Here's your weekly dose of TA. Enjoy.
Online tools
- Pablo (by Buffer) is another way to create picture quotes. Use their pictures or upload your own. Choose from 30+ typefaces.
- Need to follow a person, organization, or term? Use the free Talkwalker Alerts service.
At work
- The Difference Between Being Fiscally Responsible and Pinching Pennies offers some sound advice.
- Good Leaders Are Good Learners
- When To Speak Up in Tricky Office Situations
- The Journal of Public Interest Communications is published by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. The inaugural issue was published in April 2017. Articles include Community, Engagement, and Democracy: Re-envisioning Public Relations and Public Interest Communications through Civic Professionalism and Public Interest Communications: A Social Psychological Perspective. Access is free.
Learn something
- Have new development staff? Perhaps this webinar, The Anatomy of an Effective Email Appeal, will be useful for them. It's free!
- ABCD (Asset-based Community Development) Institute is holding their two-day training on the core principles and applications of Asset-Based Community Development in the context of local geographical communities October 31 and November 1 in Chicago. Presentations and discussions will be framed by current conversations about equity and justice and will enable participants to think deeper about responses to these challenges.
- Social Media for Good helps you use video on Facebook. Their latest TA is How to Set Up a Creative Facebook Cover Video.
Good reads
- Can We All Agree That Plastic Straws Are Totally Unnecessary? From the article: "Across the U.S., we use and toss around 500 million plastic straws each day, which totals out to around 12 million pounds of plastic waste over a year."
- Getty's Thousands Of New Stock Photos Will Make You Rethink Gender Norms: Getty Images is working to change perceptions around women in tech and men in the home with photo sets that debunk outdated stereotypes.
- Allure Magazine Will No Longer Use the Term "Anti-Aging" because language matters.
- Our Cult of Achievement Is Crushing the Genius Out of People