This week seemed like a whirlwind that at times wouldn’t end and then poof it was Thursday night and I was celebrating the last day of the work week. Today I’ll be packing up our stuff for a trip to Jersey for Megatron (AKA Baby Espo) to see his grandparents for the first time in a while. Dude is also getting serious about beasting this whole walking thing. How was your week? Hope you got to enjoy the summery weather and are gearing up for a good weekend. Here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

Red Cross goes digital to speed relief to those who need it – this is a pretty cool story with an accompanying video on how the Red Cross leverages social in times of disaster.

State of the News Media 2012 – I love reading Pew research reports, there I said it. While this may make me a dork, I am willing to bet that some of you reading this are dorks as well. This report takes a dive into how media is being consumed by the public.

There’s sharing and then there’s over-sharing – For those of us that play in the social space, forgetting that we are not that important while sharing everything. This post from my friend Elisabeth Michaud kind of lays it out there for folks to remember what is kosher to share.

The Top Reason PR Pros Should Not Go Off The Record – how many times have you advised an executive or client to never go off the record? How many of you heed your own advice? Shame on you, read this post for more reasons why you should always avoid the whole off the record thang.

40 brands using Timeline Cover Photos on Facebook Pages – This is a great visual aid of some pretty slick things you can do with the new timeline cover photos for those of us dragging our feet with a looming March 30 deadline.

This week seemed like a whirlwind that at times wouldn’t end and then poof it was Thursday night and I was celebrating the last day of the work week. Today I’ll be packing up our stuff for a trip to Jersey for Megatron (AKA Baby Espo) to see his grandparents for the first time in a while. Dude is also getting serious about beasting this whole walking thing. How was your week? Hope you got to enjoy the summery weather and are gearing up for a good weekend. Here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

Red Cross goes digital to speed relief to those who need it – this is a pretty cool story with an accompanying video on how the Red Cross leverages social in times of disaster.

State of the News Media 2012 – I love reading Pew research reports, there I said it. While this may make me a dork, I am willing to bet that some of you reading this are dorks as well. This report takes a dive into how media is being consumed by the public.

There’s sharing and then there’s over-sharing – For those of us that play in the social space, forgetting that we are not that important while sharing everything. This post from my friend Elisabeth Michaud kind of lays it out there for folks to remember what is kosher to share.

The Top Reason PR Pros Should Not Go Off The Record – how many times have you advised an executive or client to never go off the record? How many of you heed your own advice? Shame on you, read this post for more reasons why you should always avoid the whole off the record thang.

40 brands using Timeline Cover Photos on Facebook Pages – This is a great visual aid of some pretty slick things you can do with the new timeline cover photos for those of us dragging our feet with a looming March 30 deadline.

This week seemed like a whirlwind that at times wouldn’t end and then poof it was Thursday night and I was celebrating the last day of the work week. Today I’ll be packing up our stuff for a trip to Jersey for Megatron (AKA Baby Espo) to see his grandparents for the first time in a while. Dude is also getting serious about beasting this whole walking thing. How was your week? Hope you got to enjoy the summery weather and are gearing up for a good weekend. Here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

Red Cross goes digital to speed relief to those who need it – this is a pretty cool story with an accompanying video on how the Red Cross leverages social in times of disaster.

State of the News Media 2012 – I love reading Pew research reports, there I said it. While this may make me a dork, I am willing to bet that some of you reading this are dorks as well. This report takes a dive into how media is being consumed by the public.

There’s sharing and then there’s over-sharing – For those of us that play in the social space, forgetting that we are not that important while sharing everything. This post from my friend Elisabeth Michaud kind of lays it out there for folks to remember what is kosher to share.

The Top Reason PR Pros Should Not Go Off The Record – how many times have you advised an executive or client to never go off the record? How many of you heed your own advice? Shame on you, read this post for more reasons why you should always avoid the whole off the record thang.

40 brands using Timeline Cover Photos on Facebook Pages – This is a great visual aid of some pretty slick things you can do with the new timeline cover photos for those of us dragging our feet with a looming March 30 deadline.

This week seemed like a whirlwind that at times wouldn’t end and then poof it was Thursday night and I was celebrating the last day of the work week. Today I’ll be packing up our stuff for a trip to Jersey for Megatron (AKA Baby Espo) to see his grandparents for the first time in a while. Dude is also getting serious about beasting this whole walking thing. How was your week? Hope you got to enjoy the summery weather and are gearing up for a good weekend. Here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

Red Cross goes digital to speed relief to those who need it – this is a pretty cool story with an accompanying video on how the Red Cross leverages social in times of disaster.

State of the News Media 2012 – I love reading Pew research reports, there I said it. While this may make me a dork, I am willing to bet that some of you reading this are dorks as well. This report takes a dive into how media is being consumed by the public.

There’s sharing and then there’s over-sharing – For those of us that play in the social space, forgetting that we are not that important while sharing everything. This post from my friend Elisabeth Michaud kind of lays it out there for folks to remember what is kosher to share.

The Top Reason PR Pros Should Not Go Off The Record – how many times have you advised an executive or client to never go off the record? How many of you heed your own advice? Shame on you, read this post for more reasons why you should always avoid the whole off the record thang.

40 brands using Timeline Cover Photos on Facebook Pages – This is a great visual aid of some pretty slick things you can do with the new timeline cover photos for those of us dragging our feet with a looming March 30 deadline.