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My Fond Farewell to ASJA Confidential
I know I’m not the only ASJA member who likes to pick a word to…
Pitch Slams Are My Conference Jam
Pitch slams are my absolute favorite part of ASJA’s annual conference. That includes the pitch…
ASJA Offers Hotel Discount for 2025 Conference
Like the perfect pair of shoes completes an outfit, a discounted hotel room is the…
Thoughts on Thanksgiving Gratitude or It’s All Relative
As the Thanksgiving holiday arrives, ASJA Confidential re-shares a piece written by ASJA member Sandra…
Client Connections is a Labor of Love – And It’s All For You
The Client Connection Guidebook is more than 100 pages long. It’s our bible, if you…
ASJA 2025 Conference Black Friday Sale–Register Now and Save!
This Black Friday, freelance writers can give themselves a gift that keeps on giving by…
Meet the Member: Kim Kavin, Anti-Freelance Buster
If freelancing has a caped crusader, it’s Kim Kavin. By day, Kavin is an award-winning…
Renew Your ASJA Membership or Join Today
It’s membership renewal season at ASJA. By renewing your membership – or joining or rejoining…
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Are You Missing Out?
Quick… what’s the fastest way to get top ROI for your ASJA membership dues? It’s a trick question, actually.
Website Update: Moving to WordPress, and Beyond
After more than a year of work, the website committee recently saw the homepage and…
Finding Focus; Slowing Down
I’m tired. Plumb tuckered out. Ready to take a two-month vacation. This is confusing to…
Get Your ASJA22 Session Ideas Ready! Plus, Volunteer Roles Still Available
In case you haven’t heard: The 2022 conference will be on Sunday, May 1, and…
We Asked, You Answered: 2021 Membership Survey Results
Ideally, ASJA surveys its members once a year—to check in on how we’re doing and…
Website Update: An Inside Look at the Banner Photos
In April, I shared the news here on ASJA Confidential that the ASJA Board had…
Virtual Education Just Got Real
Since its inception, ASJA has been all about supporting freelance writers in any way possible:…
ASJA Launches Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative
Diversity is having a seat at the table.Inclusion is about having a voice.Belonging is about…
Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together!
Prediction: “hybrid” will be one of 2021’s word-of-the-year finalists. It’s perhaps not the best choice,…
Website Update: Content Curation Begins
When creating a website, momentum builds as individual tasks—and then entire categories of tasks—move from…
Meet the 2021 ASJA Award Winners (and Judges)
Wow, our members can write! This year’s awards have once again brought attention to the…
A Look Under the Hood
We mostly notice machines for what they do—dry our laundry, print a document, take us…
Website Update: Newly Approved ASJA Homepage
Any organization building a new website quickly learns that creating an engaging homepage is mission-critical…
Boost Your Content Writing Business at ASJA 2021
Spring is my favorite season. And especially this year, with a sense of hope and…
Check Out the Books Track at ASJA 2021
As a pathological extrovert, it’s been hard not traveling to various conferences over the past…
Emmy and Peabody and Pulitzer, Oh My! Learn from the Experts in ASJA 2021’s Journalism Track
Hi everyone! I’m Jen, your Journalism track host for ASJA 2021, and your guide through…
Will We ‘See’ You at ASJA 2021?
This May, as I look back on my two-year stint as ASJA’s conference chair I…
ASJA Website Preview: Site Map Provides Clarity
When designing a website, there’s more—lots more—than meets the eye. Long before you reach the…
Tele-Connections 2021: Don’t Miss Out
This year’s Client Connections, which has been renamed for its virtual nature as Tele-Connections, is…
A New Year, a New Committee
Grants are a key funding source for non-profit organizations that heavily rely on dues, sponsorships,…
ASJA Forums: The Long Goodbye
In the late 1990s and 2000s, I spent a lot of time reading and writing…
Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli
ASJA is about to have a Five Families Meeting. I’m referencing, of course, “The Office”…
The Country May Have Shut Down, but ASJA Didn’t
When I think about ASJA and 2020, the phrase “when the going gets tough, the…
Delighting in Gratitude
One of my friends writes a gratitude post on Facebook every day. Sometimes she’s grateful…
Tips for a Happy & Productive Partnership with Your Editor
While I see myself primarily as a writer (13 books, hundreds of articles and blogs),…
Let’s Get Virtual
This year has been <insert pandemic pun/allusion/hyperbole/cliché here>! I’m going to be real with you:…
That Time of Year Again: The Fall Membership Drive
October always marks an important annual moment for ASJA — the fall membership drive begins….
Crunching the Numbers of ASJA Membership
I love spreadsheets, perhaps more than the typical person. A good day is when I…
ASJA Magazine Gets a Makeover
For years, members ranked ASJA Magazine as one of their favorite perks of membership. Throughout…