So last Friday was World Health Day, the theme of which this year was depression and a “let’s talk” campaign geared at encouraging people to seek and get help for depression. From the WHO press release about the campaign: “Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. According to the […]
Social Media by the Numbers 2017
Ah, winter–how I hate you. I have managed to catch every germ and bug around this winter, which led to me having to miss not one but TWO presentations a few weeks ago, one in Orlando. And if missing the trip wasn’t bad enough, I actually spent a decent amount of time creating non-crappy […]
Social Media Stress is Real
(Disclosure: Even though I work for the American Psychological Association (APA), I’m writing this post as me, personal blogger, not as an official rep of APA.) Today, APA released the second part of their annual Stress in America™ report, which focuses on something that’s super real for me and, according to the report, 86% of US […]
Balancing Business as Usual With Our New Reality
I’ve never been a political activist at all–or even someone who paid attention to politics at all. Hell, until a few years ago, I rarely voted because I just thought the whole thing was a game in which my personal vote had little or no meaning so why bother. Watching House of Cards was about […]
Should Scientific Association Communicators Be Worried?
Granted, I’m a worrier by nature, but this morning I can’t help but wonder if there’s extra cause for worry today in light of the censorship that’s happening here and now in the world. The EPA has been ordered to remove the climate change pages from its website, and is under a “temporary media blackout.” […]
Why the Boston Globe Shouldn’t Be Building Community on Facebook
My favorite Associations Now author, Ernie Smith, wrote a great article in today’s issue about building community around your most engaged users. Amen–my favorite topic! Kudos to the Boston Globe for recognizing that creating a community for its most engaged readers is a great tactic. But a Facebook Group as the home for that community? […]
2016 Movie Recap
(This post originally appeared on Chic n’ Geek) Yep, it’s that time of year again–movie recap time! Hard to believe I’ve been at this for NINE years now (in case you have no idea what I’m tracking here, it’s nine years of doing a recap blog post of movies I saw in the theater the […]
4 Steps to Social Media KonMari
I originally intended this post to be an end-of-year wrap up post, but, as is my usual MO, I missed that train, so…happy new year! Even though 2016 was a pretty good year for me (knock wood), I can’t say I’m sorry that it’s now in the rear view mirror and we’re off to a […]
Managing Social Media–9 Years Later
As I wrote in my last post, I’m back doing the thing I apparently can’t stay away from: social media management. You know, the job I so melodramatically quit almost four years ago, then have spent the time since attempting to move on from before finally just realizing that, for all its franticness (that’s a […]
Too Much News to Sum up in a Headline
Whew, it’s been a busy few months…or few years, really. If you read my last post, I was–yet again–on the hunt for my forever career. Despite that bleak-sounding description of the job search process, I had a whirlwind few months of freelancing, doing a contract gig at the most fun office ever, interviewing for some great jobs […]