Janine Hanson Communications LLC

12/16/2022

So pleased to receive this client email today: "I think this looks really great and is amazing to see how it has evolved. Great work!"

08/07/2021

I had the pleasure once again this summer of writing Ignite Afterschool's "Yes to Success" blog series. This story about young people from Hope Community Inc. responding to George Floyd's death really touched me.

“This was my proudest moment as a youth worker,” reflected J.T. Evans, Teen Technology Coordinator at Hope Community.

07/30/2021

Favorite client email of the week/month/year: "This is so good- thank you so much for capturing these powerful stories..... maybe it's all the smoke in the air but these stories make me tear up!"

07/13/2021

So fun to have these beauties land in my mailbox last week! Thanks North Dakota Afterschool Network for bringing me on board to help write your statewide standards guide.

03/13/2021

Time for my favorite semi-annual grammar reminder: It's daylight saving time, not savings.

02/17/2021

New client news: I'm thrilled to be kicking off a new project with the North Dakota Afterschool Network. They're doing great work supporting the young people of North Dakota, and I am so pleased to be part of those efforts.

02/03/2021

“Students and families need after-school programs now more than ever," says client Ignite Afterschool in Minnesota Women's Press this week.

"We are calling on lawmakers, businesses and others in Minnesota to help us make after-school programs more available to young people and families."

02/01/2021

Hygge and second gentleman: My two favorites on the list of words added to the dictionary in 2021.

An update of 520 new words, from 'ASMR' to 'silver fox'

01/27/2021

Exciting to see client Ignite Afterschool talk with MPR News today about the next steps we need to take now to keep young people learning this summer.

It will be months before Minnesota lawmakers approve a new state budget. But some items proposed by Gov. Tim Walz this week are time sensitive — from COVID-19 relief to security for the upcoming trials in the killing of George Floyd.

09/15/2020

So what did I do this summer? Wrote The Afterschool Blog for client Ignite Afterschool! If you'd like to see an example of the kind of work I do behind the scenes to help clients craft their stories and messages, read the series. It was such a fun project and so inspiring to see how these programs just wouldn't take "no" for an answer when it comes to meeting kids' needs.

Tools, tips and trends in youth work, programming, professional development, policy, and special events for Minnesota's afterschool community.

07/24/2020

Proud of client Ignite Afterschool & their efforts to share stories of partnerships, innovations & different ways of doing things in the COVID-19 era that are helping young people get their needs met through afterschool (whatever that may look like!)

07/06/2020

This feels like a pretty Big Wow: Janine Hanson Communications marked 10 years in business as of July 1. I'm so very grateful for the many clients, colleagues, mentors, friends and family (especially my tech-support husband) who have encouraged and supported me along this journey. Cheers to the next 10!