Author Archives: Alex Priest

Welcome to my blog! Here I’ll be posting random musings about my personal life; photos, videos and recaps of my adventures and events; and commentary on topics such as politics, the environmental movement, the media, public relations, marketing, advertising and more. Be sure to check out my “about” page for more about me.

Let ‘em Talk 0

My latest column in my university’s newspaper is up today, here at The Eagle. This week, I’m focusing on the performance of Democrats in the media and how to handle (or not handle) their messaging alongside that coming from Republicans. With the way Republicans have handled their message–Tea Party and all–my advice is pretty simple. [...]

Blogging the City — DC, that is. 7

So in case you don’t remember, last month’s Social Media Breakfast DC was awesome. This month’s was just as good.
The theme this time around was “Blogging the City,” with the city obviously being DC (which I love, love, love–I honestly cannot tell you how much I love living in this city). Hosted at the awesome [...]

When nature and technology collide… 0

…incredible things can happen.
There’s no doubt that the earthquake in Chile today is a horrible, horrible tragedy. It’s yet another terrible reminder that we truly are at the mercy of nature–as if Haiti wasn’t proof enough. But as with Haiti, we’re witnessing an amazing case study of people coming together with technology to manage the impact [...]

On Management 0

This morning we had a guest speaker in my Organizational Behavior class, and she was incredible! Suzanne Clark, CEO of the Potomac Research Group, spoke with us on some of the things she’s learned managing over the years. It’s not often I’ll write a blog post for a guest speaker in a class, but the things [...]

Arguing Against College… and Missing the Point 2

It’s hard for me to think of too many things that I’ve disagreed with more strongly than this article right here. Titled “The Case Against College Education” and published in Time magazine, Ramesh Ponnuru tries to argue that we’re pushing too many people to college who aren’t ready or fit for it. He says the [...]