Comments for PR(e)View http://prview.wordpress.com for those like me entering the public relations profession Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:11:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Why Change works for Obama but not for Hillary by whydidyoudoit http://prview.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/why-change-works-for-obama-but-not-for-hillary/#comment-120 whydidyoudoit Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:11:35 +0000 http://prview.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-120 According to the demographics, I should be voting for Hillary Clinton: I'm a white, 60-year-old, highly educated woman from the Northeast. But I'm voting for Obama. I've waited all my life for a viable woman candidate for the presidency, but this is not the right woman. I want a woman of the highest ability and virtue, who would serve as a glorious role model to all young women. Hillary Clinton is not that woman. She rode into power with her husband, and together they've acquired a long and seriously flawed history of self-serving and secretive financial and political dealings. The most cursory research will prove that true. She started out her political life supporting the racist Barry Goldwater. She is as comfortable with deception and trickery as George Bush. When I hear woman saying, "Oh, but that's how you get things done in Washington," I literally cringe. I am passionately supporting Barack Obama. He can beat the Republicans; she cannot. Obama has attracted Independents and even Republicans to his camp, and in a general election they would vote for him, but not for Clinton. Clinton voted for the war, and has never apologized for it. Obama has spoken out against it from the beginning. Obama brings us hope--and not just that. Take a serious look at his ideas and experience. Please, I beg of you, Sisters young and old: wait for the right woman. Then we can be proud. Diane Wald According to the demographics, I should be voting for Hillary Clinton: I’m a white, 60-year-old, highly educated woman from the Northeast. But I’m voting for Obama. I’ve waited all my life for a viable woman candidate for the presidency, but this is not the right woman. I want a woman of the highest ability and virtue, who would serve as a glorious role model to all young women. Hillary Clinton is not that woman.
She rode into power with her husband, and together they’ve acquired a long and seriously flawed history of self-serving and secretive financial and political dealings. The most cursory research will prove that true. She started out her political life supporting the racist Barry Goldwater. She is as comfortable with deception and trickery as George Bush. When I hear woman saying, “Oh, but that’s how you get things done in Washington,” I literally cringe.
I am passionately supporting Barack Obama. He can beat the Republicans; she cannot. Obama has attracted Independents and even Republicans to his camp, and in a general election they would vote for him, but not for Clinton. Clinton voted for the war, and has never apologized for it. Obama has spoken out against it from the beginning. Obama brings us hope–and not just that. Take a serious look at his ideas and experience.
Please, I beg of you, Sisters young and old: wait for the right woman. Then we can be proud.

Diane Wald

]]> Comment on Communicators are out of touch with the way consumers use media, USC study concludes by Sean http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/communicators-are-out-of-touch-with-the-way-consumers-use-media-usc-study-concludes/#comment-110 Sean Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:12:37 +0000 http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/communicators-are-out-of-touch-with-the-way-consumers-use-media-usc-study-concludes/#comment-110 My 'common sense' meter agrees with the findings of this study, but it's always good to have data to support common sense of course :-) I think in addition to the fragmentation and dispersion of audiences, there's also the fragmentation of personas. What I mean by that is that not only is it easier to access greater arrays of information and entertainment, it's simultaneously becoming more acceptable to be in to broader types of stuff. Only a generation ago there were clear lines between different groups of people. Hip hop vs. rock, yuppies vs. hippies, etc. Now the lines have blurred quite a bit...to the point where many people no longer feel the urge to be a part of some 'thing'. I'm not sure if this is a symptom or a cause of the greater fragmentation. Or maybe it's both... My ‘common sense’ meter agrees with the findings of this study, but it’s always good to have data to support common sense of course :-)

I think in addition to the fragmentation and dispersion of audiences, there’s also the fragmentation of personas. What I mean by that is that not only is it easier to access greater arrays of information and entertainment, it’s simultaneously becoming more acceptable to be in to broader types of stuff.

Only a generation ago there were clear lines between different groups of people. Hip hop vs. rock, yuppies vs. hippies, etc. Now the lines have blurred quite a bit…to the point where many people no longer feel the urge to be a part of some ‘thing’.

