Announcing Our 2016-2017 Board of Directors

by Danielle Urban | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Feature News, Featured Home

As the destination for Austin’s communications industry, Women Communicators of Austin offers a bounty of events, professional development and volunteer opportunities and member services – more than any other professional communications organization in the...

Freelance Corner: Making Impressions, Copyright FAQs and Nixing Procrastination

by Danielle Urban | May 25, 2016 | Feature News, Featured Home, Freelance Austin

Written by: Kristen Hicks Many Austin freelancers are communication professionals and vice versa. Since WCA has its share of members that do freelance work, we want to be sure our blog covers topics relevant to the freelance community. To that effect, WCA’s quarterly...

Austin’s Best Kept Secrets: Swimming Holes

by Danielle Urban | May 24, 2016 | Feature News, Featured Home

Written by Hanna De Hoyos. The month of April was pretty rainy and yucky in Texas. It was dark, muddy and full of rainstorms, making you frown. But, the good news is that rain has brought more water to Central Texas, meaning there will be more reasons to go swim in...

In-house or outsourcing video: What’s the right option for your organization?

by Danielle Urban | May 20, 2016 | Feature News, Featured Home

Written by Hanna De Hoyos. Many companies are now realizing the power of video to tell their story, and how it’s becoming a vital component of any digital marketing strategy. Video has become so much more accessible that many companies are opting to develop in-house...

Ask a Mentor: Resume & Interview Tips For Newbies and Not-So-Newbies

by Danielle Urban | May 12, 2016 | Ask a Mentor, Feature News, Featured Home

Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk. Got your own career conundrum you’d like advice on? Then sign up for the WCA mentor program. It’s free to members! [Editor’s note: this month we’ve got a two-fer, with similar questions from a student...

Q&A with May WCA@Lunch Speaker: Mica Mosbacher

by Danielle Urban | May 10, 2016 | Feature News, Featured Home, Monthly Lunch

Written by Noemi Ortiz. Mica Mosbacher, Honorary Consul General of Iceland, philanthropist, journalist, author, and news commentator, will join WCA on May 18 to share stories about her life, steering us to understand that “God Can’t Steer a Parked Car: My self-made...

Member Spotlight: Joy Schoffler, Leverage PR

by Danielle Urban | May 3, 2016 | Feature News, Featured Home, Member Spotlight

Written by Cristina Salinas. Meet founder and principal of Leverage PR, Joy Schoffler. Joy was recently recognized as the 2016 winner in the Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations category at the 18th annual Austin Under 40 Awards. Under Joy’s leadership, her...

Achieving a Focused Mind: The Power of Meditation

by Danielle Urban | Apr 21, 2016 | Feature News, Featured Home

Written by Michele Chan Santos. Freeing yourself from negative self-talk, learning to breathe to achieve calm and centering yourself emotionally formed the core of the discussion at Careers Over Coffee South on March 31 during Erika Marcoux’s presentation, “Achieve...