Summer travel season is right around the corner! If you’re headed to East Tennesee this summer, this may help you with your trip! Erin is from about 30 minutes east of Knoxville, TN, and frequented the Gatlinburg area as a kid. We’ve since gone back several times. This is the definitive list to all things […]
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Last week I attended my first Ohio School Public Relations Association’s spring conference. Although I wasn’t quick enough to get a hotel (rookie mistake) and had to drive (shoutout for only being one hour from Columbus) I had a great time networking with other school PR Pros…all in our School PR Era (the theme for […]
Read MoreNo one likes preparing for the worst. But, you either do it or get left in the dust. I prefer to take advantage of the calm and do what I can to ensure we’re prepared. Ready your Family Engagement Platform If I say it once, I’ll say it 100 times. You need a way to […]
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Nearly every communicator in the country will tell you that you need a social media presence. While they’re technically not wrong, throwing a barrage of social media posts at your audience is not the answer. A wise digital media strategist once spoke to a college class of mine and left us with some words I haven’t forgotten. “Don’t post […]
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“He almost died right in front me,” my mom would say later. Among the chirping and humming of machines, the whistling and beeping of the instruments, there lie my dad in intensive care. With a blood oxygen reading of near 40%, he gasped for air. He tried to pull it into his lungs with everything […]
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This is a change of pace from what you’ve been reading. There isn’t all that much to say, so it’s a bonus post this week! My fraternity brother Kolesen (yes, that Kolesen) mentioned this in this episode of the Ohio Ag Net Podcast. I thought it sounded interesting, so I picked it up. Not only […]
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If you read my review of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, then you know I am fascinated by WWII history. I am also intrigued by the events – or specifically, the response to said events – occurring on September 11th, 2001. One of those responses is the coordination of Air Traffic Controllers across the country and pilots […]
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This one hit home for me. I picked this one up on recommendation from my friends Jacqueline and Lynn. Hillbilly Elegy, in a nutshell, talks about how “hill people” of Appalachia migrated north to Ohio, often “until the car broke down” to find opportunity. The book provides a lot of insight into their culture, background, […]
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Wow. What a fantastic book. I picked this one up on the recommendation of my friend Jenna. The read is every bit as heavy as the name suggests. As you might have guessed, the book follows the storyline of a Jew who was imprisoned at Auschwitz (then Birkenau, if we’re getting technical.) Named the assistant […]
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It would be a strange way to start a book review by talking about a Docuseries. But, being strange hasn’t scared me before. I am a huge fan of the Netflix Docuseries “Making A Murder.” The internet television show follows the story of Steven Avery, a salvage yard owner who is jailed for the murder […]
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