Bio: Susan Solomon
From Sept. to Dec. 2008, Susan Solomon taught graduate-level public relations on a Fulbright grant at American University in Armenia. Prior to this "grand adventure," she taught marketing and public relations at University of California, Irvine for more than a decade.
Outside the academic world, Susan was a vice president of marketing for several health care organizations and for a financial institution in Southern California. In 2005, she wrote "Building Power Healthcare Brands." A frequent speaker on branding and communications, she has addressed national and international marketing associations.
Presently, Susan is looking to get back into gear as a full-time marketer.
Posts by Susan Solomon:
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A Marketing and Communications Opportunity,
01 Apr 2009 in Featured Posts
In an economy where gloom pervades, one bright spot is health care information technology. President Obama’s 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $19 billion for health care information technology, much of which will go to hospitals…
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It’s All for One and One for All, Guys!,
16 Mar 2009 in Featured Posts
Terrible times for marketing and public relations professionals. Hoards of us are on the street, or more accurately, hunched over our computers, emailing everyone we may know for a job lead. It is thankless, ego-deflating work and, worst of all, it…
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Lessons Learned from Teaching in a Distant Land,
22 Jan 2009 in Featured Posts
I’m back from the Fulbright in Yerevan, Armenia. And while most of my current thoughts seem to be on the increasingly intimidating task of finding a new position in the marketing world, I have also spent some…
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When PR’s Power Is a Foreign Concept,
03 Nov 2008 in Featured Posts
I’ve had some existential moments during my stint as a public relations lecturer in Armenia. I’ve been wondering if I’ve had any impact. Although I arrived knowing public relations is a nascent profession in this country, I thought I could quickly…
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The Thrill of the Blog,
14 Oct 2008 in Featured Posts
For everyone entrenched in Web 3.0 and beyond, allow me to take you back to when you discovered blogging. Remember the empowerment of having your message spread across the globe? Remember the thrill of counting visitors coming to your site to read…
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What 18 Students Can Teach Us All,
02 Oct 2008 in Featured Posts
In my previous entries, I’ve said I’m determined to learn from the MBA students I’m teaching while in Armenia. So far, I’ve garnered a few insights that might be of interest to you, too…
Acting collectively has its merits. – OK, collective answer…
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Real Beauty, Real Life: Lessons Teaching in Armenia,
25 Sep 2008 in Featured Posts
I came to Armenia to teach marketing and public relations as a Fulbright lecturer with the naïve belief that my subject matter was fairly universal. All I’d have to do is tweak my U.S. lesson plans a bit and – voila – brilliant lectures…
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Greetings from Armenia,
18 Sep 2008 in Featured Posts
Greetings from Yerevan, Armenia, where I am “posted” with a Fulbright grant. My original assignment was to teach graduate school-level marketing. However, after a bit of confusion, the assignment was changed and I am now teaching public relations.
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