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Safer Internet Day!
Yeah, I know. First, Community Manager Appreciation Day (#CMAD) and now Safer Internet Day? How many trumped up days do my peers need to feel good and noticed? (The answer is infinite – we are...
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COPPA/FTC- you make it so difficult to help you out
So I have a reputation as somewhat of a COPPA compliance warrior – so much so that my co-workers have been known to groan when I mention registration or database needs. It’s an odd thing to have...
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Safer Internet day 2014
My dear friend and awe-inspiring colleague, Anne Collier from ConnectSafely.org, recently spearheaded the US Safer Internet Day event. Along with a fun campaign called One Good Thing, where people...
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GeekDad interview
My colleague, Bill Shribman over at WGBH, interviewed me for GeekDad.com recently. Here’s a snippet: You threw my daughter out of Animal Jam when she was making plans to meet a friend for lunch, which...
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Top 3 online safety tips for parents
A dear friend of mine asked me on Facebook if I could share with her my “top 3 safety tips” she needed to know, now that her oldest was 7 and her youngest was fast approaching internet age. While I...
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Social Good FTW
Lately, in an effort to engage with my new home in Salt Lake City, I have been volunteering on local projects that take those international and large-scale skill sets I have developed and try to apply...
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Facebook and livestreaming tragedies
Great NPR Marketplace story on the conundrum of “free speech” and expression on social media during these tense times and how to moderate content for brands and different audience consumption....
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My Interview on the Community Signal Podcast
This past month, I had the honor of being interviewed by Patrick O’Keefe, for his community management focused podcast, Community Matters. You can download it on iTunes or your favorite podcasting...
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I won’t quit you, Social Media
I challenge those of you getting frustrated with Facebook and other social media political discussions to think of these conversations differently. Politics are important, even if you don’t care for...
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Sticks & Stones & Words can break you
I live at a crossroads. On one side, there is the life I have built for myself. I fought to be educated, even though I came from little means and was told people like me (poor, woman, etc) don’t go...
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