Tag: effect

Hold the Whip! Childhood Obesity and Public Relations

According to several resources and examples brought forward by the Food Research and Action Center, it’s estimated that in recent years, about one-third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. Let me repeat that: About one-third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. What does overweight or obese mean exactly? To be considered overweight, your BMI (or Body Mass Index) must be in the … Read More Hold the Whip! Childhood Obesity and Public Relations

Do You Really Know Your Neighbors? The Social Networking Site That’s Making A Splash

What you already know: Social Media is changing the way people interact. So many people have dreams of becoming the next big website to compete with Facebook; yet sometimes you can’t predict what exactly will go viral. One thing Facebook is lacking; however, is the ability to connect within your community. Local businesses and neighbors might be on the website but there isn’t much … Read More Do You Really Know Your Neighbors? The Social Networking Site That’s Making A Splash

How to Customize Your Social Profile in 2012

Every website has different photo dimensions and rules to what you can adjust on their website. They need all pages to look similar so the site is easy to recognize but that leaves little to the imagination. How can each of us show our personality or our brands if we’re only given so much space to do it? Well, we probably will never get … Read More How to Customize Your Social Profile in 2012

An even Playing field: Why I’ll never stray from Google Play

Many people in the communication industry, and quite frankly all industries, are huge Apple fans and swear by them. While I respect Apple, Steve Jobs, and the iProducts; I’m not one of them. Not so much that I would only buy their products anyway. I’m an avid Android fan and an even bigger Google fan. Why? Let me show you. The Showdown The operating systems, … Read More An even Playing field: Why I’ll never stray from Google Play

Crisis Week 5: The takeaways

After observing crises over the past four weeks, a few concepts that ring true time and time again are the following:   –          communication has to be mutual to be most effective –          establishing a good connection before a crisis helps prevent one –          react as quickly as possible, even if details aren’t all there –          do the right thing: apologize   I think … Read More Crisis Week 5: The takeaways