Tools and Resources
- Has Your School Been Investigated for Civil Rights Violations? Use this tool from ProPublica to find out. You can check by school district or college.
- 15 Tips to Building a Better Social Media Presence is full of important questions and advice to help organizations of all sizes improve their social media presence. (Sprout Social)
- HTML Table Generator makes quick work of creating tables for your blog or website. Add the content, change the typeface, add some color, and you're done.
- Read 6 Free SEO Tools Social Media Marketers Can Use Too then implement. (Sprout Social)
- If you like data, check out Data Is Plural by Jeremy Singer-Vine. It's "weekly newsletter of useful/curious datasets. Archive available as a spreadsheet here."
At work
- Read and share Women in the Workplace 2017.
- Don't be afraid; just jump right into Why People Make Bad Charts (and What to Do When it Happens). If you've not made graphs, learn what not to do. If you do make them, read and sharpen your skills. (FlowingData)
Learn something
- What Do States Spend on Natural Disasters?, July 25. Free.
- 5 Trends Shaping a New Reality for Nonprofits, July 26. Free.
- Beyond Social Media: Identifying and Mobilizing Supporters with Data, July 25. Free.
Good reads
- Pick up a book or two on Barack Obama's 2018 Summer Reading List (kottke.org)
- In 4 Words, Billionaire Melinda Gates Gives What May be the Best Career Advice Out There (Thrive Global)
- Warren Buffett Says These Simple Habits That Most of Us Ignore Separate Successful People From Everyone Else
