“Erin and I worked at HumanSignal (formerly Heartex) for the first half of 2023. I never had the experience of working at a company from within an engineering organization having a dedicated OSS community team, and to learn the ropes from Erin was truly rewarding. It was amazing to learn about who HumanSignal was through the Dev advocate lens, and I appreciated Erin's energy and enthusiasm and passion in doing so. In particular, her networking skills at conferences and events that she participated in brought some really strong relationships and her insights and pulse on the ecosystem and industry help feed our strategic decision making. I excited to watch Erin grow and flourish with another community-centered company, and excited for our paths crossing again in the future! Onward, Erin!”
Erin Mikail 🏄🏼♀️ Staples
Brooklyn, New York, United States
3K followers
500+ connections
About
Erin is a proven expert at building connections and creating value for individuals and…
Contributions
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How can you ensure the accuracy of ML models built with frameworks?
When it comes to building a machine learning model, most errors actually come not from the model building itself, but the core data used to develop the model. When using a dataset, it's important to understand how the data was collected or generated, who organized and structured the data, and what assumptions were made in the collection or organizing process. Differences in the collection or generation process can have huge impacts on the end result. Additionally, any context behind how the data was collected should also factor into the model further projects that rely on this data.
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How can you use generative AI to create unique content for your business?
With all content, and especially AI-generated content, it's important to steer clear of the sea of sameness. Yes, you can create a lot of content with generative AI, but that doesn't mean that it's any good. Go back to the original purpose of WHY you're creating content, and WHO is its supposed to serve before prompting or generating a single idea.
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What are some effective strategies to proofread your own writing?
When thinking about the purpose of the article, keep in mind two questions; "so what?" and "why now?" Asking "so what" allows you to identify why someone should give a damn about what you're writing about. How is this sticking out of the sea of sameness. "Why now?" creates a sense of urgency. In the plethora of content that exists out there — why is this the most important article that they will read today?
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What are some ways to calm your nerves before speaking in public?
Tell *your* story — not the story you think the audience wants to hear from some thought leader. As a speaker, people are there to hear your perspective on a particular topic at hand. Oh! And as an added bonus — when we show up and tell stories from our own perspectives, we're more likely to remember our talk, too!
Activity
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Excited for Wedensday's workshop "AI Music Generation: From Prompt to Production" by Phlo Young at the AI Engineer World's Fair "Multimodality: The…
Excited for Wedensday's workshop "AI Music Generation: From Prompt to Production" by Phlo Young at the AI Engineer World's Fair "Multimodality: The…
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Norms are unofficial rules that depend on people acting in good faith. Opportunists love norms because they are ripe to disrupt and exploit: the only…
Norms are unofficial rules that depend on people acting in good faith. Opportunists love norms because they are ripe to disrupt and exploit: the only…
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🎙️ Podcast highlights: GitHub for community feedback and bug fixes. DevRel and community teams manage our forum to escalate issues. Feedback…
🎙️ Podcast highlights: GitHub for community feedback and bug fixes. DevRel and community teams manage our forum to escalate issues. Feedback…
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Activities and Societies: Varsity Swim Team, Video Club, Ad Club, Public Relations Student Society of America
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Graduate special pursuing studies in sociology and sociocultural diversity as it relates to women empowerment. Taking classes on Society and Health, Advanced Calculus and Statistics for Social Sciences, Athletic Administration and Sociology of Gender/Sexuality.
Actively in pursuit of a master's degree with an emphasis on long term impact of communication on youth development.
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Level 1 Coaching Certification
American Swim Coaches Association
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Level 2 Coaching Certification
American Swim Coaches Association
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Red Cross Lifeguarding Certification
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Publications
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The Sham Podcast
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See projectWait, what? Have you ever done that thing, and been entirely let down by that thing (looking @ you Times Square), but enjoyed parts of it anyway? Welcome to the Sham Podcast. Because sometimes, life is a total sham.
Momina, Mayuri and myself created a happy hour podcast talking about those things that society tells us we love, but we just can’t. Think about us like society’s Yelp review — open, honest, and to be taken with a grain of salt. We’re here to laugh, cry, and unabashedly love…Wait, what? Have you ever done that thing, and been entirely let down by that thing (looking @ you Times Square), but enjoyed parts of it anyway? Welcome to the Sham Podcast. Because sometimes, life is a total sham.
Momina, Mayuri and myself created a happy hour podcast talking about those things that society tells us we love, but we just can’t. Think about us like society’s Yelp review — open, honest, and to be taken with a grain of salt. We’re here to laugh, cry, and unabashedly love the things we love, or don’t. -
Erin For Tech
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See projectAn online cultural commentary newsletter focused on internet trends, digital strategy, and ethics of innovation.
The newsletter is launched weekly, and I continue to promote and publish it on its own social media channels, and maintain a ~50%+ open rate for the newsletter.
Honors & Awards
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Top 1% of Writers + Readers on Medium.com
Medium.com
Became within the elite top 1% of writers and readers on Medium.com. Published narratives about social media, youth development, the power of sport and feminism.
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2016 Silver Addy Award Winner
AAF Reno
Received mentions for work as an Art Director in the category of Branded Content and Entertainment - Online-Interactive, for client work done for Immunize Nevada.
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2015 Silver Addy Award Winner - District 14 Regionals
AAF
Received a Silver Addy Award in the category of Integrated Consumer Campaigns for my work on a series of advertisements featuring David's Tea. Entered in the National Addy Award competition later this year sponsored by the AAF.
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2015 All Mountain West Community Service Team
Mountain West Conference
Received accolades for my dedication to community service as a student-athlete for the University of Nevada. Never missed a single community service event in the past 2 years as a student-athlete, and also maintained a high level of not only athletics, but academics as well.
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2015 Gold Addy Award Winner - Reno
AAF Reno
Received a Gold Addy Award in the category of Integrated Consumer Campaigns for my work on a series of advertisements created for my creative advertising class. Will be competing in the Regional Addy Award competition in hopes of taking the series on to the National Addy Awards sponsored by the AAF.
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2015 All Mountain West Team
Mountain West Conference
Named to the 2014-2015 All Mountain West Team for my performance in the 200 yd Butterfly at the Mountain West Conference Championships held in San Antonio Texas. Alongside a top-8 finish, also moved my All Time Top 10 record time one spot higher for the University of Nevada's Swimming and Diving Team.
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2014 Best In Show - David's Tea Campaign
University of Nevada Creative Showcase
Received "Best In Show" at a Creative Showcase as voted among local creative professionals for a series of advertisements created for David's Tea. Comments about the ads included, "strong, clean design" and "clever, witty copy."
Organizations
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American Advertising Federation
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American Institute of Graphic Arts
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American Marketing Association
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Public Relations Society of America
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