Category Archives: Chapter 12

“Will we be extremists for hate or for love?” Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil several years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach.  This year’s … Continue reading →

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Dr. King urged us all to be extremists for love and justice, not for hate

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil several years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach.  This year’s … Continue reading →

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Nike, Colin Kaepernick, Politics & Social Media

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

There’s been an ongoing battle going on in social media for the year or so over the meaning of Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem to protest police violence against black men and the fact that he has not … Continue reading →

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Teaching Integrated Marketing Communication with Coca-Cola Freestyle

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

We were talking about Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) in class this morning, and we used this video of Scott Cuppari, global marketing director for Coca-Cola Freestyle talking to students at the 2015 PRSSA National Conference. Scott is a grad of … Continue reading →

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Remembering Dr. King – “Will we be extremists for hate or for love?”

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil three years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach.  This year’s … Continue reading →

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24-hour Video Game Streaming Fund Raiser

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

My friend and occasional guest blogger Aaron Blackman is doing a 24-hour live streaming video game fund raiser for Omaha Children’s Hospital. He writes: My wonderful wife Michelle had surgery on her heart when she was 3 years old. She … Continue reading →

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How Lin-Manuel Miranda helped boost a tweet about insulin in Puerto Rico

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

The one thing you need to know about me as I tell this story is that I’m an insulin-dependent diabetic. My pancreas checked out several years ago and no longer does much.  Which means that I have to manually control … Continue reading →

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MLK’s “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” is still relevant today

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Over the last couple of days, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” has been getting lots of mention on Twitter and other social media in reaction to the NFL players and management participating in the #takeaknee protests. … Continue reading →

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“Let Freedom Ring…” ‘I have a dream’ speech was 54 years ago today

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

“And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening … Continue reading →

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And now you know… the rest of the story

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Followup to several stories we’ve been talking about here: No Kidding! United dragging report: “Our review shows that many things went wrong that day.”  United had a terrible few days a couple of weeks ago when they ended up having airport … Continue reading →

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