Intern Diaries: Top 5 PR Blogs

In my previous post Top 5 Book Resources List, I composed a list of what I thought were some of the top resource piece that could help me advance in my career. Now, I am bringing to you my top blog picks (For the record, there are many PR blogs that I like but these are my favorites).  

1.      Bulldog Reporter.com

2.      PR-Squared

3.      The Future Buzz

4.      Davefleet

5.      Measurementmatters

If none of these blogs don’t tickle your fancy, take a look at PR Web Essential Blog List to see which blog may interest you.

Intern Diaries: Top 5 Book Resource List

Intern Diaries: Top 5 Book Resource List

By: Jasmine Gethers

The PR industry is always changing. Whether it’s in digital, crisis, strategies or even tactics, it’s never the same.  As a recent graduate it’s important that I stay ahead of the game so I can continue to sharpen my skills and educate myself within this lovely field. To do so, I composed a list of what I think are the top 5 resource pieces that can help further me in my career. Stay tuned for my top blog picks!

1.      You Are The Message  By Ailes, Roger

2.      Putting the Public Back in Public Relations By Brain Solis & Deirdre Breakenridge

3.      PR Daily

4.      Pitch Like a Girl By Ronna Lichtenberg

5.      Socialnomics  By Erik Qualman

Intern Daries: When Multitasking Goes Wrong

Intern Daries: When Multitasking Goes Wrong

By: Jasmine Gethers

With Labor Day right around the corner I find myself getting “Holidayitics” (being impatience for the holidays to come) and trying to multitask as much as possible. But, recently I read Why Multitasking May Make You Less Productive and realized that just maybe, this is the reason why I can’t get anything done.

So I came up with a plan to break my multi-tasking habit.

1.       Prioritize my  work

2.       Cut off cell phone devices

3.       No Beyonce

Hopefully, I’ll be able to stick with my plan and stay focus. Stay tuned for updates.

The Intern Diaries: The Voice of Social Media

The Intern Diaries: The Voice of Social Media

On yesterday, while on my lunch break I experienced my first earthquake. I was sitting in a park, near my place of work when the ground started to shake. Like many of the bystanders, I too was confused with what had just happened. Quickly, I reached for my iphone but when I went to call out, I had no dial tone. So I tweeted, in hopes that someone from my immediate family in SC would be able to view the tweet and to know that I was ok. I got a reply from who I thought was my sister but it was my grandmother tweeting from her page. Who knew my grandmother knew how to tweet?

I never realized how much social media had grown until that moment. I knew it was evolving but I had no clue that it reached a different generation until I found a study from PEW Reach Survey Findings about America's Largest Generation and social media.

Social Media has become an important source of communication. 

As we were given the ok to re-enter the buildings, I observed as my colleagues tweeted, text, e-mail and instant message their loved ones. Social media has become our voice when all other communications platform silences us.

The Intern Diaries: Internal Mentoring

The Intern Diaries: Internal Mentoring

Over the weekend I was browsing the web and discovered an old article about the importance of having a mentor, The New Rules of Mentoring.

After reading the article, I realized how very grateful I am to have wonderful mentors. In fact I would say that I’m truly blessed to be able to work with two of them, Ryan Duncan and Tamara Braunstein. It has been a little over a month since I started interning at McKinney, but having them both take me under their wings and push me to be great says not only that they care about my work, but also about my wellbeing.

I think it is extremely important to have a mentor in your workplace. My mentors have become the people I go to for advice and help when I don’t understand or know how to do something.

The truth of the matter is; you’re never too old to learn from someone else regardless of your age or professional title. Having a mentor can benefit you in the long run because once upon a time they too were in your shoes.