Becky Blab

It’s been a while since I attended a conference, and was happy to have the opportunity on Monday at the Social Media for Nonprofits event which I’d missed in August. Here are some highlights: Beth Kanter discussed the importance of curation, and skyped in the best curator she’s come across: @RobinGood. He mentioned many tricks and [...]

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I’ve been with MobileActive.org for one month now, working as an intern on communications for the Mobile Media Toolkit project. The toolkit aims to be an all-inclusive asset for media creators of all persuasions. The site is now available in Spanish, Russian and Arabic translations and we expect to add more languages in the near future! [...]

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While at the Mashable Social Good Summit, I was interviewed for Ericksson’s Networked Society “How Come?” series. Was surprised to see my video just near Pete Cashmore  You might have noticed that I enjoy asking questions only slightly less than finding answers! This was the first time I’ve been recorded while doing so, though… I’m [...]

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I’ve written a guest post at Writer’s Rising on the creative process and my struggles to balance it with technology:  Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the so-called “creative process,” thanks to a couple books I’ve been reading: Gail McMeekin’s “12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women” and Oriah Mountain Dreamer’s “What We Ache For.” [...]

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Last week I volunteered at a Wimlink event on transitioning your career to digital (blog recap link). I’d found this group on Meetup a couple months ago and have so far really enjoyed the two events I attended. There’s something so inspiring about a group of professional women coming together to learn from one another! [...]

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