Oklahoma State University is no stranger to issues which generate an enormous amount of conversation. They take place in homes across the US, in dorm rooms, and of course on their Facebook page. On any average day the conversations are benign. Status updates about news around campus, students posting requests for information, the occasional spam,…
Oklahoma State University president Burns Hargis announced this morning the University will pilot an Apple iPad initiative during the Fall 2010 semester with select courses in the School of Media and Strategic Communications and the Spears School of Business at both the Stillwater and Tulsa campuses. “This pilot initiative will provide valuable insight into the research benefits…
(What follows is an updated post based on feedback from my good friend Matt Galloway.) With the Superbowl upon us I thought I might touch on the topic of armchair quarterbacking - a person who offers advice or an opinion on something in which they have no expertise or involvement the process. I’ve seen this for…
Yesterday at the beginning of class (the first time for us to meet this semester) I gave every student a marshmallow and told them not to eat it. Class progressed as normal and at the end I asked them what they thought the marshmallow represented (keep in mind I teach PR at Oklahoma State University)….
Peter Shankman and Sarah Evans recently co-authored a blog post, “Is your social media expert really an expert” and all of the 25 questions resonate in the current “everyone jump on the social media band wagon cause there is money to be taken… um, I mean made” environment. I have no doubt organizations need help…