Photo of the Week: Migrating Sandhill Cranes

A couple hundred large brown cranes in flight over a harvested cornfield, gray skies in the background.

You would think that the first major cold spell in November, with snow squalls and temperatures in the mid-twenties, would keep most people inside enjoying a hot beverage on a gray, fall cloudy day.

Not me!

I was out searching for Sandhill Cranes browsing the cornfields in southeast Michigan before they migrate south for the winter. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Migrating Sandhill Cranes

10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation [TED Video]

Celeste Headlee

Whether you’re talking with a client about their project, discussing a new strategy with a team member, or catching up with a family member, having a good conversation is getting harder these days.

And according to Georgia Public Broadcasting radio host Celeste Headlee, it’s because we’ve somehow lost a critical component for better conversations: Continue reading 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation [TED Video]

Alternative Text for Images: What About Buffer and Hootsuite?

Alternative text for images: what about Buffer and Hootsuite?

When Twitter announced in March 2016 that they were supporting alternative text for images, Twitter users celebrated the news.

With the release of alternative text for images, visual content on Twitter was more accessible to people who are visually impaired or blind.

I was thrilled to share the news about Twitter’s alternative text for images.

At the end of my post, I commented that third-party apps wouldn’t be far behind in providing alternative text support. Continue reading Alternative Text for Images: What About Buffer and Hootsuite?