provide a glimpse of that throughout the week.

    We would love it if you would join our conversation! We invite you to respond to our content, use our topics as inspiration, or join the discussion on the daily discussion board. The more voices that contribute, the more we will all learn from this experience!

    Here is a peek into what we’re planning for next week:

    • Monday: What is PR?
      Open dialogue: What is your personal definition of PR?
    • Tuesday: Our skills
      Open dialogue: What skills have been valuable in your work or school experience?
    • Wednesday: A day in the life
      Open dialogue: What memorable cases have you read or worked on that have inspired you?
    • Thursday: Landing the job
      Open dialogue: What has been your best or worst interview experience?
    • Friday: The future of PR
      Open dialogue: How do you try to stay current and aware of new trends?
    We look forward to hearing your comments over the next week!

  • Finding Friends & Building Your Network on Twitter

    My social Network on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter...Image by luc legay via Flickr

    The question that I hear the most about Twitter is “How do I find people to follow?”

    Twitter often seems a bit overwhelming at first, but when you find the right people to follow (and follow you back) you can start to build really meaningful connections.

    To start, figure out who the thought leaders are. You can get a good sense of these by checking out lists of recommended people to follow.

    Three great lists:

    • Dave Fleet’s two lists of people to follow: one, two.
    • The Twitter Power 150 (the twitter IDs of the top 150 marketing, advertising and PR bloggers)

    But maybe you’re looking for people in a specific niche or outside the realm of marketing, PR and advertising? Some good applications to try.

    • TweepSearch: This site will let you enter keywords or locations and searches people bios.
    • WeFollow: Twitterers tag themselves with up to three categories. You can search by tag. This is a pretty new service, but seems to be very popular and populated with lots of people.
    • Nearby Tweets: Just enter a zip code, keyword and/or radius and find people in your community.
    • TwitterPacks. Find like minded people sorted by category and interest.

    Hopefully this list will give you some fuel for your twitter bus. You can also check out this great list of 100 twitter tools, designed for educators, but the tools can be used by anyone. And of course, lots of tips and resources via my Delicious bookmarks.

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