Whether you like it or not, you get a deck of cards dealt to you on the day you were born. Some people get a deck that feels like someone in the background was card counting or hiding an ace up their sleeves. A sleazy dealer with a spoofed deck shuffles other people’s cards. According … Read more
Imagine you were handed a check for $2,000 right now. The only catch is you have to spend it on something for your enjoyment. What would you do with it? Would you go on a tropical vacation to the Bahamas? See the Eiffel Tower for the first time? Or go to that rockstar concert you’ve … Read more
As Public Relations students, it is natural for people to think that communication comes easily to us. For the longest time, I thought it was easy to be adept at this skill, but as it turns out, it’s not. Belonging to a very different background than most of my friends at my university, I always … Read more
Every day, I feel like I carry this chip on my shoulder from my family, friends, community, and now, my mentees. As a GEAR-UP mentor, I am not only representing college students, but I am also representing those in the Micronesian community. It is much easier to create that representation figure for my community in … Read more
While visiting various companies in New York, the topics of each meeting were always different. However, questions about AI, AR (augmented reality), VR (virtual reality )technology, and the metaverse were raised. As this is a rising topic, I was surprised by how little the general public was interested or educated in the idea of the … Read more
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