Category: FIR on Higher Education Podcast
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Podcast Episode #55: Steps to Conducting a Strategic Communications Review
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Are you confident in your institution’s key messaging? Can you summarize it in a simple, clear and jargon free way to your different audiences? What about within your department? Do you know why the department for which you work exists? Do others know? Episode 55 of FIR on Higher Education will outline steps that you…
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Podcast #54: Book Marketing Tactics from Professor David Burkus
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It is not enough to rely on your publisher or school communications department to market your book. You have to put in the leg work. So says David Burkus, a professor at Oral Roberts University and the author of two different books: The Myths of Creativity which came out in 2013 and Under New Management…
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Podcast Episode #53: Communicating Your Unique Value Proposition Around Your Career
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Communicating our unique value propositions as it relates to our careers can be challenging. It is of course very important, especially since we know that the days of staying at one job for life are long gone. Studies show that the average professional changes jobs seven times. We need to have a communications plan as we…
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Podcast Episode #52: Communicating Differentiation
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Is your school prestigious? Or does it attract students based on reputation? Your answer should impact how you market and communicate to different stakeholders. We delve into this topic on episode 52 of FIR on Higher Education. Guest Bertrand Guillotin, a professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, has researched the internationalization strategies of business…
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Podcast Episode #51: Nurturing Relationships with Journalists
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Newsrooms are shrinking. The ratio of PR professionals to journalists in the United States is almost 5 to 1. Journalists complain about the exorbitant number of pitches they receive. For media relations professionals, it can be difficult to get on the radar of a targeted journalist. On episode 51 of FIR on Higher Education, media…
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Podcast Episode #50: PR Strategies and Tactics for Events
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Are you maximizing the public relations opportunities around different events that you are organizing? Higher education related events usually feature interesting content, particularly if it is an academic conference or some sort of multi-day symposium. Making the most of such events from a PR perspective can be challenging. We delve into this topic on episode…