On Wednesday, March 14, PRSSA had its first speaker Skype chat! We spoke with secretary/treasurer Andrea Long’s sister, Jamey Leveille. Jamey currently owns her own PR firm, Pipevyne, in Tampa, Fl. Additionally, she has won a PRSA Silver Anvil for her work.
The meeting commenced with a bit of a rocky start with some technical difficulties and trying to figure out the logistics of the Skype chat. However, once we got started Jamey had a wealth of information to share with students. She described how she got her start in the PR world-- with Edelman in DC. Jamey credited the majority of her success in breaking into the business thanks to the mentor she had while in school at Radford. She stressed the importance of reaching out to professors and other PR professionals for help and using them as a tool to learn more. She joked, “I was pretty much a sponge,” in regards to soaking up all the information her mentor had to offer. When asked how she would advise students to start building their network, she touched on the importance of going to PRSSA and PRSA events and handing out business cards. LinkedIn is another big tool Jamey said she thinks PR students should leverage to build their network. One student was concerned about the appropriate amount of contact on social networks. Jamey assured the group that if that professional is putting themselves out there via a LinkedIn account, they should expect students to reach out to them for help and said we should not be afraid to reach out. Overall, Jamey’s speech to the students was very helpful and quite well received. Now that we are pro’s in Skype chatting, hopefully we can expect less technical difficulties next time!
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