You’ve likely heard the statistic before; in many surveys, people rate the fear of public speaking above the fear of death. In college, I dreaded my required public speaking class so much that I pushed it off to senior year, until I finally took the course surrounded by a classroom full of freshmen. In my …

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Start your week right! Every Sunday I post my favorite links from around the web and share my goals for the upcoming week. Links On PR: Dear College Professor: Stop Wasting Our Time and Give Your Students a Meaningful Assignment: Remember that assignment in a college PR class to interview a public relations professional? President …

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Please welcome today’s guest blogger, Karen Vitale. Confession: In my natural state, I’m about as far from gutsy as it gets. That comes from decades spent cultivating a perfectionistic streak a mile wide. Because nothing gets in the way of getting gutsy like fear of not getting it just right. It is a point of …

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There’s no doubt about it; applying for internships and jobs can be challenging. Career advice ranges from person to person and industry to industry. Ask 10 people the same career-related question and get 10 very different answers. It’s enough to drive any job seeker crazy. One of my favorite parts of my full-time job working …

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Start your week right! Every Sunday I post my favorite links from around the web and share my goals for the upcoming week. Links On Blogging: Moving From Feedburner to Feedblitz: With Google Reader shutting down, many bloggers are nervous that Feedburner may be next. Katy Widrick decided to make the move now (as opposed …

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Between my 25th birthday and vacation in Punta Cana, March proved infinitely better a month than February. In fact, it was a pretty incredible month and a fabulous way to start my 25th year! Each month, I share three things I accomplished in the previous month and preview three things I’m excited about or hoping …

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Start your week right! Every Sunday I post my favorite links from around the web and share my goals for the upcoming week. Links On Social Media: Hashtags Considered #Harmful: When I saw Alexis Grant share this post on Twitter, I knew I had to read it. After all, I use hashtags often on Twitter! …

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