Twitterology

 I am officially a Twitter Junkie. (thanks to you Dr. Carter Miller for introducing me to this wonderful  distraction!) 

I am really catching on now to the whole Twitter concept, at first I was real confused with the whole @ sign deal. It is so easy to get on real quick and check your @ replies and see what everyone is doing and catch up on news. Now that I have so many new friends/ organizations I am following there are constantly new updates.

For my future career I really feel called into Women's ministry. I would love to plan women's conferences or events, be a guest speaker, and most of all just serve the Lord while doing it. Since that is my interest I have specifically searched for ministry or non-profit organizations to follow. So far I have found some really cool sites like @theholybible they post daily bible verses, what an encouragement to log on and see a bible verse waiting on you.

@CharityTweets is a cool site that has updates on different charities. 

Recently I had a couple people who are involved in different ministries start following me because I had joined so many different Christian based/ Charity sites. What a cool way of networking. I am still a little skeptical of following random people, call me over cautious but I am just not that bold on Twitter yet. Right now I have been following more organizations and friends of other friends. Maybe my Twitter confidence will start to grow.

I have been telling my non-P.R friends about it and they just don't get it, I suppose us P.R people really appreciate another mean of networking!  I have more to learn like how to design my own cool background and jazz it up, but now I am focusing on following more people. I love it that our P.R Admin class is on there, what a cool way to communicate and keep up with everyone.

Well tomorrow is a full day of classes, so I must be fully rested.

 Until then, keep tweeting fellow tweeters!

Lauren

here is my first blog.....

As I was reading my PRSA periodical, Public Relations Tatics, I came across an article that got me thinking. The Article "PR in 2009- dark clouds, but pros see a silver lining" is written by John Guiniven. A point mentioned in the article is companies are taking less risks this year becasue of the state of the economy. 

Guiniven makes a good point when he says, "The cautious approach taken by organizations could benefit public relations. While PR budgets may suffer cutbacks, advertising budgets will likely take much bigger hits."

After reading this I was thankful to be a PR major. I realized companies will look to public relations more this year becasue it is more cost effective than big, flashy, risky advertising campagins. 

No matter the situation of the economy, institutions will do what it takes to earn and keep the trust of the public, which ensures public relation professional they are still needed. PR is so much more credible and affordable than advertising.

So PR poeple of 2009 do not get down in the dumps about this year, becasue we are still needed and will survive!!!!