Teaching PR

The Week's Best, 26 December 2011

• One World, Many Voices in PR, Toni Muzi Falconi
• "Absolutely, Positively Unacceptable," David Reich and FedEx Makes Unwanted Appearance on Letterman's Top 10, Tonya Garcia
• This Is Why You Were Friended or Unfriended, Zoe Fox (via @ugabev)
• Infographic -- The Millennials: Best Generation Ever?, Jared O'Toole (via @han_ma)
• Four Books to Keep Your Mind Fertile Over the Christmas Break, Trevor Young
• Facebook Can Be Sued over Use of Ads Liked by Friends, Rules Court, Lance Whitney (via @sandrulee)

The Week's Best, 19 December 2011

• Fukushima: Turning Point for Communications in Japan, Richard Edelman
• Sweden Is Crazy (Smart), Todd Defren
• Stories from Smaller Nonprofits: National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, Toby Bloomberg
• Is Social Media Ruining Our Minds? (infographic), Shea Bennett (via @wgold)
• For Immediate Release #629 (podcast), Hobson and Holtz (via @vanhoosear)
• PRSA Establishes Scholarship Fund Honoring Ofield Dukes, PR Tactics (via @gallicano)

And, some student work from other universities: check out Auburn and (two posts) the University of Oregon.

The Week's Best, 12 December 2011

Sorry, I'm a day late posting, but here are my picks through Monday.

• Bell Pottinger Uzbekistan: A Maelstrom in a Teacup?, Stuart Bruce
• A Defining Moment for Public Relations, Terry Flynn
• A Lesson in Public Relations and Ethics... Source - Wikipedia, Todd Defren
• Educating MBAs on the Strategic Value of PR, Joseph Cohen
• Ofield Dukes, Prominent D.C. Public Relations Figure, Dies at 79, Matt Schudel
• Lawmakers Worry about Terrorists on Twitter, Brendan Sasso (via @bfliu)
• 10 Most Innovative Viral Video Ads of 2011, Josh Warner (via @Lori_Randall)
• Apple Blogging and Social Media Guidelines Revealed, Benn Camm-Jones
• Bigger Brother: The Exponential Law of Privacy Loss, Nicholas Thompson (via @caa2410)
• Disruption and  Engagement, Roger McNamee (via @Steveology)

The Week's Best, 5 December 2011

• H&K Is Now Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Tonya Garcia
• Why I Don't Care About Defining Public Relations, Heather Yaxley, and PRSA Wants to Redefine PR -- Should We Rename It, Too?, Bill Sledzik
• Writing Santa Claus: When Mail Really Works, Rich Becker
• Effective Press Release Writing: Learning By Example, Tara Geissinger
• Generation... Y Can't I Get a Job?, Ronjini Mukhopadhyay
• What Type of PR Student Are You? (infographic), PRSSA at Boston University
• Are Women in PR Just Grown Up Mean Girls?, Meredith Lepore
• The Teen, The Tweet and the Governor, David Zax (via @KirkHazlett)