Merry Ann Moore

Case example: content strategy for a YouTube Network

Merry Ann Moore — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:31:15 +0000

See the latest Moore Creative project: compelling content for Bent Pixels’ new website: http://www.merryannmoore.com/featured-projects-2/web-content-strategy/

New case example: generating buzz for a retailer

Merry Ann Moore — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:19:42 +0000

SweatHawg is a start-up retailer with a new line of innovative head sweat control products. They wanted help getting a higher profile with cyclists. Read the full case example here: http://www.merryannmoore.com/featured-projects-2/building-sales-via-the-social-web/

Measure 5, Oregon Brain Drain and a Plea to Our Political Leaders

Merry Ann Moore — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:05:38 +0000

The same school budget-cutting measures that came in the wake of 1990′s Measure 5 are being rolled out in Central Oregon schools once again. Also similarly, we are seeing significant flight of families from here as a consequence of declining schools. Read the full post: http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/funding/measure-5-oregon-brain-drain-and-a-plea-to-our-political-leaders/

It’s About Our Schools, Stupid

Merry Ann Moore — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:13:10 +0000

Times are hard, as we all know. Our political leaders are preoccupied, understandably, with job creation. But if they don’t put reversing the decline of public education as the highest priority, their efforts to bolster the economy by creating jobs are doomed to fail. Read the full post here.

PayPal: the world’s best loved way to be played for a fool

Merry Ann Moore — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:03:02 +0000

It’s official: PayPal is the world’s worst financial services company, and anyone using eBay should beware. Here’s an update to my story of the theft of a $675 gold bar on an eBay auction, and my trip down the Alice-in-Wonderland rabbit hole that is PayPal Customer Service. Feb. 2, 2012 – I check my PayPal [...]

One byproduct of the Great Recession: teacher burnout

Merry Ann Moore — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:38:58 +0000

In educators' own words, here is the human toll of repeated budget cuts to Oregon schools.

$675 was stolen from me on eBay. Now PayPal is trying to steal another $675.

Merry Ann Moore — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:49:01 +0000

January 18, 2012 This is the nightmare story of how I was defrauded out of $675 on eBay—and then charged another $675 on my credit card by PayPal (which is owned by eBay) without my authorization, so this huge financial services company can cover its costs while taking months to unravel what happened to my [...]

Education Reform in Oregon

Merry Ann Moore — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:49:46 +0000

Check out my latest post for Chalkboard Project, “How CLASS is fostering a culture of continuous improvement in one district.” Talks about pay-for-higher-performance and teacher evaluation approaches in Central Oregon.

My recent posts for Chalkboard & Sierra Club

Merry Ann Moore — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:21:46 +0000

Recent blog posts on salmon reintroduction and school reform

PR & Social Media Case Examples: Old & New School

Merry Ann Moore — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:10:50 +0000

Cleaning out files, I came across materials from a 2004 seminar I attended, Hot Tools in Internet Marketing. If there was any doubt, this vintage gem illustrates how fast things are changing in the business of building awareness and demand in a Web 2.0 world. Microsoft’s Newsbot was the big news in news search tools. [...]