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About Shonali Burke

Shonali Burke is a nonprofit leader helping mission-driven organizations build big and dream bigger. She teaches at The Johns Hopkins University, is a graduate of the Harvard Business Analytics Program, and is creator of The Social PR Virtuoso® online training hub , where ambitious PR pros learn how to blend data and storytelling for better outcomes. Owned by Pickles the Corgi, she's mad about ABBA, bacon, cooking, dogs, and Elvis, though not necessarily in that order.
05 Sep 2010

Weekly Roundup: Project Happiness

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When I wrote yesterday’s post, asking, “Are you happy?” I didn’t expect to get the answers that I did.

Image: Jordan Pérez Ordenez via Flickr, CC 2.0

I’m touched that the post struck a chord with so many people.

I was happy yesterday.

It was my brother’s birthday, and he celebrated it with us for the first time in our adult lives.

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04 Sep 2010

Are You Happy?

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A few days ago, I was on the phone with with someone very dear to me; someone I respect as a professional, and am proud to call friend.

She recently launched her own business, which she was very excited about.

This was her dream. She quit her job to pursue the dream. She is ostensibly living the dream.

But talking to me the other day about her business, she said, “I’m not happy.”

That stopped me in my tracks.

This is someone who is full of life, always has a good thing to say […]

02 Sep 2010

Making The Most Of A Twitter Chat

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Huddle, huddle, roil and muddle

I remember the first Twitter chat I attended. It was #journchat, one of the first, if not the first, Twitter chats created.

Image: Maria Johnson via Flickr, CC 2.0

It drove me nuts.

The stream moved so quickly, it was really hard to keep up with what was going on. And if there’s one thing I pride myself on, it’s being able to keep up with several things at once or, as the jargonites […]

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