Today was a perfect day for staying inside and listening to lectures all day. I'm kind of bummed that I didn't get to hear Bryan Monroe's lecture called "Front Pages to Home Pages to my Current Life Between the Covers" since I had my Spanish test this morning, but I was able to listen to his "Oprah, Obama, Michael Jackson & Me" lecture this afternoon.
But, I'm getting ahead of myself...
Bill Roy from the Wichita Business Journal and Jim Kobbe of KSN Sports gave us tips on improving our writing. There were a lot of helpful hints given, and I believe that even if you are not going into journalism you could use the hints & tips that were given in this lecture.
After the pizza party in Elliot Hall everyone trekked back to the RSC for Bryan Monroe's lecture. Bryan is the VP/Editorial Director of Ebony and Jet magazines. He gave a rather interesting view on the business, as well as showing us the importance of brainstorming in large groups. One of the things that he said (and that I need to remember) is that "sometimes it's about what feels right - there's no one 'right' answer."
Stay tuned for more,
Elle
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Freebie: Handbag!
You could win a free handbag at Handbag Planet!
They're celebrating their website launch on October 15th, and are giving away one handbag every hour. Try your luck, and you could win wonderful trendy handbag.
Good luck everyone!
Elle
They're celebrating their website launch on October 15th, and are giving away one handbag every hour. Try your luck, and you could win wonderful trendy handbag.
Good luck everyone!
Elle
Monday, October 13, 2008
My First Mac
For a long time I've been a PC girl. I love my PC. It's kept me connected to friends and family for many long, wonderful years. I taught myself about Photoshop on my PC. I've written all of my A papers on my PC.
When I fell in love with advertising, and seriously started looking into what major I wanted to go for, I realized that it would be beneficial for me to get a Mac. Now, even though I grew up as a PC girl, I never had anything against Mac computers. A lot of my friends are either 100% PC people or 100% Mac people; and they hate the opposite computer.
Being a broke college student, I waited until I got some financial aid in from school and decided that I needed a Mac laptop. I checked the Special Deals page of the Apple website and found a laptop for under $900... And then realized that a lot had changed since the last time that I worked on a Mac.
Since I'm a complete Google-Nerd, I began searching for websites to help me through my transitional phase, and came up with My First Mac. It has links on there for everything; buying a Mac, switching from PC to Mac, tutorials. You name it, they've got it - and if they don't, they have forums where you can ask for help.
Stay tuned for more,
Elle
When I fell in love with advertising, and seriously started looking into what major I wanted to go for, I realized that it would be beneficial for me to get a Mac. Now, even though I grew up as a PC girl, I never had anything against Mac computers. A lot of my friends are either 100% PC people or 100% Mac people; and they hate the opposite computer.
Being a broke college student, I waited until I got some financial aid in from school and decided that I needed a Mac laptop. I checked the Special Deals page of the Apple website and found a laptop for under $900... And then realized that a lot had changed since the last time that I worked on a Mac.
Since I'm a complete Google-Nerd, I began searching for websites to help me through my transitional phase, and came up with My First Mac. It has links on there for everything; buying a Mac, switching from PC to Mac, tutorials. You name it, they've got it - and if they don't, they have forums where you can ask for help.
Stay tuned for more,
Elle
WSU Social Media Panel
Today kicked off Wichita State University's Communications Week (although, technically, it's only three days long since Fall Break happens on Thursday and Friday). Being an IMC major, I was entirely too excited for this week. In fact, ever since our first day of visual technologies when Amy DeVault let us know about it, I've been thinking about it and waiting for it to finally happen.
Today's panel was entitled "Are You Socializing or Working?" Here's the skinny from the flyer:
Todd Ramsey, who runs The Todd Blog, did most of the talking and told us about the book Groundswell. I won't get into all of the points here, because if you really wanted to know about it, you would have been there yourself.
I guess the point is that today was very informative, and I'm glad that I was there to hear what Suzanne, Todd and Shawn had to say. They were all very informative, and it was nice to hear the inside scoop on how to use social networking sites to our advantage.
Stay tuned for more,
Elle
Today's panel was entitled "Are You Socializing or Working?" Here's the skinny from the flyer:
From blogs and Twitter to Facebook and LinkedIn, professional communicators are tapping into social media. Find out how local professionals are utilizing social media in their work.The panelists were Suzanne Tobias from the Wichita Eagle, Todd Ramsey from the Greteman Group and Shawn Hillferty from KWCH/CW. Most of the time was spent talking about Twitter and how it can be used to reach a broader audience as well as further your company's business.
Todd Ramsey, who runs The Todd Blog, did most of the talking and told us about the book Groundswell. I won't get into all of the points here, because if you really wanted to know about it, you would have been there yourself.
I guess the point is that today was very informative, and I'm glad that I was there to hear what Suzanne, Todd and Shawn had to say. They were all very informative, and it was nice to hear the inside scoop on how to use social networking sites to our advantage.
Stay tuned for more,
Elle
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