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01 Apr 2010

On The Hunt? Jobs That Might Leave You Gobsmacked

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Note: if you don’t read all the way through this post before jumping to put in your application, you may indeed be in danger of being gobsmacked (image: Clint Bohn, Creative Commons).

Job hunters with a yen for clean speak might find this interesting:

Director of Communications, the Ronald Wilson Reagan Hand Sanitizer Project, Washington, DC

Foundation seeks Director of Communications to develop and implement strategic goal of having every hand sanitizer in the United States named after Our Greatest President while promoting healthy habits. Duties include strategic planning across all […]

By Shonali Burke|Apr 1, 2010|Categories: Career Development, Personal|Tags: heather huhman, iabc dc metro, job hunting, jobs, jotw, kate perrin, ned lundquist|3 Comments

20 Mar 2010

Manifesting the Sabbath

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Those of you to whom I talk on Twitter, Facebook, email, etc., know that I’ve been keeping crazy hours lately. There’s just a lot going on and sometimes I need to catch up on work (that isn’t affected by when I do it) after hours.

The things I could tell you about the “6 week body” and isn’t Kevin Trudeau tired of being on TV only at 2 a.m.?

Not my preferred mode of work, believe me – I enjoy sleeping far too much, plus I think it’s an extremely […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 20, 2010|Categories: Business Building, Personal|Tags: #shonalitweetup, get rich slowly, iabc/cleveland, sabbath manifesto, sean williams, shashi bellamkonda, unplugging|3 Comments

08 Mar 2010

This Is What 40 Looks Like

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There’s a terrific post over at Women Grow Business today on “the incredible disappearing woman” by Liz Scherer, one of WGB’s regular contributors. As editor of WGB, you could accuse me of being biased, and I suppose that would be understandable… though not, IMHO, accurate, but that’s neither here nor there.

When I read through Liz’ post, these words of Gloria Steinem when told she didn’t look 40, as relayed by Mollie Katzen, struck a particular chord with me:

“This is what 40 looks like.”

What an incredibly empowering phrase.

I celebrated […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 8, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: 40th birthday, ageism, empowering women, gloria steinem, liz scherer, london, mollie katzen, Women Grow Business|14 Comments

04 Mar 2010

In Perpetual Motion: Reflections On a 2.0 Vacation

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That’s me coming out of a London phone booth on Heddon Street last week. If any David Bowie fans are reading this, they’re nodding their heads; and if the rest of you are scratching your noggins wondering what I’m going on about, here’s why Heddon Street is legendary to Ziggy Stardust fans, of whom my husband is king (and therefore, by association, am I queen).

In perpetual motion

You’re also probably wondering why I chose a photo that’s a bit fuzzy to illustrate this post. I did so because it captures me in motion, and […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 4, 2010|Categories: Personal, Social Media|Tags: abbaworld, bryce keane, david bowie, elvis, heddon street, howard riefs, kristin wadge, london, richard bagnall, russell pearson, sheema siddiqui, Social Media, tom aikens, vacation, ved sen|11 Comments