Strategic Communications – Professional Blog Finale

Leadership and Media Strategies has been a great opportunity for me to not only learn the theory on the subject but also pushed me to start this blog. I have enjoyed sharing my past work and personal experiences while exploring new media and methods for communicating in today’s world of advertising and marketing.

In my first week of doing this blog, I felt as if it was an arduous process. How can I say what I want to say and have it make sense? In addition, what if I have said it all that I needed to say in 500 words and not meet the 1000 word requirement? In the end, this was not the issue. In fact, I had to pare it down a bit to make sure that I was not being too wordy. Also, I wanted to stay focused on the topic at hand and not get off track with ideas that came into my head.

I think week two was the most fun. I was able to equally include topical information that we were studying in class, namely social influencers while bringing some personal experience with my wife’s blogging favorites as examples. At that point, the words began to flow off of my fingers and blogging began to make sense to me. 

Another interesting point is when I began to read professional blogs written by business and media leaders. I learned that these people were writing about their experience and what worked best for them. They may not be “giants of the industry” but they have learned what works by doing the work. The most important thing is that I have experience and can share my thoughts by continuing this blog and talking about where strategic communications and new media, is going, and where I want to go with my career.

I hope to teach soon. This is my goal and I am working toward it. I won’t give up until I get there but will also continue to learn all I can to help others in this field.

Thanks for reading and look for more in the future