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NMGZ paid a visit to the Museum of Public Relations (PR) in New York to meet with Director and Co-Founder Shelley Spector. She showed the community some of the museum’s artifacts, including documents about the development of early advertising campaigns and communications between some founders in the field. In addition, she shared an anecdote from … Read more
Hello I am an imposter. In 2018, I graduated from California State University, Northridge, majoring in Marketing. During college, I was involved with the NMGZ Community and the American Marketing Association and mentored transfer students while working full-time as a sales representative. I am now working for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company—I feel no sense … Read more
One of the main reasons many pursue college is to get a well-paying, non-laboring job that they will hopefully enjoy, especially if they are a first-generation student. We have seen our parents, grandparents, and family members working hard at low-wage and sometimes multiple jobs to make ends meet. It is an immense privilege to attend … Read more
With diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) continuing to take center stage among large corporations, the focus has been on communicating this push with external priority publics. A quick Google search will elicit numerous websites outlining examples of diversity statements, as well as tips on how a company could create its own. However, within the past … Read more
“It’s not WHAT you know but rather WHO you know.” Powerful words from CEO Fields Jackson Jr., Chief Cheerleader & Talent Scout of Racing Toward Diversity, rang across the room. Fields, like many, understood the immense value networking has to offer. At the end of the day, if you continue to fish in the same … Read more
I’m immensely grateful for my summer internship experience with TIAA Bank, an American diversified financial services organization. I interned for the Investment Portfolio team in Jacksonville, FL, my learnings are of great abundance, which I will now take with me as I advance in my professional career, and personal life. I summarize and reflect upon … Read more
My last semester of college was bittersweet. After six years of living in coffee shops and gaining gratification from meeting deadlines, I had difficulty accepting my absence from scholarly responsibilities. Being a student was a large part of my life, and the end of my tenure in college led to an identity crisis that included … Read more
Living in a small town in Village of Newcomerstown, Ohio with a population of about 3,500 people, everything I’ve ever known revolves around community engagement. It was a big step for me to travel to one of the largest cities in the United States, San Francisco. Before the trip, I expected individuality, every man for … Read more
A famous quote by Daenerys Targaryen, describes Sojourner Truth’s trauma exactly: “I have been sold like a broodmare. I’ve been chained and betrayed, raped and defiled.” Born Isabella Baumfree, Truth inspired hope in women and enslaved people alike, although her life was a difficult one.
Spotify, an extremely popular free music streaming platform, is grappling not only a legal dilemma but also a moral one. Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, recently has been under fire for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and giving rise to conspiracy theorists. His list of transgressions doesn’t end there: Rogan has also made blatantly racist marks, such as comparing black people to apes and insinuating that they are subhuman, as well as insensitive comments about the LGBTQ+ community, to scratch the surface. Artists on Spotify have threatened to remove their music from the platform, disgusted with Spotify’s lack of care towards Rogan’s behavior. Some artists went through with this, starting with Neil Young, and including musicians such as Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, and Graham Nash, to name a few.