Live From Lindsey's Kitchen: A Podcast

If you like sports, fashion or food, then this post is for you! This post is a little bit different than my previous ones, and also my first time doing something like this. But, you will get to meet some of my friends (Carly and Lindsey) in my very first podcast!



Carly writes a fashion blog called Fashionably Later and Lindsey writes a food blog called Live From The Kitchen. If either of these interest you, you should definitely check them out!

Myself, Lindsey and Carly in Philadelphia for PRSSA National Conference.

Can An NFL Schedule Be Beautiful? Yes It Can!

It's not a surprise infographics have become so popular. In the world of social media, graphically inclined posts are more successful. Having information in picture form is much easier to read, plus it's more fun.

Later in the regular season the Pittsburgh Penguins started producing an infographic before every single game with 'need to know' information. Personally, I think the ones they make are hard to read. Most info graphics read top to bottom, but these have no sense of direction. Some parts read up to down, but others read right to left. I think they need to rework their format a little. An infographic should want to make you read it, not close out of it (like I do every time wondering why I continue to open them). Here is an example:

Photo courtesy of @PensPRLady

BUT don't worry, I have a beautiful infographic to show you. The 2014-2015 NFL schedule was released just a few days ago and the Green Bay Packers released their schedule in infographic form. I have to be honest, I spent more than a few minutes looking and admiring it. It flows perfectly and makes you want to keep scrolling. I have two favorite parts: (1) Starring last season's playoffs teams (2) The travel routes graphic, round trip mileage included. Click the link above and enjoy reading all the interesting Packer stats! 

Photo courtesy of @Packers

The NHL Wants To See YOUR Playoff Story

April 16 starts the 2014 NHL Playoffs. And this year the NHL wants you to share your playoff experience no matter where you are. Are you at home? At the bar? In the building watching the game? No matter where you experience the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, the NHL wants to see it with #MyPlayoffsStory. Go ahead and share if you're watching!


Unfortunately for me, the 2014 NHL Playoffs mark the fifth year in a row that the Carolina Hurricanes have missed the after show. I have no dog in the hunt, so I just get to sit back and relax during games even though I would prefer spending my afternoons stressing about the Staal brothers and our starting goaltender. Hopefully next season will be our year (one can only hope).

Twitter Saves My Night

Last Monday, March 10, we had a very scary moment in the NHL. Rich Peverly, who has a known heart condition, collapsed on the bench during his game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Here is the video, but you can't see much:

Fans and teams across the league expressed their concern for Peverly with tweets and posts right after it happened. For a few minutes fans sat in front of theirs television sets wondering what happened and how Peverly was. I refreshed my twitter feed every few seconds waiting for news to come out and thanks to Twitter I didn't have to wait long.

These tweets from the Dallas Stars started rolling out within minutes:

Thank you Twitter for keeping me updated. And I wish Pevs the best of luck during his recovery this season!

#BellLetsTalk Goes Viral

On January 28, 2014 a hashtag started making waves on Twitter with everyone from celebrities to athletes to politicians chiming in. That hashtag was #BellLetsTalk. Bell Let's Talk is a Mental Health Initiative started by Bell Canada Enterprise (BCE), the largest communications company in Canada. It encourages people to raise awareness for mental health and end the negative stigma associated with those words.

For every tweet, retweet, and mention of #BellLetsTalk, BCE pledged to donate $.05 to mental health related charities.

It started with Canadian based companies, groups, and people using the hashtag:

   

But quickly athletes, writers, and teams from the NHL started to pick up on the trend and join the conversation about mental health:

 

In the offseason of 2011, the NHL lost three players to mental illness: Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien, and Wade Belak. Campaigns like Bell Lets Talk create dialogue about the issues these hockey players faced and that many members of the general population face today. The hockey community rallied around this cause like it was their own, spreading positive messages about mental health all day. 

They even garnered the support from a few celebrities: 

It is always amazing to see a sport come together in support of something other than the game. It shows that the athletes who get paid millions of dollars to play a sport have other things on their mind than the competition. Over $5.4 million was raised on January 28, 2014 because of tweets and posts on Twitter and Facebook. And people still say the hockey community is small?

If you'd like more information visit the Bell Lets Talk website!