Bob Conrad | conradcommunications@gmail.com | 225 posts
The Public Relations Society of America promised in May that a final report of its 2011 member survey would be made available to its membership “later this summer.” But when results of the survey were announced recently by PRSA President and CEO Rosanna Fiske, what was presented was her version of the survey results. The [...]
September 1, 2011
It took a bit of haggling, but PRSA posted this week its member-satisfaction survey results for 2011. After PRSA CEO and Chair Rosanna Fiske, APR blogged about the results, an obvious question was raised by myself and Alice Irvan, APR, PRC: Where are the actual results? We wanted to see for ourselves what the member [...]
July 8, 2011
Traditional news versus social media: What’s different? Picking a dissertation topic is not for the faint of heart or the unprepared. Narrowing an issue into components and sub-components involves, first, picking a topic, then exploring what others have researched in that area and, finally, finding your own niche. Crisis communications, social media and higher-education leadership [...]
June 30, 2011
What advanced degrees really mean When members of the public, even those who are educated and have advanced degrees, complain about “ivory towers” and snooty professors, there is some truth to their complaints. Many professors are arrogant, they like to brag about their experience and credentials, they use confusing language and terms and many of [...]
June 24, 2011
What a doctorate is Getting a PhD (doctorate of philosophy) should not be mysterious. In terms of actual work, I found my bachelor’s degree to be the most strenuous of each of my degrees. Five years, classes covering subjects for which I had zero interest, and students who did not want to be there, was [...]
September 15, 2011