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By Erik Rasmussen

Use lists to unclutter your Twitter stream

When each day brings hundreds of e-mails and sometimes thousands of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and RSS updates, keeping up-to-date with it all can seem overwhelming. But you can’t really unplug from any of it without missing something important… or can you?

My resolution for summer is to unclutter my digital life so I can focus on the [...]

Interview with Linhart PR’s Sharon Linhart

Gold Pick Platinum sponsor Linhart Public Relations opened in 1996 as Linhart McClain Finlon and was involved with PRSA Colorado from the firm’s inception. Sharon Linhart, APR, managing partner, Linhart Public Relations, also was a member for a decade before that. She notes how gratifying it has been over the years since she has served [...]

Q&A with Sarah Evans

Nobody ever wants to learn just a few hours before an event that the guest speaker is stuck in another time zone, but that’s exactly what happened when Sarah Evans, who was scheduled to speak at the April luncheon, missed her flight to Denver. After a flurry of phone calls and e-mails, however, we were able to [...]

How to Make Online Conversations Work for You and Your Bottom Line

Sarah Evans, PR and New Media Consultant

Hailing from Chicago, public relations and new media consultant Sarah Evans — founder of #journchat, the weekly live chat between PR professionals, journalists and bloggers, and one of Forbes’s 14 Power Women to Follow on Twitter — will show you how to hijack online conversations with the media and [...]

February PR news round-up

The following PR articles this month share the scoop on social media policies, a Twitter Olympic scandal and branded vs. individual Twitter accounts. If you come across an interesting PR article, please send it to prsacolorado@gmail.com or tweet a link to @PRSAcolo.

Most Companies Don’t Have a Social Media Policy (Mashable)
Twitter Strategy: Branded vs. Individual Twitter Accounts [...]

Digital tumbleweeds

Earlier in the week at the Digital Toolbox luncheon, there was some great discussion after Ramonna Tooley’s presentation. At my table, we talked about the ROI of Twitter, had a semantic discussion about social networking vs.  social media and discussed location-based services such as Foursquare and their privacy implications. We were all over the map, but it was [...]

When are you most likely to use Twitter?

If you follow a lot of people on Twitter, you invariably miss a lot of tweets. I know you don’t want to miss anything tweeted by @PRSAcolo (You are following @PRSAcolo, aren’t you?) so I’m trying to find out if there’s a best time of day to tweet about news and events.

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Connecting with members using social media, Part 2: Looking forward

By Glen Turpin (glen@glenturpin.comor @gturpin)

I’m honored to be following in Ashley and Elaine’s footsteps. They’ve left very big shoes to fill, but we have a talented and enthusiastic committee, and I’m excited about the year to come.

This year’s goals for the social media committee haven’t changed significantly. We still need to provide timely and relevant information [...]

Connecting with members using social media, Part 1: Looking back

By Ashley Boyden (ashleyboyden@sharpideas.com or @ashleyboyden)

In January 2009, I was appointed PRSA Colorado social media chair to work with Elaine Ellis and Metzger Associates (PRSA’s former online editor) to build the chapter’s social media program from the ground up. For me, it was an excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience managing a social media program and [...]

“Please Make New PR Matter:” My Tweetup with Brian Solis

Last week, I attended my first PRSA tweetup with social media guru thought leader Brian Solis.

Liz Pope and Brian Solis at Tryst Tweet-up

I was expecting a rock star, an untouchable or a celebrity, but instead, I met Brian. His down-to-earth mentality and genuinely friendly demeanor really spoke to what social media is all about – [...]