August 29, 2006
Instead of attending Chris' research class, I went to the Faculty Lunch which featured speakers whose expertise is in Media and Public Relations. This session went over the time and I didn't want to appear rude by going to Chris' class late. The luncheon itself was an eye-opening experience for me. I was really baffled by the fact that professionals are not inclined to use a media medium as a Blog for consideration as a news source or of getting the message out about how AWESOME this Law School really is; due in large part to the Legal Faculty here; we have the greatest legal minds here, and a Blog is one of many mediums that should be considered when "getting the word out" about an organization.

I remember when e-mail became available and lots of people were against that medium as well; the more the world changes, the more it stays the same, thanks in large part to people who are see new avenues of including new forms of media into their everyday work life as a waste of time and efforts. Our faculty was very interested in the topic of conversation and its too bad that their questions and or concerns didn't get addressed at this forum; I noticed a lot of them got up and left the room. It was as if the were looking for guidance about writing for non-scholarly news sources and not getting the information they needed.

This lunch had my mind thinking about ALL of my former PR experiences in the work place and how I could integrate some of that knowledge into this workplace. Not sure how to go about this here; stay tuned.......