Bryon Riesch:Epitome of Strength and Determination

 I had an amazing opportunity to meet a man named Bryon Riesch in my PR Tactics class today.  At the age of 19, Byron was at Marquette when an accident occurred causing him to become paralyzed. He was immensely determined to make something of himself no matter what, and that is exactly what he did. He established the Byron Riesch Paralysis Foundation  which is a non-profit organization benefiting medical research for the cure of paralysis.He has raised over 1 million dollars towards his foundation since its start in January of 2001.

I feel incredibly honored that I got to meet Byron. He is well-rounded in every sense of the word. He has a great sense of humor, a wonderful outlook on life, and is the nicest person you will ever meet.
What he wanted to people to take away from his lecture, is that disabled people should not be stigmatized.He encouraged the class to get to know people with psychical or mental disabilities and to accept them for who they are; because many of these people are just as hard-working and determined as we are.

If you want to help out his foundation, you can find more information either on its facebook page or at 
http://www.brpf.org/

Speaker: Trish Skram

Speaker: Trish Skram

    During Tuesday's class I had the honor of watching Trish Skram's presentation on blogging and branding that she presented. Trish graduated from UW-Whitewater 5 years ago and now works as a media specialist and marketing person at Mercy Health Care. She also works at Janesville Gazette as a freelance writer and a blogger. Trish came to our Tactics II class with alot of great points, as well as statistics on blogging, such as:

-55% of corporations use social media for job applicants
-77% of internet users read blogs
-60-80% of blogs are abandoned within the first month.

She also gave us some reasons on why we should blog, kind of letting us know that will broaden our horizons on the job front; some of the reasons included:

-It helps expand your network.
-It helps build your relationship with customers.
-It helps "boost" your brand.

I thought Trish Skram was a wonderful speaker and I learned so much from her presentation! The fact that she was so positive about her career made me feel less anxious about graduation this May. I definitely am going to try blogging more because of this!