The recovering city of New Orleans has re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin. He won by 5,300 votes. Every vote counts, as the tired maxim goes. But Nagin’s win is hardly a ringing endoresment. The election isn’t a strong statement of faith in Nagin’s ability to facilitate and inspire the resurgence of the Big Easy.

Aside from the challenges that will come from rebuilding the devastated city, Nagin now also has to continually prove to just under half of his constituents that he’s the right man for the job. I suppose if he accomplishes the former, the latter will come.

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So after four years of wondering what I am going to do with the rest of my life, I have finally graduated and started working for a company in North Carolina called Three Springs. As most of you are probably not familiar with this, I’ll explain a little more about the company. I work as a counselor to troubled teens who are placed there for a year or longer (or shorter) depending on the situation. I’ll be doing many activities and events with them. So far, I have only worked one week and I absolutely love the job. It is a residential facitlity, so when I’m working I stay on shift. (I usually work four days on and three days off.)

Now you are probably wondering why I’m doing this if I graduated with a degree in public relations from a major university. Well, here is my answer: I am looking long term. It has always been a dream of mine to one day open my own residential camp for kids. I believe in order to succeed at this, I had to obtain some sort or public relations/marketing degree to get the background I would need later down the road. Also, I’m working with Three Springs now because I want to explore my options and this is something I have always felt comfortable doing as my Forward bio shows.

My advice is this for upcoming graduates and those that have just graduated: do something that challenges you and set your goals high. I am happy right now, and hopefully everyone else is, too.

Have a great day. Sorry it has been long since my last post. Oh yea, Happy Birthday Erin.

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I’m an advocate for PR students blogging, but choosing to blog is not a decision to be taken lightly.

There’s been a fair bit of discussion around about the benefits and potential draw backs of students blogging, but with this post I’d like to focus on just how big the decision is to start blogging and why you should take some time to ensure that it’s the right thing for you.

As the son of a veterinarian I’ve long been aware of the RSPCA’s annual calls to not buy puppies for Christmas.

I’m sure you’ve heard them before – ‘Don’t give a puppy at Christmas, getting a dog is a serious decision and you’ll have to care for them for years’.

A similar warning should be given to students considering starting a blog. If you make the decision to start blogging, be aware that you’re going to have to manage your online presence for a long time to come.

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