Portsmouth City Council Candidate M. Christine Dwyer
“Cultural vitality and economic vitality are closely linked in Portsmouth as they are in other locales.” As part of an ongoing Portsmouth City Council Candidate Q&A in my weekly PortsmouthLOVE...
View ArticlePortsmouth City Council Candidate Gibson “Mike” Kennedy
“We need to recognize that what we build today will be the enduring representation of our “era” in the future.” As part of an ongoing Portsmouth City Council Candidate Q&A in my weekly...
View ArticlePortsmouth City Council Candidate Josh Denton
“As individuals, communities, and as a city, we all have a stake in, and consciously choose to take action towards, a more sustainable future.” As part of an ongoing Portsmouth City Council Candidate...
View ArticleThe Unphotographed Crêpe
I thought about photographing my crêpe But then, I thought, then It will no longer be solely mine. The delicately furled arugula Tastefully contrasting tomato red Savory ham Enveloped — no,...
View ArticleTEDGlobal > Geneva: Bringing Global Ideas Back to Portsmouth, NH for...
There is something amazing about coming together with people from all over the world, who are all focused on discovering and spreading ideas in their communities. I went to Geneva, a global capital...
View ArticleThe Global Refugee Crisis — And What You Can Do About It From Portsmouth, NH
According to UNCHR’s 2015 Mid-Year Trends Report, “the global refugee total, which a year ago was 19.5 million, had as of mid-2015 passed the 20 million threshold (20.2 million) for the first time...
View ArticleThe Art of Copywriting — How to Write for Other People
My favorite quarterly Portsmouth event is Digital Portsmouth (#DigitalPorts to us on Twitter). This time around, the theme was “The Art of Copywriting” and we covered all kinds of writing — straight-up...
View ArticleHow Your Slide Deck Can Make Event Marketing Easy
Got a speaking gig coming up and wondering why on earth it’s taking you so long to get your slide deck ready? Well, don’t worry, all that effort you’re putting in can totally pay off, and beyond just...
View ArticleName Brainstorming “Secret Sauce”: Taxonomy
Name brainstorming is one of my favorite things parts of #agencylife. Since I work at a design and marketing agency, clients often ask to us to name their new brand, company or website — and sometimes...
View ArticleSupport Equal Rights for All — Repeal the Hyde Amendment.
In the inaugural article of my new column for Seacoast Sunday (The Portsmouth Herald/Fosters Daily Democrat), I wrote about the discriminatory nature of the Hyde Amendment, which unfairly targets poor...
View ArticleFreezing: The Unspoken — Yet Common — Response to Trauma & Sexual Assualt
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month approaches, I hope we’re all about to learn more about how to prevent sexual assault and get better as a society at supporting survivors. In that spirit, I wrote about...
View ArticleCalling for an end to the attacks on Planned Parenthood
Once the attacks on Planned Parenthood were proven to be a coordinated smear campaign, I joined Senator Shaheen from New Hampshire, along with Senators Patty Murray and Richard Blumenthal, along with...
View ArticleReproductive Justice Means Access to Care
As an uninsured young adult working three jobs, Planned Parenthood was my only option for access to birth control and well-woman exams. Since they were there for me to provide much-needed sex...
View ArticleOp-Ed Featured in All Above All’s #ActsOfBoldness Campaign
Thank you to All Above All for highlighting my op-ed on repealing the Hyde Amendment in their “Acts of Boldness” campaign! It’s such an honor to featured alongside so many of my heroes in the fight for...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Survivors Deserve a Better Court Model
This was one of the hardest pieces of public writing I’ve done, but I did it for the same reason that so many other brave women have shared their stories and the stories of their family. Because...
View ArticleTalking #PinkOutTheVote & #NHpolitics on WSCA’s Seacoast Currents
I had a great time chatting with Larry Drake on WSCA’s Seacoast Currents show this morning. We talked about how I got started with political activism and advocacy, and what I learned from Planned...
View ArticleRising Maternal Death Rate in the US: C-sections, VBACs and evidence-based care
“A lot of people think that the United States is the best place in the world to have a baby, and that’s just not true. It’s the most dangerous place in the developed world to have a baby.” This...
View ArticleGun Violence is Our Responsibility
It was easy to tell myself I wasn’t doing work that supported the NRA. Until a man walked into a club in Orlando and killed 49 people, injuring over 50 others. Once again, dozens of innocent people...
View ArticleSEO Copywriting Philosophy: Why Keeping Current on SEO Best Practices Is a...
Q: Does writing for search engines mean you aren’t writing for humans? A: Nope. It’s not an either/or thing — it’s a both/and thing. SEO copywriting used to mean keyword-stuffing and “black hat”...
View ArticleCreative Problem-Solving and Productivity Using the Cleese Method
I’ve been able to supercharge my motivation and productivity lately — using a new method that doesn’t involve Evernote (shocking, I know!) or any digital tool at all. It’s a productivity method I...
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