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By: Why do you practice PR? | The PR Practitioner

Why do you practice PR? | The PR Practitioner — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:12:03 +0000

[...] recent one sided conversations with fellow practitioners and reading good blog posts such as David Mullen’s post “Are you contagious” and Valley PR Blog’s post “Going into PR? Give it serious [...]

By: Why do you practice PR? « Everyday PR

Why do you practice PR? « Everyday PR — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:11:47 +0000

[...] recent one sided conversations with fellow practitioners and reading good blog posts such as David Mullin’s post “Are you contagious” and Valley PR Blog’s post “Going into PR? Give it serious [...]

By: sims bulluck

sims bulluck — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:15:38 +0000

David, as always, beautifully put. I feel that the only way to do great work and is to put your blinders on and make everything you do about the work. Forget the politics. Forget the negative energy. Forget that you are not valued or appreciated enough. And just remember why you got in this business in the first place and focus on the fun part of creating, that’s the only kool-aid any of us should be drinking. Because, face it, if we’re drinking the bad kool-aid, well we know how that story ends and it sure ain’t pretty!

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:17:17 +0000

David, if only I were getting paid to do those things. When it comes to my day job I’m about as contagious as a bottle of Listerine.

By: Kristin Kalscheur

Kristin Kalscheur — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:04:44 +0000

Great post as always…a couple years ago I was going to night school at UCLA trying to change my career to landscape architecture until I realized that I actually love recruiting! I am also a big believer in working in-house on the agency side, as I find that there are some very passionate people like yourselves on this end and I love to interact with people that are full of soul! (I am still following artistic pursuits on the side which is where they fit in best for me…) Another related topic today on Seth Godin’s blog:

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/10/maybe-you-cant.html

By: davidmullen

davidmullen — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:26:35 +0000

@Lara – Thanks. I haven’t had the pleasure of working on the client side yet, but the energy level within most agencies is one of the reasons I’ve loved agency life so much throughout my career so far. Well, that and things like Beer Cart Thursdays.

Learning about social media and ways to (appropriately) integrate it into clients’ communication strategies has definitely helped give a boost to my passion for the business, as well.

@Scott – I totally disagree with you. Every time you talk about your upcoming book or the topic of your next podcast, you become instantly contagious. I’ve seen it first hand.

@Elaine – Thanks for sharing your view from the non-profit side. Here’s hoping that things at Goodwill of North Georgia today DON’T include a long day, difficult colleagues or any pride swallowing.

By: earmstrong

earmstrong — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:14:23 +0000

Nice post. As someone who works for a nonprofit, I see passion for mission a lot, and it is “contagious.”

“Sure, our days are long, our colleagues sometimes difficult and our pride is often swallowed. But those are all things those in the non-profit world face, too…” Thanks for pointing this out, too. I’ve found that challenges in the for-profit and nonprofit worlds often more similar than one might think.

Thanks. I’ll have to check out Geoff’s post as well.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:59:29 +0000

Unfortunately I am not.

By: Lara Kretler

Lara Kretler — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:18:13 +0000

David, excellent conversation starter as always. This is why I love working on the agency side – because I’m surrounded by energetic professionals and they keep me sharp as well as excited about what we’re doing. Another thing that has helped breathe new life into my work is social media. Blogging and integrating new media applications into the daily work of PR have filled me with passion and possibility again. I’ve been doing this a long time but right now in our industry there is so much changing that it’s exciting getting to pioneer new and better ways of doing things. Whoever said “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” had it right. When you love what you’re doing and you’re on fire about it, then it really doesn’t feel like work despite long hours, early mornings and late nights.