Carefully Crafted on May 11
Last year, I was driving home from a startup pitch event, perturbed that only one company had a female founder. Out of ~12 companies, only ONE was led by a woman. If your a regular reader of this blog, then you know in my day job, I run a PR agency that does a fair amount of startup PR. […]
Carefully Crafted on May 09
Like a good cocktail, this mix of news — hand-crafted by Team Geben — will enlighten, inspire and educate. Cheers and happy reading! Want to be a know-it-all (in the best way possible, of course)? Keep. On. Learning. 6 PR and Marketing E-newsletters That Will Make You Smarter 5 Things Really Successful Learners Do Best […]
Carefully Crafted on May 08
Whether it’s your mom, sister, daughter, role model or friend, we all have women in our lives that have helped us through the best and worst of times. This Mother’s Day, what better way to honor those women than by helping a woman in need? The folks at Milaap – an organization that marries micro-lending and crowdfunding for […]
Carefully Crafted on May 07
Thanks to social media, all of us have a voice. Certainly, some people have bigger, louder voices — thanks to more followers and/or more influence — but, no doubt about it, we all have the capacity to be agents of change. When I visited Haiti after the earthquake, “Own your voice. Use it.” was one the most important lessons I […]
Carefully Crafted on May 06
We always love to see social media and social good combine. Today’s guest post from Heather D’Amico shows how the Kind Campaign took the “mean” out of Mean Girls to raise awareness about the negative effects of bullying among girls: ••• Post by: @heatherdamico Most of us can recite the movie Mean Girls word-for-word (I know […]
Carefully Crafted on May 05
In church yesterday (keep reading, I promise, I’m not getting preachy …), the minister’s sermon focused on the traditional importance of Sundays in the family structure. Think back to when you were little. Perhaps you remember Sundays being a relaxing, lazy day. Or, maybe you remember Sundays full of energy, surrounded by family. Whatever your specific memory, […]