I’m not sure if this is a symptom or a cause of the greater fragmentation. Or maybe it’s both…

]]> Comment on Interviews, Interviews, Interviews… by Fiona Torrance http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-92 Fiona Torrance Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:30:20 +0000 http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-92 Vojtech...gosh it's been ages. Hi! How are you? I stopped using http://bizblogreview.blogspot.com for quite some time and didn't see your message. I've just got it going again. You asked about how I gained work through having my blog. Well, first...when I received first place in the Undergraduate Writing Competition for Professional Ethics, iMedia Connection offered me an Editorial Internship which was great! Then I received calls from a firm called Real Girls Media www.realgirlsmedia.com. Not being a US citizen made accepting employment near impossible, so I returned to the England after graduation. What kinds of projects are you working on now? Keep in touch. I'm going to add you as a link to my new site. Best, Fiona Torrance Vojtech…gosh it’s been ages. Hi! How are you?

I stopped using http://bizblogreview.blogspot.com for quite some time and didn’t see your message. I’ve just got it going again.

You asked about how I gained work through having my blog. Well, first…when I received first place in the Undergraduate Writing Competition for Professional Ethics, iMedia Connection offered me an Editorial Internship which was great!

Then I received calls from a firm called Real Girls Media http://www.realgirlsmedia.com. Not being a US citizen made accepting employment near impossible, so I returned to the England after graduation.

What kinds of projects are you working on now? Keep in touch. I’m going to add you as a link to my new site.

Best,
Fiona Torrance

]]> Comment on Interviews, Interviews, Interviews… by vojta http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-4 vojta Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:47:19 +0000 http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-4 Hi Laura! Yes, I did narrow down my interests in PR. I am mostly interested in technology and digital entertainment. Narrowing down your interests can be helpful, but it can also hurt you if you do so too early. For example, I have experience in health care, and because of it, I receive offers for other health care jobs. If I didn't switch from health care to consumer marketing, it would be more difficult to get jobs outside of that industry. HR looks at resume and tries to match your skills and experience with a job opportunity. If you have too much experience in a single field, you are likely to be considered mainly for positions in that field. Be careful and make sure that if you decide to narrow down your interests, you are certain that it is what you want to do. Hi Laura! Yes, I did narrow down my interests in PR. I am mostly interested in technology and digital entertainment. Narrowing down your interests can be helpful, but it can also hurt you if you do so too early.

For example, I have experience in health care, and because of it, I receive offers for other health care jobs. If I didn’t switch from health care to consumer marketing, it would be more difficult to get jobs outside of that industry.

HR looks at resume and tries to match your skills and experience with a job opportunity. If you have too much experience in a single field, you are likely to be considered mainly for positions in that field.

Be careful and make sure that if you decide to narrow down your interests, you are certain that it is what you want to do.

]]> Comment on Interviews, Interviews, Interviews… by Heather http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-3 Heather Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:22:26 +0000 http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-3 You are very prepared for your interviews, but I've also found that sometimes they ask you questions that you wouldn't expect, just to throw you off. Some random questions that I've gotten are: -What do you daydream about when you are sitting in traffic -What do you like to do for fun -If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? Good luck with your interviews and keep up the good work with your blogs! You are very prepared for your interviews, but I’ve also found that sometimes they ask you questions that you wouldn’t expect, just to throw you off. Some random questions that I’ve gotten are:
-What do you daydream about when you are sitting in traffic
-What do you like to do for fun
-If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

Good luck with your interviews and keep up the good work with your blogs!

]]> Comment on Interviews, Interviews, Interviews… by Laura Keller http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-2 Laura Keller Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:02:48 +0000 http://prview.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/interviews-interviews-interviews/#comment-2 Hi, Vojta! You've made some interesting reflections about starting out in public relations. I know you have worked on many types of accounts, but have you developed a distinct liking for one particular sub-set of PR? I am not sure it works the same in your field, but I know that can be helpful in journalism. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am sure others will find them helpful in their job searches. Hi, Vojta! You’ve made some interesting reflections about starting out in public relations. I know you have worked on many types of accounts, but have you developed a distinct liking for one particular sub-set of PR?

I am not sure it works the same in your field, but I know that can be helpful in journalism.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am sure others will find them helpful in their job searches.

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