First of all I think the video of the two Domino’s employees was disgusting. It’s not on youtube anymore, and I am glad. If you haven’t seen the video I will give you a brief description of what happened.

Two Domino’s employees were left by their manager in the kitchen by themselves. One of the employees filmed, while the other put buggars and passed gas on sandwiches that were supposed to go out for delivery.  I can’t remember if they did anything else, but that was bad enough. Of course the employees were fired. They said it was just a joke, and the sandwiches were’nt sent out for delivery.

Social media is really growing rapidly. It’s amazing how Domino’s found out about these employees, because the video was spreading like wildfire over the internet.  This was definitely bad for the company. Even though the company had no idea that this was going on and had no control over the situation, it is really going to suffer.

Patrick Doyle, the President of Domino’s USA, issued an apology on behalf of the company.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l6AJ49xNSQ&feature=player_embedded

I really enjoyed Ms. Crawford and Mr. Estroff.  They made it very clear that graduating with just a degree in PR is not enough. YOu have to have internships to let employers know that you are experienced. I learned that they don’t just work witht he PR department. they have to cross over into advertising, marketing, and graphic design.

http://www.ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/podcast-post.aspx?id=967

Eric Shwartzman : Friday, July 18, 2008 / 10:43am

Carr is recorded at the Digital Impact Conference in New York. He talks about a number of different topic pertaining to the media, new media, and public relations professionals.

 These are just a few things that I picked up from his speech at the conference that really interested me.

Carr  begins talking about the changing advancements  in the media. He said in 1988 a news editor asked Carr to fax a story over to him, and he had no idea what the editor was talking about. The editor explained that if he went to Kinko’s they would have a machine that would scan Carr’s paper and it would come out on the editor’s end. Carr thought that was “bull-shit.”

Carr talks about his problem with podcasts. He does not like podcast because they are not searchable because they are too long. He prefers short form video and text because they are searchable.

He also touches on topic of  the time and commitment to blogging.  He says, “Once you get the bug, it will freaking eat you alive.”  He has written 130, 000 words about the Oscars on his blog last year.

Carr talks about some of the practices that Public Relations professionals use. He states that alot of them will no longer work. He said most Publc Realtions people do not lie, and if they do they end up out of business. But they do shave corners and ignore certain facts, and Carr doe not think those practices work any more.