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If you’ve been following our Facebook page, you may have noticed WPC Social Chair Vanessa Whiteside has started sharing recommended resources on Tuesdays. This has been a great opportunity for members to share some of their favorite tips and what makes their jobs a little bit easier. I want to highlight some I was excited to learn about: Tailwind – Vanessa said she’s a “big fan” of using Tailwind to schedule Pinterest pins, since Tailwind Read more…

Amy Geiszler-Jones, former longtime Wichita Professional Communicators board member and current Kansas Professional Communicators president, has been appointed to a second two-year term to the National Federation of Press Women board as historian. In her role as NFPW historian, Geiszler-Jones is responsible for recognizing members who have reached significant membership milestones and reporting the deaths of NFPW members. Joining WPC on the local level in 2007 was Geiszler-Jones’ gateway into an organization that offered networking Read more…

A recent Forbes headline caught my attention: “Want a career boost? Try speaking up for someone else.” The article by Josie Cox spotlights new research showing that employees who advocate for a colleague’s ideas are not only helping out that colleague, but they’re also reaping benefits themselves by advocating for their peer. The study titled “Amplifying Voice in Organizations” defines amplification as a “public endorsement of another person’s contribution, with attribution to the original endorser.” Read more…

I can’t remember the exact date, but I remember the feeling I got when I started to venture out the first few times after being at home for so long during the pandemic. I remember feeling anxiety, just by getting in the car and driving. I felt claustrophobic in my own car. I remember looking at the fields and the trees, and feeling overcome with emotion by how much things had grown since I’d been Read more…