As I sat and watched the events of September 11, 2001 unfold, I, like most of the nation, struggled to wrap my mind around the gravity of the day. This day, as December 7 had been 50 years earlier, would be a day that marked change, and would define a generation.
Of course we all have […]
Entries Tagged as 'Personal'
A Lesson from 9/11
September 12th, 2006 · No Comments
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A Gift for Mom
May 19th, 2006 · No Comments
This past weekend as most of us celebrated our mother’s with cards, flowers and gifts, there was a 13-year-old girl who had given her mother a different kind of gift two weeks earlier.
Dakoda Dowd, a talented and accomplished junior golfer from Florida, competed in the LPGA Tour Ginn Clubs and Resorts Open, April 27th and […]
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The ATL Biz-Bloggers
March 31st, 2006 · 2 Comments
The inaugural meeting of the Atlanta Biz-Bloggers took place at The Grape and brought together a lively crowd of bloggers and a couple of soon-to-be bloggers (we hope). The evening was organized by the always entertaining Josh Hallet of Hyku fame and featured wining, dining, plenty of laughs, and conversation about PR and of course, […]
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Capitalizing on Being “Cinderella”
March 31st, 2006 · No Comments
The story of the sports world is George Mason University’s run to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament. Mason, an 11 seed, defeated 1 seed UCONN in what some are calling the greatest upset in NCAA Tournament history. The Patriots have become the darlings of the sports media and the biggest Cinderella story in […]
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Wow, I’ve been uber busy
March 31st, 2006 · No Comments
I haven’t posted here in a long time. The Forward launch has been taking most of the time I usually reserve for Links. So, I’m going to re-post some of the things that I’ve written for Forward and see if the comments are different here. I always enjoy comparing and contrasting.
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The Word about Forward is Spreading
March 14th, 2006 · No Comments
Here are some links to those talking about Forward:
Young PR
Marqui’s World
Communication Overtones
Public Relations, Communication & Marketing
Marcom Blog
Erin Caldwell’s PRblog
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A Step Forward
March 14th, 2006 · No Comments
Everybody, this is Forward. Forward; everybody. Now that you’ve been introduced, let me tell you a little bit about Forward.
Forward is an online community for new PR professionals and students to converse, learn and grow from the insight provided by experienced professionals. Forward is a collaborative effort of a team of students, faculty […]
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New Music
March 9th, 2006 · No Comments
Two artists that I have come across recently are Dana Parish and Shana Crooks; two wonderfully talented singers/songwriters, that are pretty dern cute too.
You need to check both of them out. Each has a page at Myspace Music (follow the links above) or their personal websites www.danaparish.com and www.shanacrooks.com
What I love about both of […]
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Good vs. Great
March 9th, 2006 · No Comments
We’ve all known two types of people in our lives; ones who are seemingly good at everything (or a lot of things) and ones who are great at one or two things. Now that I’m in the professional world, I find myself asking, “Which one should I be.”
Most of my life I have made […]
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I love technology…sometimes
March 7th, 2006 · No Comments
My roommate and I recently set up a wireless network in our apartment. To say the least, this has not been a huge success. I haven’t been able to connect to it, it’s knocked me off…needless to say, this has caused a few problems when working online.
I say this to explain why I have the […]
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