PROpenMic: Pros, teachers & students unite

Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 7:46pm in PR General  | 

PROpenMic is a new social network which has been introduced to unite public relations professionals, teachers and students from around the world. Created by PR lecturer at Auburn University and orchestrator of the free PR blog platform, prblogs.org, Robert French, PROpenMic aims to be a hub for connecting and learning.

Still in its infancy, it currently has almost 600 members coming from 30 different countries and includes students coming from over 70 different colleges and universities from around the globe. Edelman’s Phil Gomes hosts a video type-Q&A session aptly titled “A Minute With Phil” where newbies can post questions to Phil who responds (or sometimes his colleagues respond) via video. For the students among us there are various internship applications posted on the site so it could just land you that dream job.

Like all social networks, its success depends on user participation but if PROpenMic’s relatively recent launch is anything to go by, it stands in good stead. As mentioned on here over a year ago, social networks are becoming more niche by catering to individuals with specific interests as proved by Ben Ayers‘ bike social network, Me and My Bicycle, and now with PROpenMic.

You can find me on PROpenMic here.