HSS Magazine cover design

This is my personal design idea for the HSS Magazine at my University.  I really feel like it looks appropriate for the style of magazine it is supposed to be but i am a little concerned that it is a little bit too classy and not enough fun! If you have an opinion feel free to voice it and let me know how you feel about it.  And please please actually tell me your opinions.  I feel that my blog is a waste of my time sometimes.  

JD Commsulting letter-head

This is our mission statement printed out on the company letter-head!  Had a little fun with this project and made like four different ones.  Each of them is developed in a different program just to challenge myself and so that if others need to use it they have options...  

Leave behind project design.

This is a fold up Leave-behind flyer that I have designed for my clients.  

Super Bowl Tattoo???

So I have decided that if and only if my packers go to the super bowl again this year and I get at least 20 people to add and follow my blog prior to the super bowl I will get my first tattoo!  If the packers win the super bowl and remain undefeated for the rest of this week I will get two tattoos.  One of the tattoos will represent last years super bowl and one of the tattoos will represent this years super bowl.  
   I will be needing some input and support for this because i have never had a real serious plan for getting a tattoo before.  I will struggle with getting this done so post your comments and show your support.  If you do I will let you help me develop the tattoos that I get.  Sound good friends???

Packers go on to be undefeated!!!

Ok I know this is maybe beginning to look like a sports fan's blog but it kinda is!  i am the biggest Packers fan on the planet and this morning has been a rough one for me.  The Pack started out strong and then let up when L. Blunt started to show them that he actually knew how to play football.  Thank god for our offense and Arron Rodgers though.  They never gave up and kept on fighting till the win.  Packers took out the Buccs to bring their season record to 10-0 and show that they are the best in the league.
   For those of you who don't quite see why the Packers are such a strong team I can paint a picture for you in one word.  "resilience" This team takes it all and keeps on fighting.  the oldest living team in the NFL and they have never been the worst.  What a team!

SUU win at NAU

Small little note to my fellow fans of SUU football.  In case you hadn't heard we won today 27-24.  Brad Sorenson is the man with 398 total passing yards for the victory!!!  Go T-birds!

introducing my portfolio and business card

 this is my portfolio cover

this is my business card

Media Room | Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

Media Room | Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide check out this link! There is some great stuff on there!

Interesting lack of Social Media use by PR firms...

   I was searching around today for a few of my favorite PR agencies on the web and I discovered something that distressed me a little.  In todays world there is a big demand for connections via social media.  Whether you are Waste Management or Puma Footwear you almost have to be utilizing this resource to get your name out and be recognized.  However it would seem that the very people who are helping all of these companies around the globe to develop these lines of communication are struggling with using them as well.  As I surfed around Facebook this afternoon I searched for five names.  these names belong to five of the big names in public relations.  much to my surprise I came up nearly empty handed.  I am rather bothered by this because I know that were I to have my own firm the first thing that I would do is open my companies Facebook page.  Then I would immediately turn to Twitter.  Sure as I understand there is a big surge in the Google+ area for businesses and I support it.  I have all three accounts for my own personal use.  I also have this Blog, a LinkedIn account, WeiBo, MSN, and even QQ.
   That is exactly my point.  By telling you this you at first may think "how can you possibly be using all of those things regularly?"  Well, I can and I do!  And I do all of this while living a very active and social life.  How?  Because in today's world I know that I have no choice.  I recognize that there are limitations to my own personal abilities.  There are some days that I never even open up my Twitter.  At the same time when I do I know that I am missing things that could possibly be important.
   This is why I am so shocked to see that these big Communication Agencies are neglecting a medium that is so heavily utilized by their publics that there is no way they can think of it as a waste of their time.
   I would like to say to all of my readers that I know these companies probably feel that they just do not have time to be tweeting about the flavor of coffee they drank this morning, but the fact of the matter is that if you can connect with your public in any way at all, wouldn't you choose that one that your public is most in love with?
   Now I understand that these companies are getting their clients through B-2-B communications.  That part is clear to me.  The thing that makes social media so important and valuable to them is the research.  they can draw a lot of information from Facebook about what is trending in the publics eyes.  They can learn about the people they hope to persuade and maybe, just maybe, they can make more money!

My first blog post...WTF am I thinking???

   I would like to begin my blog by introducing myself briefly.  I am a communication student at Southern Utah University (SUU), and my emphasis is in Strategic Communication.  I have been studying for close to five years now and am getting very close to graduation, but I am very interested in sticking around and learning as much as I possibly can while I can.  I love school and I love to learn about almost everything.  That is why I have made it so that anyone can post comments here on my blog.  Of course I would prefer that you subscribe and follow my postings I do know that many of you do not have time to read all of my ramblings.  Anyways, I don't want to go into too many details about myself because if you do follow m you will quickly learn a little about who I am.  I will say a few things though:

• First: My favorite color is "Orange".
• Second:  My favorite band is Linkin Park!  (grew up on rock)
• Third:  我会说一点点中文！  However not fluent yet!  (that is why I will be studying in China)
• Fourth:  I love food.  Not just any food but nice foods like caviar and fine wine.
• Fifth:  Strategic Communication is probably the only thing in this life I am good at.  (so don't expect too much from my blog!  JK!)

   Now back to the important stuff.  For those of you who know me personally I hope that my blogs do not seem redundant or eccentric.  I do know that I can get a little wordy and perhaps annoying at times but I hope that we can overlook that enough that you will keep reading.

   Well for you who do not know me I will tell you.  I cannot guarantee you that you will agree with the things that I have to say.  Nor can I promise that you will enjoy reading it.  What I can promise you is that I will not be boring myself.  Having my own Blog has always been a goal of mine and I finally took the step to make it happen!  So I hope you do like what I have to say.