For me, 2024 as a freelancer has been varied, challenging, creative and exciting, all against a stressful homelife supporting 4 teenagers going through A-level and GCSE exams simultaneously. Here’s a quick rundown of the highs, lows, learnings and randoms. The Highs The LOWS The RANDOM The LEARNING —And that’s 2024 nearly wrapped up! If you’re … Continue Reading
Five things to stop saying
Female colleagues – are you guilty of saying these five things in your everyday speech? Then stop! We’re sounding less confident and self-sabotaging, according to this article. I’m guilty of some of these and pledge to do better! Just(“I just want to check in and see…,” I’m just wondering…”)Inserting ‘just’ into sentences diminishes what we … Continue Reading
The joy of Canva – about my workshops
This Wednesday (11th September) I’m delivering my regular Canva for Beginners workshop for North Tyneside VODA, and I’ve just heard the class is full, and so is the waiting list! I love delivering this workshop, it’s so much fun sharing what this tool is capable of. But most important for me is being on hand, … Continue Reading
Have you been asked for your birth date on X/Twitter lately?
Be aware, you can get locked out of your charity’s account if you don’t enter it correctly. You can ignore this pop-up message and dismiss it for a while, but eventually it does seem to stick and not let you close the box without this information. When you add a date, do NOT make it … Continue Reading
Should you leave Twitter/X?
This last week I’ve had a growing list of clients choosing to leave Twitter/X.Some have asked for advice before doing so, others are resolute they want nothing to do with it any more and want links removed from websites.This is in light of it becoming a hostile space with no checks/moderation in place, disinformation spread … Continue Reading