Posted in Uncategorized, tagged capitalization, cover letter, grammar, job titles on June 26, 2008 | No Comments »
We are back to my Hulk theme this week! As mentioned in my earlier post, the Hulk movie was great, but the “data is” grammar mistake pulled me out of the movie.
I wonder whether someone on the Hulk team might have intentionally made “data” singular because more people might have been distracted by the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you are at least 18 and female, would you help Sean Matthews with his class project for the University of Georgia by completing the survey below?
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=82ccQjVbHyWYfUJZoyDtAA_3d_3d
Sean is an advertising student; he says he especially needs help from people who live outside of Georgia.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ChipIn, development, fundraising, nonprofit, wordpress on June 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m interrupting my special hulk-theme week to plead to the powers that be at WordPress: Please, please, please work out the technology, so I can raise money for the causes I cherish through the ChipIn widget. The ChipIn widget only works with hosted WordPress sites.
Not only do I want to use this technology, but I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged communication noise, data, grammar, listening, public relations, the incredible hulk on June 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
(Yes, I know, it should be “smashes,” but the title is a comic book tribute.)
My fiance and I enjoy superhero movies, so we went to see The Incredible Hulk on the big screen. I recommend the movie — it captivated my attention. However, a repeated grammar error kept pulling me out of the movie. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My post about a blogger publicizing his pitch policy made Karen Russell’s list of the best blog posts this week.
For some great discussions — from preparing for phone interviews to understanding the controversy between the Associated Press and bloggers, see Karen’s list here. Thank you, Karen!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ali Grise, Ben Benson, Beth Evans, Bryan Saxton, James Lutes, Jean Kim, Liz Harney, Olga Walsh, Pat Foulon, Sarah Essary, Stacey Rogers, Stephanie Land, Stephanie McCulley on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I wish I could tag everyone through WordPress like I can in Facebook!
Back row: Bryan, Sarah, James, Ben
Middle row: Pat, Ali, Olga, Stephanie L.
Front row: Jean, Liz, Stacey
Class, I enjoyed working with you and getting to know you during our spring term together.
Ben, your work and professionalism are at the graduate level. Thank you for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jason Falls, pitch policy on June 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday, I visited Jason Falls’ Social Media Explorer blog and spotted a tab that read “How to Pitch SME.” Bloggers who receive pitches might be interested in presenting guidelines, especially if the people who pitch do not seem to be caught up on their reading of Getting Ink or The Bad Pitch Blog.
Below are the [...]
