Category: Professional Development

This past week, WWPR hosted a networking event, the Summer Social, at Local 16.The balcony was full with many opportunities to meet and reconnect with other local communications professionals. I left with a ton of business cards, and this got me thinking, cards are great, but if you don’t take that connection a step further, […]

“A crisis is an opportunity for contact with people.  And social media is the ideal space for that contact,” explained Greg Kilhorn of Carousel30 at the WWPR event “Social Media and Crisis Communications.” In an era where negative headlines hit the press at a faster rate than ever, the lunchtime panel discussed best practices for […]

    The PR Industry Through the Eyes of a Graduating Senior As a graduating senior at Miami University, I am about to be hurled into the ‘real world.’ Many students, like myself, are competing in a rat race to find the ‘best job’ with the most promising future. However, as an alumnus trying to […]

“Email is shifting,” explained Andrew Barrett, the moderator for the WWPR April Professional Development breakfast, “Email Best Practices: Optimizing Your Message for Recipient Engagement.” In a time where technology is constantly changing, the morning panel discussion focused on how best to reach your audience through email messaging as well as other mediums. The panel members […]