2013 Student Scholarship Recipients
By: Melissa Wofford Katie Cook received a Bea Zeeck scholarship for 2013. She has been a member of the Texas Tech AWC chapter for one year and is majoring in public relations. Her dream job is public relations coordinator for the Texas Rangers. Katie excels in public speaking and believes her approachable personality helps her succeed as a communicator. She is from Bridgeport, Texas, and enjoys spending time with her friends and family and attending Kappa Delta events. Janet Moreno received a 2013 Bea Zeeck scholarship in her first year at Texas Tech and as a member of AWC. Janet comes from...
Read MoreMay 2013 Member Stand Outs
By: Kristin Thomas The Beth Pratt Member of the Year Award recognizes an AWC member who has gone above and beyond for the association and its members. The recipient spent countless hours volunteering their time and leadership to our group. Voted on by members, this person has exhibited outstanding personal and professional achievement and support of the chapter. This award went to Kaley Daniel. The Mary Ann Edwards Professional Communicator Award recognizes an individual working in the communications industry whose attention to the creation, management, distribution and consumption of ideas...
Read MoreNew Members: March 2013
By: Kristin Thomas Please help us welcome the following new members! Diana Jones Entrepreneur & Freelance Writer Eliza (Yvonne) Limon Prosperity Bank Marketing Specialist Amber McCloud Prosperity Bank Marketing Specialist Jordyn Nelson Betenbough Homes Online Marketing Coordinator Andrea Wilson Osteogenics Biomedical Senior Marketing Manager Glenys Young Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lifestyles Editor
Read MoreSay No! to Spring Cleaning: Keep Your Inbox Clean Year Round
By Guest Contributor: Michelle Stephens, director of Marketing & Communications at Covenant Health System E-mail management doesn’t have to be the bane of our existence. Here are tips to help you stay on top of keeping your inbox clean. Top 10 Microsoft® 2010 Tips 1) Limit the time spent checking e-mail. Spend 20 minutes in the morning going through your messages, then get on with your day. Wrap up your day with another 20 minutes checking e-mail. 2) Get organized. Create cabinet folders that are customized to the broad categories of e-mails you receive. Step-by-step instructions...
Read MoreThere’s a Digital Tool for That
By: Kendall Wheeler Do you ever feel like you are wading through a swamp of social media and digital organizing tools online? The resources available are amazing, but how do you know the right ones to choose? Below are a few favorites from members. My favorite social media monitoring tool is HootSuite. HootSuite is neat because it creates a dashboard allowing you to manage more than one of your social media sites. It saves so much time eliminating the task of logging on to each social media site to monitor, post, Tweet, etc. My favorite feature of HootSuite is that you can schedule posts and...
Read MoreMember Spotlight: Big City Girl Alyssa Kitten Stays Grounded in the Hub City
By: Caitlin Hogge After spending her entire life in Lubbock, Alyssa Kitten graduated from Texas Tech and left the flat lands of West Texas for the bright lights and skyscrapers of Dallas to begin her communications career. She landed the communications coordinator job at Cooper Aerobics where she handled everything from media relations to internal communications and marketing. However, after two years, Alyssa decided to trade in the city-girl lifestyle and return to her family and her hometown. Her love for the public relations and communications industry was sparked by a friendship with a...
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