Make a concerted effort to learn from those around you," said Butch Ward from Poynter Institute in St. Gardner of John Scott Daily Florida Institute of Government at the University of Central Florida . Yes, you can apply the best of traditional public relations practices to the new world of social media Guest post from Kathleen Taylor, APR, President of the Southwest Florida chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association offers 4 top takeaways from their January 2010 Social Media Cafe.

Power to the People : Used as a rallying cry against repression by the ruling class and the government as represented by the Nixon administration.   The Black Panthers used the slogan “All Power to the People” to defy the rich, ruling class domination of society. The Establishment : Referred to the “older” generation, that is, anyone over 30 who held bourgeois values and were in positions of authority including but not limited to government leaders, members of corporate America, parents and teachers.   The Woodstock Music & Art Fair celebrates its 40 th anniversary on August 15 th, 2009.

Hit with a crisis out of nowhere, and one that was tagged with an unfortunate name for a whole industry, the government and industry really scored an immediate victory and one that can not be understated.  There has been a concerted effort to change the name — not easy, and largely out of any business or industry’s control.  Monday and Tuesday were voluminous with brewing crises — one of the biggest political party switches in history, a new potential pandemic, and a decision to fly Air Force One over Ground Zero — all offered valuable, and contrasting, examples of communicating during an early stage of a crisis, and just how critical getting out in front with a central message is.