Posted in PR history, Social Media on Apr 22nd, 2007 12 Comments »
Curious about the evolution of corporate communications/PR blogging and podcasting in this country, I did some romping through a variety of online resources, including, naturally enough, some blogs and podcasts. This doesn’t purport to be a definitive timeline of the activity in the true north strong and free, but perhaps we can look at it [...]
Posted in Books, Crisis Communications on Apr 13th, 2007 Comments Off
In his new book, Crisis Communications in Canada, John Cooper takes a look at the military strategy and tactics of Chinese general Sun Tzu and mines it for wisdom that can be used by communicators facing crises.
Now, John is a soft-spoken guy. He has taught various courses for us at Centennial and the very thought [...]
Posted in Curriculum, PR education, Social Media on Apr 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Projects and initiatives currently on the go — a look at just four.
#1 Five events in two weeks
Students in Centennial’s Event Management course learn the ropes by planning and carrying out events. Five teams are rolling out a variety of functions, starting with tonight’s Caesar’s Palace Karaoke Night that is raising money for the [...]
Posted in PR education on Apr 6th, 2007 4 Comments »
Torchia Communications is awarding a $1,500 scholarship to a student who has chosen to study public relations (or communications) in one of Canada’s two official languages that is not the student’s first language. The award, which is administered by the Communications and Public Relations Foundation of CPRS, was inspired by the career of Armand Torchia, [...]
Posted in Social Media on Apr 4th, 2007 13 Comments »
In a world that’s much more sensitive to issues of privacy and security, it’s interesting to see the willingness with which young people are flinging intimate details about their lives onto the Internet. Facebook is the latest tool that encourages users to publish every amorous adventure, every drunken stupor, every health problem. But unlike MSN [...]