ellen degeneres

14 May 2009

Will Social Media Save Darby? The Saga Continues

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

Since I first blogged about Darby the (female) German Shepherd, there’s been a lot of interest in her and her situation. There are so many people who have helped spread the word, and continue to do so, that I couldn’t begin to list them all here. But you know who you are, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

As an aside, almost all of you have connected with me through Twitter – what an incredibly effective communication platform (and guess what, Darby decided […]

By Shonali Burke|May 14, 2009|Categories: Personal, Social Media|Tags: animal rescue, animal welfare, darby, ellen degeneres, oprah, petrelocation.com, rick sanchez, Social Media, susan ragan, townhouse pet care center, Twitter|12 Comments

20 Mar 2009

Balancing the PR Bubble

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I tweet quite a bit. (Today I apparently crossed the 8,110 tweet-mark without realizing it). But every now and then, I’ll “go dark,” as they say in the theater.

You’ll hear from me once, maybe twice a day. Sometimes I just don’t have anything to say; sometimes I don’t come across conversations I want to engage in. And sometimes I happen upon conversations that are so negative or ridiculous or (enter your adjective of choice here ______ ) that I just […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 20, 2009|Categories: Public Relations, Social Media|Tags: communications, daily show, david gregory, ellen degeneres, iabc, jon stewart, nbc, Networking, Public Relations, today, Twitter|14 Comments