Recently, I was asked to speak to the next generation of public relations students at DePaul University’s PRSSA (Public Relations Society Students Association) two-day conference entitled, “From Traditional to Digital: the New Ways of PR.” My presentation focused on Multicultural public relations, a space for which I am becoming a budding expert due to the… Read more »
The Blog: Paige’s Ponderings
Reintroducing Paige's Ponderings, my blog where I talk about whatever "pondering" I want to explore in the written and photo essay form. Check out my latest post below and feel free to explore the archives for some past provocative ponderings. Feel free to Tweet your feedback to me @ccsteed. Enjoy yourself!
As luck would have it, I recently beacom engaged to the love of my life. It is truly a beautiful time and I am excited to become a wife, mother and dutiful life partner. As luck would also have it, three of my close girlfriends are also engaged and planning to be married this year…. Read more »
I had a great start to this year when I began my blog. My goal was to post a new musing or pondering every week to keep exercising my writing muscle and to dive into the blogosphere. Then, I was stopped in my tracks by a new love. An unbelievable love. An undying, unending, cannibalizing… Read more »
When you think about vacation destinations, Panama does not immediately come to mind for many folks. But it really, really should. The only people I know travel to Panama mainly because they originally came from the country, have family there, or have some military connection from the days of U.S. management of the Canal. But… Read more »
Sandra Bullock has been plagued by the best and the worst news coverage of late. While her professional life has soared to the pinnicale of what actresses and actors aspire to achieve, her personal life has plummeted to such an embarrassing and unfair low. Similar women with her profile, status, and exposure would have made… Read more »
In the past month, I have been to New York, Washington D.C., Philly, New Jersey and boy are my arms tired! The travel can be attributed to my recent work schedule. I have a greater appreciation for the movie “Up in the Air” and for my friends whose road warrior status is platinum. That is… Read more »
When I was a college junior, I signed up for a business etiquette seminar taught by a woman who held several similar events at colleges across the country. We learned how to interact during a business dinner – many lessons I had learned growing up. Simple stuff like waiting until everyone at the table is… Read more »
Currently there seems to be a movement – a back lash if you will – against what is deemed the state of “political correctness” in our society. The fact that people now feel they need to be more sensitive and walk on egg shells around groups who may have been maligned in the past seems… Read more »
On one of my more slow days during the week, I was searching for something interesting to watch on the t.v. I decided to buy a movie on On Demand. The Hurt Locker to be exact. With all the Oscar buzz about this film, I thought it prudent to check it out so I’d have… Read more »
Billy Joel’s song popped into my head this week: Only the Good Die Young. I’m not a big Billy Joel fan and the song’s lyrics really have nothing to do with this post. But the refrain of this one particular selection had me doing some deep thinking over the past week. A school mate’s untimely… Read more »