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Twitter Chat #26: Managing Conflict and Dissent NEW DATE
As you may know, we rescheduled this chat out of respect for the tragedy in Boston. We have set the new date and time for this Friday. Please join us! You’re invited to the monthly BirthGenius Twitter chat! Friday April 26th, at 1:30 pm ET (NEW date and time) This month’s topic: Conflict and dissent are…
Read MoreBirth & Breastfeeding Conference Calendar: Announcing a New Partnership with Science & Sensibility
As part of our commitment to foster collaboration and help grow connections between various maternal health stakeholders we have been keeping track of maternal health, birth and breastfeeding conferences for the past two years. We’ve heard from you that this was a valuable resource and are dedicated to continue to curate this information. This year…
Read MoreHappy IBCLC Day!
Thanks to each and every IBCLC – and IBCLC to be – for all that you do to spread affirming, evidence-based information to mothers and their families. Here’s three great ways that IBCLCs are using their marketing savvy *and* honoring IBCLCs: Free Kindle download of the new mystery, Thea Gallas Always Gets Her Man. This…
Read MoreAmazing Wisdom From the LCinPP Conference
Many lactation consultants in private practice describe the LCinPP conference as their favorite of the year, and with good reason. (Beyond the cupcakes!) The conference was an amazing source of rock-solid evidence-based information, tips for optimal practice, and business-building savvy. Twitter Roundup For those of you who weren’t there, or were there and would love…
Read MoreSupporting Birth & Breastfeeding Research
Here’s three opportunities to use your social media networks to pay it forward! Help these amazing researchers get the data they need to tell us all more about birth and breastfeeding. Please share each of these with your birth and breastfeeding communities. How does evidence-based information about pregnancy and birth get shared online? We are…
Read MoreTwitter Chat #25: Birth and Breastfeeding Blogging
You’re invited to the monthly BirthGenius Twitter chat! This Friday, at 1 pm ET (NEW day and time) This month’s topic: All things birth and breastfeeding blogging! Because how we talk about birth and breastfeeding matters. Guest facilitator! We’ll be joined by Robin Kaplan, a breastfeeding blogger for the San Diego Breastfeeding Center, the host/producer for the Boob Group, and…
Read MoreBlogging Tips for 2013: Interview With Robin Kaplan
Robin Kaplan knows blogging! From writing for her own business (the San Diego Breastfeeding Center) to hosting/producing for the Boob Group to guest blogging at at Lactation Matters (the official blog of ILCA, where she’s the former co-editor) – Robin has a lot to teach us all about the why and the how-to of blogging. Coming…
Read MoreIs Social Media Like Birth? How Birth & Breastfeeding Pros Need to Lean In
You may have seen this video before. It’s just over four minutes long. I’ll wait while you watch. Two things strike me when I watch this video through a maternal health lens. 1) It’s jarring and even a little scary. 2) What the heck does this have to do with healthy women and infants? Let’s…
Read MoreChanges To Facebook’s Cover Image Rules
Well, that snuck up on all of us. Facebook is making another change to the way they handle the cover image on your Facebook page. You probably already know the rules of the cover image: No prices or call to action (like “download this free thing now” or…
Read MoreWhy we love Preggie Pals & The Boob Group
Ok, so we admit it: we are biased. First, we love Robin Kaplan, IBCLC, the host of the Boob Group podcast and owner of the San Diego Breastfeeding Center. She’s *so* committed to meetings moms where they are at. Second, we’re now contributors to the Preggie Pals online…
Read MoreThe BirthSwell Manifesto
Together we will effectively leverage new media tools to empower the 2.0 mom with evidence-based information, change policy and grow birth businesses and organizations. We believe women make excellent health choices when they have access to evidence-based information, respectful health care and a strong support system. We believe that new digital tools can help spread…
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