Writing & Presentations
This is a fictitious event, created for the purpose of this assignment.
The media kit should showcase your writing and command of the principles discussed in class. Each item in the kit should illustrate best practices.
Write a five-minute persuasive podcast script, then deliver it to the class.
The professor and classmates will evaluate your presentation and organization.
Ads Project
Complete a group advertising project in two stages. Your group will 1.) create a strategic plan to advertise a hypothetical product, then 2.) design multiple advertisements.
Fundraising Exercise
Plan, write and design collateral for a mini fundraising campaign for an assigned client. You’ll have several options for what type of content you produce depending on the needs of your client.
Students will prepare a crisis communication plan for a real-world client. In this final project, students will apply public relations theory and methods learned in the course.
Chosen client: Aspen Coffee Co
Groups will be assigned a crisis case to review. Building on information provided by the professor and in the textbooks, students will research case information (using outside sources), study case communication efforts, critique crisis response measures and present findings.
Crisis Case: Twitter, Elon Musk and Tesla
Groups will be assigned a management case to review. Building on information provided by the professor and in the textbooks, students will research case information (using outside sources), study case communication efforts, critique crisis response measures and present findings.
Management Case: Nuclear Meltdown and Credibility - The Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown
Description coming
Students will identify an upcoming event or newsworthy topic in the local community and write a 500-word news release. Students will conduct interviews with primary and secondary sources.
Students will identify a person and write a 700-1,000-word business or personality profile and package it as a feature release.
Strategic Brief
NOT AVAILABLE YET — Students will develop a proposal for a local ad campaign based on a prompt. Students will create a strategic vision for the campaign using goals, objectives, strategies, and tactics.
Ad Package
NOT AVAILABLE YET — Based on the strategic briefs, students will write a series of ads for their proposed campaign. Students must demonstrate, explain, and defend multiple messaging strategies in the work.