Welcome!

Welcome to InSites, Vanguard's award-winning blog dedicated to communications for social change. Please visit our "About" page for more information on InSites.

InSites Newsletter

Email:

Purple Round-up: April 26, 2013

Share

Last week’s tragic events in Boston got companies thinking about when it is appropriate to suspend social media activity.

Last Friday at Vanguard we were Boston Strong!

On Monday, we celebrated Earth Day: The Face of Climate Change. How did you celebrate?

Storify Business launched for brands, in an effort to help organizations create private stories [...]

Purple Round-up: March 22, 2013

Share

Everything you need to know to navigate Pinterest’s new design.

Twitter is growing up so fast! The social network turned 7 this week and shared a fun video of of its history to celebrate.

Google Reader isn’t shutting down until July 1, but people are already flocking to Feedly.

Tomorrow, Saturday, March 23, the world will turn [...]

Meet us Mondays: Brittany Vanderpool

Share

Brittany Vanderpool is an Event Coordinator and Account Executive here at Vanguard. She has been with the company for a little over a year.

Brittany Vanderpool and her friend Abby volunteering at the Farm Aid 2009 concert in Missouri.

When did you know you wanted to work in public relations? When I took my first [...]

Social Media Week DC: What's the Deal with Google Plus?

While there is lots of dialogue about using social media to share stories at Social Media Week DC this year, there is also a lot of chatter about Google+. Approaching its second anniversary, the verdict is still out about its impact, engagement and reach. Here’s some of the pros and [...]

Social Media Week DC: Are you “In the Know” When it Comes to Twitter?

Share

As part of Social Media Week, Washington, DC, Vanguard tuned in to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) live webcast, “Twitter for Public Health,” hosted by Melissa and Erin from the CDC’s National Prevention Information Network.

We wanted to share the best practices we learned in the webcast with you — after all, one of the lessons we learned is that creating engagement and conversation is [...]