Did you miss me? Sorry for the impromptu hiatus, but a few things happened to cause the blogging break:

  • I recently changed jobs, and was focused on wrapping up the old and ramping up the new gig. And of course, a fair amount of interviewing before that. My move ultimately came down to two great opportunities: another internal communications position or an exciting opportunity at a PR firm. I’ll spend more time on that subject soon, because my decision to stay corporate-side ties in nicely with the corporate vs. agency string.
  • The “PR Sucks” meme made reading the blogs I love a tedious chore. No one ever said anything new, and honestly, I got fed up with all sides of the mud slinging, so I stopped reading PR blogs and checked out to gain some perspective. It was a nice break, and I’m currently in the process of trimming my reading list to include only the ones I enjoy vs. the ones I think I need to read because everyone else does.
  • All the networking, researching and experimenting with social media took up so much time that I found myself leveraging those technologies less in my actual work. Apparently, there can be too much of a good thing! Again, I spent the last few months taking a break (from most, I didn’t go cold turkey or anything) and focused on actually implementing social media in my ongoing communications. So, in fact, while I was blogging much less, I was actually doing much more!

All of that is say that I’m back, and for those of you who sent emails and comments, I apologize for ignoring you. I’m in the process of easing myself back into a schedule, so you’ll be hearing from me a lot more.

~Kari