Posts Tagged ‘breastfeeding’
Update: Facebook *Still* Equates Breastfeeding With Sexual Enhancement Products
David Stark of BabyBabyOhBaby is a fervent supporter of new mothers. A firm believer that attached mothers and babies promote healthy families, he has developed a series of videos on breastfeeding and infant massage, with one on birth on the way. With BirthSwell’s support, he recently rolled out a new Facebook page, with the goal…
Read MoreTwitter 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 MoreGuest post at Moms Rising
Whoo hoo! We’re so excited to share with you all that we’re guest blogging today at Moms Rising – along with Amber McCann – on how to help ensure mothers have fair and accurate information on social media about infant feeding. We are thrilled that the Moms Rising audience will learn about how the world’s…
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 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 MoreTips For Making The Most Of Social Media At Birth And Breastfeeding Conferences
Getting ready to attend a conference and want to spread information and build your presence in the birth and breastfeeding community? Go visual. Get out that iPhone and start taking pictures. Or consider a quick video. Including a picture or video with your written nugget of conference genius will significantly increase the likelihood it will…
Read MoreNine Birth and Breastfeeding Photos That Tell A Story
In our post on improving the impact of photography on your website, blog, and social media campaigns, we talk about the importance of using images that tell a story. Here’s nine examples from the birth and breastfeeding world – mostly by amateurs or using bartered pro photographers – to ignite your creativity about your images:…
Read MoreNine Tips for High-Impact Photography
I started my morning by laughing out loud at this post on unfortunate stock photography from HubSpot. I’ve been hearing lots of photo chatter lately. Some positive – like our friend Amber McCann’s shoutout to Patrice Jones’s new website. The photography is what makes Patrice’s site *sing*. I can immediately tell…
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