April 20, 2010

ToW 14… featuring MeShae’ Hankerson

Posted in PR Connections, PR Social Media, TOW at 4:56 PM by Victoria

Check Out my guest blogger MeShae’ Hankerson….

Hi!

For my Social Media class, my professor, Barbara Nixon asked us to create a podcast that related to some form of PR.

Because I am a big sports fanatic, I decided to do mine on Sports and Public Relations.

I’ve provided a link to the podcast, as well as an outline for the podcast below. Listen in and enjoy!

Tune in at: http://meshae.podbean.com/

Outline of Episode 1: “Who’s that girl on the field?”

Introduction:

• MeShae Hankerson, Senior Public Relations major
• Today’s topic – “Public Relations in Sports”
• Aspiring Sport PR Professionals

Why Public Relations is important in sports:

• Sports has an international reach
• Touches all aspects and areas of Public Relations
• Crisis management, event planning, community relations, and media relations

What do Sports PR Professionals do?:

• Everything
• The job is 24 hours and 7 days a week.
• Important to have a new media background and interest in communication.

Advice to current and aspiring Sports PR professionals:

• Visit Brian Gleason’s blog and read “3 Items for the Sports PR person to keep handy” – http://prinsportsblog.com/
• Network. Network. Network.

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