Essays on Deirdre

1. What I found most interesting and useful in the article "Public Relations (PR): traditional media confronts social media" produced by Dan Schawbel is the relationship of types of communication and relevant methods. According to Schawbel (2007), "we must first look at what we are communicating and match it with the proper method" (qtd. in Personalbrandingblog.com). Considering that social media and traditional media press releases play a vital role in PR industry, this information will definitely help me improve my skills and competences as a PR practitioner, as it contributed to deeper understanding of differentiation between traditional and ...

In her book Social Media and Public Relations: Eight New Practices for the PR Professional, Deirdre Breakenridge illustrates eight new skillset that public relations experts require to make brands and involve clients in a social world. She also illustrates how to combine technology and communications in a more efficient manner, how to cultivate insights into how clients perceive and construct their brand relationships. In this book we learn from her that through public relations we can be able to avert a crisis in communication within the organization and with the customers. We can also be able to eliminate communication ...

Global Impact of Public Relations

Many corporations in the world, today, recognize the importance of public relations as a tool that influences positively the buying behavior of the customer (Giannini, 2010). Public relations has widely been used as a strategic marketing tool by many multinational corporations around the globe. The paper will cover the impacts of public relations with reference to the U.S based Coca-Cola company that has grown to cover a large market in the world.

Public relations whether used as part of an integrated marketing campaign or used alone can cause an increase in sales in many ways as explained below. As used by the ...

Over time, the manner in which women were defined in the society has changed. Initially, the roles of women were prescribed to be those in the kitchen and around the compound. Males always relied on the ancient theories that considered them superior to oppress women. However, as time goes by, women have managed to advocate for their rights. As Haraway argues, ‘women know very well that knowledge from natural sciences has been used in the interests of our domination and not our liberation’ (Haraway, 10). Women were seen as playing a subordinate role to men, and they were always seen ...

For over three decades, the U.S labor market has attracted criticism from the minority groups mostly the blacks. Before the industrial revolution occurred, majority of the blacks provided cheap labor to the white’s farms. The form of employment during that time was informal as knowledge requirements were never a necessity. After the industrial revolution, focus shifted to individuals both black and whites sought for jobs within the established industries (Royster 123). The introduction of industries necessitated knowledge acquisition as roles became different from the initial forms. The blacks found for knowledge like their white counterparts so as to gain ...

Pandemic Plan

The Ministry of Health (MOH), Guinea on March 21st, 2014 informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the growing occurrence of Ebola virus disease (EVD). The initial report of the cases derived from Gueckedou, Kissidougou, and Macenta in the overseas district, a vicinity that establishes the boundary with Liberia, and Sierra Leone; and late in the principal town of Conakry. The samples of blood gathered from the early cases and after examination revealed favorable results for Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) species by RT-PCR at Educational Institute of Pasteur in Lyon, France. The MOH of Liberia confirmed the initial infections of ...

History I Section 263

The practices of childbirth and delivery have changed drastically throughout history. With the advances in science and technology and growing knowledge over the years, America has been delivering healthier babies than ever. But unlike now, in early America midwives played a large role in child delivery and child care, “When the English settled in America they brought the traditional English customs and practices of childbirth to the New World.” Midwives were more than just someone who delivered a baby; they also acted as the nurse and were a friend to the pregnant woman throughout her labor. Midwives felt a lot of responsibility for ...

Introduction: (purpose and outline of report)

This report has been necessitated by the recent developments on Osprey Insurance markets. The UK based company which boasts of a 10,000-people workforce has faced stiff competition in the market from other companies. Following this competition and the company’s desire to save a minimum of £25 million in the next two years, the company tasked Paul Scott, its Head of HR and Organisational Development, to table a report that would further be scrutinised by the company’s Corporate Management Team. The report was to show what measures the company was supposed to adopt in order to realise these new goals. ...

Introduction

The evolution of media types over time is referred as media interaction cycle. Therefore, new media are not invented in a vacuum they have their original sources. New media are based upon a platform of traditional media that have preceded them. However, the traditional media have influenced the development of new media but they have not outdated by the new media this change is called transference phase of media development. The article reveals the difference between new media and traditional media that is known to influence them (Breckenridge, Deirdre, 45). Currently, the new media have increasingly and have positively changed the ...

THESIS: There is a link between economic growth and environmental decay since as the countries operate to achieve economic growth by exploiting their economic resources, such growth leads to the deterioration and eventual decay of the environment. - Economic growth and the environment - Economic growth is the increase in the country’s productive capacity. - Higher economic growth requires greater use of natural resources and environment. - Increasing use of resources to increase productivity coupled with increasing pressure caused by increasing number of people decreases supply of natural resources and therefore, degradation of the environment. ...

Complaint (Deirdre Jones (Plaintiff) against Jack Daniels (Defendant))

In the case of Deirdre Jones the plaintiff against Jack Daniels the defendant, Deirdre Jones hereby presents a robbery with violence and threat to personal injury accusations against the defendant Jack Daniels. On the last Friday of this month at about 2.30pm in the afternoon at Freetown street, 11th avenue here in the state of Freedonia, Jack Daniels emerged from the street and caught Deirdre Jones by surprise snatching her pocket book and then proceeded to run away with it. Deirdre Jones determined not to let her purse get lost and considering that she is a two time World ...

Hypnosis. When many people think of it, they imagine it as a fun and entertaining activity for a party along with magicians, comedians, and karaoke. They think of it as a tool that unscrupulous characters employ, like the antique dealer in the 1991 movie Dead Again who used it to regress people to remember past lives so he could locate and steal heirlooms. In spite of hypnosis’s popular reputation as entertainment or as a tool of quacks and dodgy characters, in reality it is a valuable therapeutic method employed to help with a variety of problems such as ending harmful personal habits like smoking ...

Organic Foods

We should support consumption of organic foods because it is an essential step towards achievement of optimal health in the whole population. Moreover, they are of higher quality than foods produced using conventional methods. To be precise, how many of you feel comfortable consuming foods rich in chemicals emanating from use of pesticides in food production either in form of herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides? Would you still feel the same way if you had knowledge on chronic illnesses killing populations due to consumption of conventional foods? Frankly, I think you would all feel indifferent. Various food industries producing foods ...

Introduction

Statistical analysis is very vital to every organization as it shows where a company is coming from and where it heading to thus helping it to strategize in order to increase its profitability. The prices of gas have been on the rise in the recent past and it has become very difficult for the consumers and the suppliers to predict the future performance of the gas prices. It is very important for any party involved in the supply of gas to carry out a statistical analysis of the gas prices and also determine the reaction of the consumers. This will help ...