The School’s third annual Communication Week was marked by a series of keynote speakers, alumni panels and the first School of Communication Student Awards and Recognition Banquet. Featured speakers included Marty Smith, '98, a nationally known ESPN NASCAR reporter; Carole Tarrant, the editor of the Roanoke Times; Steve Jackson, an expert on converging media; and Kevin Daley, a former “Mad Man” who now trains executives to speak persuasively.
Communication Week 2012 photo gallery
Alumna Alyssa Gavitt '09, M.S. '10 presented a mid-day talk to students about the need to change their mindset from student to full-time job seeker, and two panels of alumni wrapped up the week by talking informally with students about finding and landing a job.
Communication Week Coverage
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Apr 10, 2012
Recent Media Studies graduates share tips for landing a job
If you’re going to be a successful journalist then you should know that you’re not going to make a lot of money at first, you need to keep your social media clean and you’re going to have to do some work for free.
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Apr 5, 2012
How to present in a sensory world
“How we handle ourselves in front of a group impacts our future more than any thing we might do,” Kevin Daley told an auditorium filled with Radford University students and professors on April 3.
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Apr 4, 2012
Persuasion Guru Gives Insight on Speech, Passion
Kevin Daley, a former vice president of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency and founder of the communication skills business Communispond, captivated the audience at an April 3 lunch in the Muse banquet hall.
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Apr 4, 2012
ESPN’s Marty Smith Shares Stories of NASCAR, Life and Dreaming Big
Marty Smith, a Radford University graduate who is also a well-known NASCAR reporter for ESPN, gave this advice to aspiring journalists: “Have passion in everything you do.”
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Apr 4, 2012
Roanoke Times Editor: Journalists Need to be Flexible
The most difficult part of transferring from print to digital media is moving beyond 125 years of print-based thinking, according to Carole Tarrant, editor of The Roanoke Times.
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Apr 2, 2012
Banquet brings bittersweet endings, new beginnings
The Muse Banquet Room was filled with faculty and outstanding students from Radford University’s School of Communication in celebration of Communication week 2012 where they held an award and recognition banquet at 5 p.m. Sunday April 1.
