A good friend of mine told me recently, in a conversation about reporting the results of a communications campaign: "I told our metrics people to please include share of voice. They said what I was asking for didn't make sense. But I said, 'Come on guys, put it in - I don't know what it …
Just published: New issue of the Journal of Professional Communication!
The new issue of the Journal of Professional Communication (volume 3, issue 1) is published. You can read it here. It is almost had dot believe that we have now been publishing for three years. During that time, we have showcased Canadian professional communication research in both official languages. We have also had research reported …
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The future of communications is interpersonal
I began teaching communication studies in 2001, when I was hired out of my post-doctoral fellowship to be the first professor in the new communication studies program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. My first week was marked by the first great tragedy of the 21st Century, when the World Trade Centre was bombed and …
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McMaster-Syracuse MCM February Residency: Record Cohort and 7 Capstone Defenses
Another successful residency of the McMaster-Syracuse MCM program drew to a close on Thursday afternoon. We had a wonderful time sharing ideas, debating the latest industry challenges and opportunities and simply building friendships and professional collaborations. This residency saw three key events: Seven students successfully defended their capstone research projects. The capstone project is the …
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New Year’s Resolutions 2013: Clarity of Purpose
When I look back at 2012, I realize, with some wistfulness that I haven't really been very successful in fully meeting the resolutions I set one year ago. Frankly, this was due to the fact that this was one of the busiest years of my life. 2012 was a very full year: from taking over …
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Superb MCM October 2012 Residency concludes
What a successful, exciting week we had in communications management at McMaster. The record-setting October residency of the McMaster-Syracuse Master of Communications Management program came to a close - a week of learning, networking as well as personal and professional growth. We were joined by students from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Québec, Ontario, the United States, …
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Remembering Dr. Sue Vajoczki, the students’ champion
I recently received the sad news that our McMaster colleague, Dr. Sue Vajoczki, associate professor of geography and geology, has passed away, far too early. Her passing is profoundly sad news for McMaster's students and faculty. As director of McMaster's Centre for Leadership in Learning, Dr. Vajoczki was passionately committed to students and thought that …
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Inspired by our young people
I spent most of this weekend at the Ontario Universities Fair at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto, representing our new Honours Bachelor of Professional Communication program, of which I am the founding director. We have launched this new professional program, to meet the needs of the marketplace, and to provide a powerful education for young …
McMaster launches a new Bachelor of Professional Communication (BPC)
Our world is changing at light speed and it need a new class of highly qualified, well-educated, ethical professional communicators. This change is creating the need for highly competent and well-educated professional communicators, whose role in winning battles in the court of public opinion will work in parallel with lawyers who fight in the court …
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MCM Admissions in Full Swing
July 31 is the last day to apply for the McMaster-Syracuse Master of Communications Management program, of which I am the Director. We are in full admissions mode, right now, interviewing candidates and receiving completed applications daily. It's an exciting time. The MCM is Canada's premier professional communications management master's degree. This year's class is …