What I learned from my PR class (1-30-12) Cont.

C. The one glaring weakness that I can see being an issue potentially is our busy schedules. After class, we discussed as a group when we would like to meet and we each struggled to find common ground on a date and time that would be beneficial for each member. Fortunately we were able to come up with a date and time (2-3-12) to meet. So far everything has fallen into place, but things can change quickly! Stay tuned!!!

D. I would be lying if I said i was growing as a practitioner at this point in my college life. Being a beginner at PR I feel like I have alot to learn first before I can say I am a good PR practitioner. I know that this class will bring out the best in me and who I want to become in life. In my last semester class in which I had Dr. Park, I learned how to set up a PR plan and what it takes to instill all the components. I learned about call reports and other aspects when it came to implementing PR plans. This is the basic knowledge that I have gained up until this point in my ever growing desire to become a great PR practitioner. Having two great professors guiding the way with wealth's of knowledge will only make me become a better practitioner over time. Having my group members ( Chris, Andrew, Abby, Sarah and Valerie) will also help me because each of them has new ideas and knowledge that I can learn from them. Each week as I am subjected to the PR lifestyle placed upon me, I will grow and you will see me grow through my blog. It will be an interesting transformation not only for me, but for my audience! 

What I learned from my PR class (1-30-12)

A. When I was accepted into Robert Morris I knew that my main focus and love was business management. But i knew that i wanted to become a more global individual not only for myself but for the profession i want to get into. I thought about pursuing my minor and gave it plenty of thought before acting upon. So here I am, a public relations newbie practitioner in training! I want to become a better speaker and overall individual and this being my second public relations class ever taken, I feel a comfort level already in this field of study. I admit i don't know much about public relations or its core concepts, but what i do know is that it is a very detailed and demanding field. You must be a good communicator with a warming personality that is focused and has high ambitions to persuade others. The tasks that i would like to acquire mostly is to become a better speaker and to learn new concepts on how to lead and motivate others to get the best out of themselves.

B. Getting the plan and details about the meat of our project tonight helped me clarify some doubt i had in the beginning of the semester. This builders project seems to be very demanding, but a challenge that has high rewards. The biggest rewards i gained from tonight's class understanding the material better, and finally getting this project underway. I can already tell that my group will be a delightful one to be apart as we each have great personalities and wonderful work ethics (a sense i gained when talking to each of my group members individually). This to me thus far has been the biggest reward because you are only as good as the rest of your group members, as I have learned from previous group projects!As we get into this project in more depth as time passes, and i will hopefully be a avid blogger now, I will update my blog after each class to help update my audience about the progress of myself and my team.

C. My team is great! Touching on this subject in my previous question, I feel like we will be the team to get our feature story published out of all the teams, and I truly feel this way. So far we have exchanged e-mails and phone numbers to make ourselves more accessible to one another. We are meeting this Friday (2-3-12) to go over our logo and to divide the responsibilities among-st each other to help get the best results possible. Our strengths up until this point, it being early, is our communication, commitment, and diverse areas of strengths among each group member. My own areas of strength are my organization, attentiveness, commitment, and determination. Over the course of our builders project, more strengths will come to fruition, and some strengths we thought were strengths might not be such the case.

Robert Morris University PR

So after my public relations night class (1-30-12) we were given the assignment to create a blog to help evaluate the material learned from that night and answer questions posed. This should be fun and a definite learning experience for myself!

-Luke

New to the world of blogging!

This is my first time ever doing this! Hope this will be enjoyable.

-Luke