As we speak, I am on my way to attend and present at the upcoming National Communication Association Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. This will be my third time heading to DC this year for a conference. Yes, I did say three. 🙂 However, I am looking forward to connecting with fellow colleagues and students in PR and other related fields.
I first attended NCA when I was a PhD student at the University of Tennessee, and the last conference I went to was in 2011 during my first semester at the University of Louisville. Both presentations focused on social media and crisis communications, which was pretty cool. My first paper was focused on H1N1 and the social media bookmarking site Delicious, and the other was from my dissertation (primarily the data I found with my focus groups). I was not able to attend and present last year due to being all of the way on the other side of the world for the World PR Forum in Melbourne (which was a fabulous conference and great experience!).
This time, I will be part of a panel to discuss the real time crisis challenges and opportunities we are seeing right now in PR. From social media to wearable technologies, I am going to be talking about some of the growing issues and concerns. Â I will be posting my PowerPoint deck online as soon as the presentation is done tomorrow.
Safe travels to all of my friends heading to DC and have a great day, everyone!
Best Wishes,
Karen
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