UW-Whitewater PR Alumni Interviews

Networking is a huge part of any career, to be able to have connections with UW-Whitewater PR graduates is a huge advantage. Doesn’t matter what job we do we need PR in some shape or form. Rick Daniels is the Greek Adviser on campus, I work with Rick personally and everyday is different and more interesting. He is someone you can truly learn from. I have listened to Rick speak at AFLV conference in St. Louis, conferences on campus, I have seen him MC’s variety of events, sporting, entertainment and leadership events. He is a natural speaker, it is like you could wake him u in the middle of the night and ask him to speak at a conference and he would be fantastic. He is very dedicated and inspiring to other students.

Heidi Murphy is a sorority sister of mine and I have met her before watching this video. She came to my Alumni Networking event and UW-Whitewater Greeks that met her had a great conversation with her. She had great tips and encouraged students to realize the importance of PR. She is very dedicated to her work and about keeping her clients satisfied. She also stressed the importance about being flexible and ready to see what is next in her video and as well at the Alumni networking event. 

Lynnette Hulgan is very outgoing andpersonable. I really enjoyed listening  to her speak; it is nice to see how passionate she is about her job. I do event planning and I agree 100% that PR is everything, you can have all the "behind the scene" work done but if you don’t have good PR all the hard work will go to waste as there won’t be knowledge of the event being set up. After listening to her speak I could definitely see myself in her career path.

All of the videos stressed the importance of networking, flexibility and internships to better our skills and find out what our strengths are and the things we could improve on.

The Benefit of Social Media

Social Media has taken over our lives, everything is happening online. Some job interviews are web based instead of face to face office setting. All though many have benefited I think it is still little too much considering our society has lost the socializing part but for our busy lives social media has saved us and helped us accomplished much more. Twitter is a huge part of social media and I think it is really interesting to see what companies and people are using it for, such as promotions, customer service support and more. More and more companies are starting to realize the value of social media and are quickly adapting this new form of communication.

Best Buy uses Twitter @BestBuy to put product releases, new promotions and offer customer service. Best Buy’s has hundreds of employees who provide customer support on Twitter. http://www.stayonsearch.com/best-buy-using-social-media-to-connect-with-customers.
Their employees are managed through custom built system that keeps track of who participates. Twitter is free and more companies have been discovering cost savings and how it helps serve customers more effectively through social technology.  There are many blogs that talk about twitter help and other social media benefits that companies use such as http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/11/six_social_media_trends.html

THE BMA EVENT

The BMA event was a really great experience. I think it is really neat that they took their time out to organize the event and help students. I think the organization of the event was really good. The pizza part was a little long but that was really nice of them to get food for everyone. Even though this was a business/PR oriented event and that is not my field of interest I felt really welcomed. Everyone I interviewed with put themselves in my shoes of acting as they were government agents interviewing me for a Special Agent job instead of expecting me to act as I was interviewing for a PR or Advertising job. My favorite part was that all four of the people I interviewed with were very engaging and respectful. I didn’t get much feedback which was a down side but they said everything was good so didn’t have too many suggestions. Personally I didn’t benefit from the Social Media session and I think that is because we talked about all that in class so it was a repeat for me. Overall I really enjoyed meeting everyone and I think this event is extremely beneficial to students and I would encourage everyone who has a chance to go to it.

For more information on the BMA event you can visit-

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/BMA-Milwaukee/143605512066

http://www.bma-milwaukee.org/bma-blast/2011-02-23.html

or @BMA_Milwaukee

Some of the other twitter handles I received from the presenters on Social Media and those are @stratocasting  @apiwarun and @haleylandsman