Personal - Shonali Burke

23 Dec 2009

Holiday Cards, PR and ROI

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

Heads up: I ramble quite a bit through this post, so if you’re hell-bent on reading it, you might want to settle in with a cup of hot cocoa. On the plus side, there are some pretty pictures involved. Having said that, read on!

It’s two days until Christmas Day (which we do celebrate). Though I still have a lot of festive “stuff” to do, I’m not feeling as manic as I was yesterday.

That’s because I finally got our Christmas holiday cards out yesterday. And […]

By Shonali Burke|Dec 23, 2009|Categories: Measurement & Metrics, Personal, Public Relations|Tags: basset, christmas, dogs, holidays, john mccrea, kodakgallery, lola, Measurement & Metrics, ofoto, plaxo, pr, Public Relations, roi|11 Comments

15 Dec 2009

PR: Make 2010 Your WIIFM Year

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Last week I (and several others) attended IABC/Washington‘s holiday party. I think a decent time was had by all (I had fun, but then, I’m the chapter president so I’d hardly rat my own chapter out).

We had wonderful holiday music provided by the Marsh Brothers (one of whom, Greg Marsh, is a chapter member; I learned this thanks to Judy Gombita, who is, I’m convinced, omniscient). We raised money for Bread for the City via a […]

By Shonali Burke|Dec 15, 2009|Categories: Career Development, Personal|Tags: angela sinickas, bread for the city, capitol communicator, greg marsh, iabc, iabc washington, john clemons, judy gombita, marsh brothers band, ned lundquist, paul duning|6 Comments

25 Nov 2009

Thank You, Muppets… And You

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I had grand plans of writing a Thanksgiving-related post. But then stuff happened, and the post won’t.

So when I saw this floating around on Twitter yesterday (h/t Jennifer McLellan), I knew it was the perfect way for me to say “thank you” to everyone who’s a part of my life; online and offline.. you know who you are. I hope this lifts your hearts as much as it did mine.

Thank you for sharing my […]

By Shonali Burke|Nov 25, 2009|Categories: Personal|Tags: jennifer mclellan, muppets, thanksgiving, Twitter|0 Comments

08 Nov 2009

These Shoes Were Made For Walking

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

We had a great time last night at #shonalitweetup and yes, I will be posting photos from that event, but I’ve got just a few minutes before Arianna Huffington‘s keynote begins at PRSA2009.

Very quickly, though, here are some of the cutest shoes I’ve seen at the conference so far.

Why shoes?

There’s a lot of walking and standing at an event like this. Whether you’re an attendee, sponsor or presenter, your tootsies need to feel good, otherwise your networking’s going to be painful and potentially disastrous (as for presentations? Don’t even go there). And you know what a […]

By Shonali Burke|Nov 8, 2009|Categories: Personal|Tags: franco sarto, johna burke, michael pranikoff, michelle apocada, prsa09, sandra fathi, shoes, trevor loe, tsubo|12 Comments