Pete Codella: Online Newsroom
Pete Codella, of Codella Marketing has an interesting video up on MyRaganTV about online newsrooms: What Every Media Site Should Have I am a very strong advocate of online newsrooms and I understand...
View ArticleHow Twitter Helped Haiti – #BeMyGuest
David Clare writes a blog ‘The PR View’ at www.theprview.co.uk. David studies Public Relations and Marketing at the University of Lincoln. In his third and final year, he will graduate at the end of...
View ArticleMarginal Utility of Social Media
In economics there is a concept called diminishing marginal utility. Essentially, this concept states that as you utilize more of a good or commodity, the satisfaction or pleasure you derive from it...
View ArticleHelp a PR Pro Out
Hello PR Colleagues! Many of you may have heard about the multiple Public Relations chats on Twitter, such as #PRStudChat and #HAPPO. I want to take a couple of lines to talk about #HAPPO, and a new...
View ArticleCanadians Can!
Dear HAPPO community, I would like to sincerely thank you for the support and warm welcome you have given to me as the Montreal champion for Help a PR Pro Out (HAPPO on Twitter). I only hope and pray...
View ArticleAl Gore says, “It can be done, it must be done!”
Al Gore was referring to accomplishing the Millenium Development Goals in the recent Montreal Millennium Summit whose slogan was Learn, Talk, Act. And it was through learning, talking, and consequently...
View Article5 Ways to Personal and Professional Development This Summer
Hi, friends! Summer’s nearly in full bloom and many of us will have a little extra time to spare. If you haven’t found a job or an internship, fret not. This is an opportune time to prepare yourself...
View ArticleWhat The Transformers Have In Common With International Development
In the first installment of the Transformers movie, in the ending battle, Megatron says to Optimus Prime, “You still fight for the weak, that’s why you lose!” If I was Optimus Prime, I would say, yes....
View ArticleGuest Post – G20 Weekend: A Civil Society Failure (Part 1)
The following is a guest post by my friend, Scott Young. Please note: the material is emotionally charged. My weekend started out just like a lot of other Torontonian’s. Stay as far away from downtown...
View ArticleGuest Post – G20 Weekend: A Civil Society Failure (Part 2)
(This is a guest post by Scott that continues from June 29th) After they had charged about 25-30 feet, they stopped and held the line. The crowd started signing ‘Oh Canada’ and sat down in the road to...
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