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Tat'yana Berdan

Instagram for Nonprofits

by Tat’yana Berdan Recently some experts have begun to question the effectiveness of Facebook– the largest social media site – in helping an organization reach its followers. No matter how many followers you have, they may not see your posts unless you are willing to “boost” them (i.e., pay for them to show up). This new pay-to-play model has particularly… Read More →

Filed Under: NC Field, Uncategorized Tagged With: Instagram, NC Field, nonprofits, Social Media, Tat'yana Berdan

Platsindi

by Tat’yana Berdan My mom doesn’t really use recipes. The few she has, she keeps written down in an old journal she brought with her when my family immigrated to Charlotte, North Carolina from Tiraspol, Moldova 14 years ago.  When I asked her for a recipe to feature in this blog, she told me I had… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, New South, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charlotte, Moldova, New South, platsindi, recipe, Tat'yana Berdan

Contra Dancing in Carrboro

by Tat’yana Berdan “‘Hunker down’ is a technical term in contra.” The above is one of the many verbal gems I overheard last weekend at the Friday night contra dance held in Carrboro’s Century Center. My friend Dana introduced me to contra dancing my freshman year of college. I took ballroom lessons for many years… Read More →

Filed Under: NC Field, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carrboro NC, Contra dancing, Tat'yana Berdan, Triangle Country Dancers

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