In class this week, a lot of the time was taken up by a speaker who taught us about Public Relations. When I think of PR, I do not think of Health Promotion. Instead, I think of people selling products/clients and manipulating the public into buying them. I know- that's really unfair! But this lecture showed how to harness the power of PR for good, not evil. None of us like to think of ourselves as "salespeople". But maybe we should. We've talked about this in class too, but it kinda clicked this week. By trying to "sell" health, we can better combat those who are selling the unhealthy products. It teaches us to try harder and pay attention to what the public wants-- and that translates into more effective Health Promotion. Tough to take in some ways, but I think it's true!
Personally, I did like the speaker. It was a little weird that she didn't have any visual materials-- is that some new presentation technique? Too many people use visuals in order to hide the fact that they don't know what they are talking about. Not so here.
I also thought it was interesting that she played "Spill Your Guts" with me when I walked her to her car-- and I didn't realize it until I got back to class! She could give lessons on that too! Anyways I got an intro to PR that I'm looking forward to applying in the project (what a nerd huh?).
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