The Power of Social Media: FaceBook’s Role in the Venezuela Riots

When Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez forced Radio Caracas Televsion (RCTV) off the air recently, he was met with protests by thousands who filled the streets of Caracas within hours of the action.
Crowds of protesters seem to materialize instantly, as many as 5,000 strong, then disappear into the city when police cracked down. Office workers left buildings to join student [...]

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Must-Have Information

I try very hard to make More With Les practical, informative, educational, stimulating, and hopefully, interesting. Accordingly, I found out today something that the MWL Learning Community simply MUST know immediately.
There are now dark chocolate M&M’s. I had my first package a few minutes ago. They are orgasmic.

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Lessons Learned

I posted grades for spring semester 2007 yesterday. As predicted, there are a few students who question what they earned. That is to be expected. Some wanted to learn from it; others felt that someone or something else was the problem.
For the first time ever, I instituted a firm attendance policy spring semester. I checked [...]

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Spring Semester 2007 is History…Almost

Spring semester is coming to a close. Only a few final exams left to give. After days and days of grading, assessing, checking, rechecking, and contemplating, it’s time to assign grades. When grades are recorded, the semester is over.
Then the phone calls begin. “Why did I get this grade? I was shocked to see that I got [...]

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Are We Comm/PR Managers Having a Business Management Experience, or Business Managers Having a Comm/PR Management Experience?

I woke up this morning thinking of my favorite poem, “To Lucasta, Going to the Wars”, by Richard Lovelace (1618-1658). Written in 1649, this poem moves me on many levels.
But in business? You bet. For some reason, “Lucasta” got reworded in my brain to address the need for business management knowledge and skills for communication/PR students and [...]

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Food for Thought: Survey on PR Pay in 2006

New York-based Spring Associates, Inc., a PR search and consulting firm, announced findings of its 11th annual PR and corporate communication study recently. Reported in PRSA’s PR Tactics and The Strategist Online, the study said average corporate communication base salaries grew 3.3 percent in 2006 compared with 2005’s increase of 7.6 percent. Average PR agency [...]

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Yes, I Am Still Here, But Keep Reading the Post and Comments Below This

I can’t post anything new because I keep reading the comments to my previous post. For this one post, the quality and quantity of valuable information from the More With Les Learning Community is nothing short of amazing.
If you are a student, especially one who is nearing graduation, this is must-read information. If you are not near graduation, [...]

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