I realized today that blogging actually isn't that bad if you just have fun with it. I am not just saying that to suck up because I know Dr. Russell, my campaigns professor, will be grading the blog.
I think that I just looked at it as another annoying school assignment. I wish I would have gone into this with the same attitude that I have now then I would have been a much more successful blogger. Lesson learned.
So, a word of advice to future campaigns students...blogging isn't that bad. You don't have to write a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, just write about what you know and keep up with it. Also, blogging about PR isn't as hard as it may seem.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Internship dilemma...
So, as you have previously read if you have been keeping up with my most exciting blog, I spent the spring semester looking for an internship with an art museum. Unfortuately the High Museum of Art in Atlanta passed, but I now have been offered the great opportunity to work with the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens.
This museum is one of Athens's best kept secrets with great works of American painters and an impressive collection of Italian master drawings, which happens to be my favorite style of work. The PR team at the museum is incredibly nice and actually seem excited to help me said I build a great portfolio this summer. So I really feel like this is an amazing opportunity to get some hands on experience. If you want to find out about the museum click this link: http://www.uga.edu/gamuseum/index.html
Now for the dilemma...While applying to museums, I also applied for a PR internship with the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, the premier restaurant group in Atlanta. I sort of did this on a whim thinking that it would be a cool opportunity to work with a big name in Atlanta. But, after sending in my information and a few attempts at follow-ups I seemed to get nowhere and forgot about it.
Today I received an email from Buckhead Life asking me to come interview next week, and I have no idea what to do. I have already accepted the position at the museum, but working with Atlanta's premier restaurant group just sounds so posh and exciting. My dad says that turning the interview down would be passing up an amazing opportunity, because on paper the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group is kind of a big deal, especially in Atlanta. But then there is also the fact that it wouldn't be museum work which is what I really want to do.
I guess I am kind of putting the cart before the horse because it is just an interview, they have not offered me the position yet. What does a student do in this situation? If you want to find out more about Buckhead Life Restaurant Group click this link: http://www.buckheadrestaurants.com/index2.html
You can check out both places and then weigh in if you want. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
This museum is one of Athens's best kept secrets with great works of American painters and an impressive collection of Italian master drawings, which happens to be my favorite style of work. The PR team at the museum is incredibly nice and actually seem excited to help me said I build a great portfolio this summer. So I really feel like this is an amazing opportunity to get some hands on experience. If you want to find out about the museum click this link: http://www.uga.edu/gamuseum/index.html
Now for the dilemma...While applying to museums, I also applied for a PR internship with the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, the premier restaurant group in Atlanta. I sort of did this on a whim thinking that it would be a cool opportunity to work with a big name in Atlanta. But, after sending in my information and a few attempts at follow-ups I seemed to get nowhere and forgot about it.
Today I received an email from Buckhead Life asking me to come interview next week, and I have no idea what to do. I have already accepted the position at the museum, but working with Atlanta's premier restaurant group just sounds so posh and exciting. My dad says that turning the interview down would be passing up an amazing opportunity, because on paper the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group is kind of a big deal, especially in Atlanta. But then there is also the fact that it wouldn't be museum work which is what I really want to do.
I guess I am kind of putting the cart before the horse because it is just an interview, they have not offered me the position yet. What does a student do in this situation? If you want to find out more about Buckhead Life Restaurant Group click this link: http://www.buckheadrestaurants.com/index2.html
You can check out both places and then weigh in if you want. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thursday, May 3, 2007
TomKat
Okay, so I am pretty much obsessed with celebrity gossip and celeb gossip blogs. I know that it is a pathetic habit, but there are worse ones. Since keeping up with their lives takes up a fair amount of my day (joke?), I decided that today I would blog about what I know, and something that has caught my eye this past week that involves PR.
The relationship between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has been bizarre from the get go, re: Oprah couch jumping. The validity of the union has been challenged time and time again, especially recently in the rag mags with headlines like "His and Hers Houses" and "Katie Wants Out". So I've said all this to get to my PR point...all of their famous friends have been doing some serious image management for the couple in the past week, and as a PR major I recognize this lame attempt at trying to make this lame attempt at trying to recreate their public image. When everyone knows that Tom just paid Katie to marry him and have his baby and then he brainwashed her with Scientology (another joke seriously this time).
At http://www.people.com/people for the past week on the homepage there has been an article where some famous person is coming to bat to defend the TomKat relationship. From John Travolta to Jenna Elfman, they all say that they have a totally normal marriage and apparently Katie wears the pants. After noticing this phenomena I asked myself why are these people doing this? I think many people would agree that there is probably some larger actor guiding these folks, but I just don't understand the point.
Maybe I don't get it because as a PR major I can see what is going on, and so it isn't working on me. And maybe I just don't really understand how celebrity image management works, because there aren't any classes offered for that. I guess I just wanted to point out what was really going on there.
If anyone has some great insight about celeb image management feel free to comment or link! These are the best I could do...
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-01-03-celeb-image-repair_x.htm
http://www.brandchannel.com/brand_speak.asp?bs_id=76
The relationship between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has been bizarre from the get go, re: Oprah couch jumping. The validity of the union has been challenged time and time again, especially recently in the rag mags with headlines like "His and Hers Houses" and "Katie Wants Out". So I've said all this to get to my PR point...all of their famous friends have been doing some serious image management for the couple in the past week, and as a PR major I recognize this lame attempt at trying to make this lame attempt at trying to recreate their public image. When everyone knows that Tom just paid Katie to marry him and have his baby and then he brainwashed her with Scientology (another joke seriously this time).
At http://www.people.com/people for the past week on the homepage there has been an article where some famous person is coming to bat to defend the TomKat relationship. From John Travolta to Jenna Elfman, they all say that they have a totally normal marriage and apparently Katie wears the pants. After noticing this phenomena I asked myself why are these people doing this? I think many people would agree that there is probably some larger actor guiding these folks, but I just don't understand the point.
Maybe I don't get it because as a PR major I can see what is going on, and so it isn't working on me. And maybe I just don't really understand how celebrity image management works, because there aren't any classes offered for that. I guess I just wanted to point out what was really going on there.
If anyone has some great insight about celeb image management feel free to comment or link! These are the best I could do...
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-01-03-celeb-image-repair_x.htm
http://www.brandchannel.com/brand_speak.asp?bs_id=76
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