I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference this year for the first time. It was a great experience, and I learned a lot! My posts about my experience are below. Enjoy! Travel Tech May 6, 2013 – To wrap up my SXSW series, here’s a sneak …
As the NCAA basketball tournament gets underway, I’ve been thinking a lot about some words of wisdom that I heard from the Suzy Merchant, the MSU women’s basketball coach. As a Michigan State University employee, I was fortunate to attend a staff meeting held by University Advancement this past January at which Ms. Merchant was …
Over the past few months I have had the task of sitting in on several interview panels for various positions at my place of employment. I have learned that you can learn a lot from that experience. Before you ask, how would you answer? Throughout the interview process some rely on generated lists of sample … Continue reading »
Keep Your Pinterest Account Organized for Easier Pinning Are you an avid Pinterest user? If so, chances are your pins and boards may have gotten a little out of control and could use some TLO – tender loving organization. Here are a few tips to speed up your pinning by organizing your boards. 1. … Continue reading »
As summer travel season gets off the ground (I know it is only May, but in the university world summer starts when students leave!) I thought it would be a great opportunity to re-cap some of my favorite travel tech tools. Â Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation Duo The Mophie company makes external batteries that can … Continue reading »
This weekend I read the book Lean In by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. It’s been in the news a lot lately, and was mentioned several times by speakers I heard at South by Southwest in March, so I was eager to see what it was all about. In the end, I read the book because … Continue reading »
I’m sharing a recap of highlights from South by Southwest Interactive, as well as some new apps to check out, at today’s Central Michigan Public Relations Society of America Social Media Lunch ‘n’ Learn. Here are my slides if you want to check out any of the apps that are mentioned. Continue reading »
Developing an Identity I recently had the privilege of working on the new identity for the Michigan State University Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan. The identity includes the creative elements (graphics, logos, fonts, colors, etc.) that support your brand (what your organization represents). Here is a peek at the process that the communications team used in … Continue reading »
Trouble at the Office I have been working on a project at my office involving my IT director, her student intern, and an outside vendor that supplies a cloud-based platform for curating content. The platform allows you to collect text, images, YouTube videos, PDF’s and other digital formats. You can organize the content into collections … Continue reading »
