Today Mara from Fishbowl and I went to Adweek to talk about Parental Leave in our industry. It was mentally and emotionally draining (for me anyway) but here we are all smiles.

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We used some commentary and data from fishbowl and presented some potential solutions. I plan to also publish a Fishbowl blog post on the topic. If you want to get involved - please let me know :)

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Awesome! Would love to get involved. Let me know how I can help!

Was so fun!!!....feeling nervous about saying the right things on camera while looking chill and professional :S :)

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SAME. Fun but also a bit terrifying. Hope we made everyone proud!

Nice!!! Link??

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Nothing out yet! I’m sure there will be some delays in publishing due to COVID. But in the meantime I’ll be working with Mara and the fishbowl team on a blog post. Open to all and any help.

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