One of the most rewarding parts of having a blog, besides getting all the crazy thoughts out of my head, is the amazing people I get to meet through it both in person and virtually. I featured Adele Miller in this space back in 2012. We met in a local coffee shop and talked about […]
Going Beyond Your Blog #careerbeyondblog
When we start a blog, we don’t always know where it’s going to lead us. Will it be a place we share our daily struggles, triumphs or pictures of our kids? Will it be a place that people come and engage, share and spread like crazy? Or will it just be our moms and best […]
Philanthropy Friday: Educating Girls Through Photography
The following article was written by Sophia Neghesti Johnson, a photographer and fellow World Mom. If you’ve heard of the Serengeti, the Great Rift Valley, Mount Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Lake Victoria (one of the primary sources of the River Nile), or Ngorongoro Crater…well then you’ve heard of Tanzania! Tanzania is my country of birth, and home […]
Philanthropy Friday: BookMentors Connects Donors and Teachers
BookMentors is a website that connects teachers and students who need books with donors who want to give books. Launched softly in 2013, the idea for BookMentors came from a group of friends who collectively saw how economically disadvantaged kids lacked access to books and wanted to do something about it. As a reading specialist in urban and suburban […]
The Powerful Impact a Teacher Can Make #IKEASoftToysEdu #CleverGirls
I remember asking Mrs. Stock, my high school English teacher, if I could read Jazz by Toni Morrison. The book had just come out. I had been reading books like Beloved, Sula, Their Eyes Were Watching God (by Zora Neale Hurston) and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (by Maya Angelou). I had an […]
Sharing Skillshare Blog Posts and Looking for Feedback
I wrapped up teaching my second online Skillshare class, How to Write Blog Posts That Build a Community, last week. It was a great class with over 100 students enrolled and several countries represented. During my first live streamed Office Hours, there were participants in the Dominican Republic, AZ, Singapore, Panama, NY, CA, Canada and […]
