Music industry professors team with social media strategist Ariel Hyatt for Cyber PR Teacher’s Guide
Renowned music industry professors Charlie Dahan and Richard Meitin have collaborated on a systematic classroom guide – Cyber PR Teacher’s Guide – that simplifies social media for students of all levels. Through exploring the innovative approaches in digital PR insider Ariel Hyatt’s book Cyber PR® for Musicians, Dahan and Meitin have written a text for Cyber PR Teacher’s Guide that enables instructors to turn newbies into pros in one semester.
”Charlie Dahan and Richard Meitin are well-suited to guide how educators should teach digital PR. Between the two of them, there is vast experience throughout the music industry and in teaching environments, and they have taken Ariel Hyatt’s concepts and aptly brought them into this Cyber PR Teacher’s Guide Teacher’s Guide and courses.”
Jeffrey Rabhan – Chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
”The experience I gained in Cyber PR® has been awesome. Before this class, I had no idea about social media in the real world as a marketing tool. Now I have gained experience working as a social media consultant for a talented professional musician. Using what I have learned, I was able to increase his online activity and fan interaction by over 80 percent in just a couple of months!”
Ronia Gramer, Student Richard Meitin’s Class/ social media consultant
The Cyber PR Teacher’s Guide includes:
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Step by step guide to Hyatt’s “Social Media House” principles
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Thoughtfully organized chapters that correspond to the student’s text, Cyber PR® for Musicians
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Quizzes, group assignments, and questions for discussion based on each chapter’s main theme
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An invitation for all students to take Hyatts official Cyber PR certification Exam
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Suggested reading list and course syllabus
About The Authors of Cyber PR Teacher’s Guide
Charlie B. Dahan of Middle Tennessee State University spent seven years as the A&R Director at Shanachie Records. He has produced or been a part of the production of over 100 commercially released albums, including two by the Skatalites, both of which received Grammy nominations. He is an experienced booking agent having worked with The Roots Agency for seven years and currently serves in a marketing consultant capacity. He blogs about Fan Funding projects at www.kicksupport.com, and is an active commenter on all things music industry related on twitter @indielabelnews. He received his Bachelor’s degree in History from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Masters Degree in Music from Purchase College, and PHD from MTSU.
Richard Meitin served as the Director of the Music Industry Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He has degrees in music and law from the University of Miami (FL). He was a founding partner in two music production companies and facilities in NYC. In addition to being the executive partner, he created many award-winning compositions and productions with, among others, Mark Cohn, Raul Midon, the Pointer Sisters, Billy Joel, the Miami Sound Machine, the London Symphony, Richie Havens, and Bill Cosby. His clients included Sony, Motown, CBS, NBC, and VH1/MTV. Rich was also a music supervisor for Lintas: New York, a billion-dollar ad agency, where he created work for 23 category-leading national and international brands, including Coke, IBM, MasterCard, Cover Girl, Citibank, and Heineken. He has won a variety of national and international awards for his work.
Ariel Hyatt besides being the founder of a successful PR firm — Ariel is an international speaker, educator, and author of four books on social media, marketing, and crowdfunding for artists. Her game-changing work has been lauded by industry professionals and highly established media outlets alike, garnering her press in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Oprah, CNN, Wired, Billboard, Hypebot and The Washington Post.
“Cyber PR® is vital for students who are looking to compete in our current world of digital marketing. The class helped me personally to begin viewing social platforms as a resource for connecting artists directly to their fans. As a member of The Collective – Nashville’s management team, I work with digital media every single day and I can definitely attribute the beginning of my education in that field to the Cyber PR® Method.”
Rachel Cunningham, former MTSU student and officially Cyber PR certified
If you would like a copy of the guide, please contact Ariel directly at ariel@cyberpr.com.
