Time To Change

Posted by on Oct 26, 2009 in Personal | 14 comments

Whenever I think about change, for some reason my mind goes back to the Brady Bunch episode where Peter Brady’s voice starts to change. (video included below for those too young to know what I am talking about.)

While my kind of change has nothing to do with my voice, some of the lyrics do fit.
When it’s time to change, then its time to change
Don’t fight the tide, come along for the ride, don’t you see
When it’s time to change, you’ve got to rearrange
who you are into what you’re gonna be.
Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na
Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na

Now I am sure you are humming along and cursing my name for infecting your brain with this annoying song, I wanted to share some news with all my friends that I am making a job change. After 11 years working on the agency side doing public relations and social media for high-tech clients with both Beaupre & Co. (seven years) and PerkettPR (four years), I am making the leap to the client side.

08_Logo_L_4c_tag_NEWI am very excited to announce that, as of today, I am the Marketing Communications Manager for Awareness Inc. where I will be responsible for helping to elevate and promote the company and brand. If you aren’t familiar,  Awareness builds online communities for companies who want to leverage social media marketing to engage with their customers, build their brand, and increase revenues.  Some of their customers include Kodak, McDonalds, Sony and Hershey’s (my favorite chocolate in the world!)

 First, I want to express my gratitude for having had the amazing opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best agencies and people in the business (yes, I am a bit biased). These experiences have prepared me for this next phase in my career. A heart felt thank you to each of my colleagues and clients.

I would also like to thank my family and friends for their continued support and encouragement to push me to learn and try new things and make me believe in myself. I am forever grateful. This is a very exciting and important career move for me.

I look forward to this next phase in my career and sharing it with you all.

Hey! If you are in the NYC area or attending the Web 2.0 Expo next month, Awareness will have a booth (#1228) at the event and I will be out and about there and around the expo from 11/17-11/19. I would love to connect with folks while I am out there so please stop on by to say “hi”  if you are at the expo or connect with me and we can try to connect. Hope to see you soon.

 -Christine ;)

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na (yeah, that’s right – sing it loud!)

  • http://www.anthonyliang.com liangtfm

    Congrats Christine! This seems like a great move for you, those brands you listed are great! (if you're hiring interns or anything let me know.. ;) ) I'm still trying to adjust my schedule so I can attend the Web 2.0 Expo, hopefully we can meet up there.

    Congrats again,
    Anthony

  • sarahwallace

    Christine,

    How exciting for you! You've already done great things so I'm excited to follow your career with Awareness! Congratulations!

  • karabee

    Congratulations! New is exciting!

  • sarahwallace

    Wow Christine, what great news! You've already done great things so I look forward to following your career with Awareness! Congratulations!

  • http://LeanStartups.com Apolinaras Sinkevicius

    Congratulations! You sure will be bringing lots of energy to the new company.

  • Ruth Bazinet

    A heartfelt congratulations to you, Christine! This sounds like an exciting change for you and your family. A reason to celebrate at SoCruise!

  • http://twitter.com/bostonmike Mike Lewis

    Christine, the pleasure is ours. I'm thrilled to have you on the team and am looking forward to the success we will share growing Awareness. Welcome aboard!!!

  • http://twitter.com/CMajor Christine Major

    Thanks so much Anthony! I hope you can make it to Web 2.0. It would be very beneficial. Let me know if you do get there. And if we are hiring interns, I will definitely let you know. You would be awesome.

  • http://twitter.com/CMajor Christine Major

    Thanks so much Sarah! You are awesome and I am so glad that you and I are friends. See you at the #SpookUp!

  • http://twitter.com/CMajor Christine Major

    Thanks Kara! I do like NEW!

  • http://twitter.com/CMajor Christine Major

    Thanks Apollo! See you soon!

  • http://twitter.com/CMajor Christine Major

    Thanks so much Ruth. I appreciate that and we will definitely be celebrating on the SoFresh Cruise! Cannot wait.

  • http://twitter.com/CMajor Christine Major

    Who are you? Do I know you? LOL – just kidding. Thanks so much Mike. I am so happy to be a part of the team. Lot's of great things on the horizon. Shake -n- Bake!!

  • http://twitter.com/PattiFousek Patt Fousek

    Congratulations! Awareness is an awesome company. See, you are the *best* social media maven to follow. ps. now I can't get the Time to Change song out of my head. :-)

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