What’s a Friday without a little ranting? I have to say, even though social media is my chosen profession at the moment, sometimes the BS of the whole thing just starts to get to me. In that vein, here are a few choice reads: Even though Facebook is currently being investigated by European regulators, they’re […]
The Big “O” for Women in Social Media Is Not In Their Paychecks
If you know me you know there’s nothing I hate more than “top 10” lists of social media people. So naturally I clicked the link in today’s Ragan’s Daily Headlines email “Top 10 women working in social media” so I could revel in the stupidness of yet another meaningless “top 10” list. The title of […]
Charlene Li Says My Job Shouldn’t Exist
I don’t know if anyone has noticed but I haven’t been posting much lately. First I was away at ASAE’s Great Ideas conference, where I presented a fun session with Lynn Morton “Choose Your Own Social Media Adventure” and participated in Maddie Grant’s fun fishbowl session about social media managers. Not to mention attended some […]
Would You Pay Extra to Socialize at Your Next Conference?
My friend who’s an HR director and member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) sent me a link to a post about SHRM’s new pricing model for their annual conference and I’m curious to hear what others think about it. Basically they’re offering a “premium package” that’s an upsell from their regular registration […]
Yet Another Rant on the New York Times Mommy Blogger Thing
First I wasn’t going to blog about this because I realize that the last two posts I’ve written have been about a similar topic. Then I remembered why I blog: because I want to, and why I don’t blog for money: so I don’t have to answer to anyone else about what I want to […]