public relations

Dealing with stress on the job

April 26, 2010

It’s so, so easy to get stressed out during the work week.  I get stressed when someone misses a deadline, when one of my editors isn’t happy and when someone says something nasty about our products on Twitter. But what I didn’t realize is that I have the 8th most stressful job in America. See [...]

Getting what you want at work

April 19, 2010

I am beyond excited to announce that starting on April 26 I am moving into a slightly new role at my job. For those of you who don’t know I sit on the public relations team at National Instruments, and I have a very strong focus on social media. My boss was super committed to [...]

How-To Be An Amazing Freelancer

April 7, 2010
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Being a freelancer has a lot of challenges. If you are a freelance technical writer, but you can’t find an engineering company who needs a freelance writer than you are out of luck. And vice versa, if a company needs someone to write a press release, but they can’t find a freelancer writer than they [...]

Don’t Listen To People Who Are Full Of Crap

March 24, 2010
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Today is my Momma’s birthday. (Hi Momma, Happy Birthday!) And in her honor, I wanted to write about how you shouldn’t listen to people who you feel are full of crap. This topic has nothing at all to do with my Mom, but I’m pretty sure she would agree with me. Buddha once said “Believe [...]

The Importance of Shooting Free Throws

March 21, 2010
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My favorite team, the Texas Longhorns, are out of the NCAA tournament and it doesn’t come as a surprise to me. All season they have been terrible free throw shooters, which led them to finish the season with a 63 percent free throw average. That average is totally weak and got me thinking about what [...]

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