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15 Jan 2010

Of Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

It’s my birthday, and I’m taking the day off, but I needed to say this to you, so here goes:

Remember the nursery rhyme? “Of sugar and spice, and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of.” Little boys seemed to get the shaft on that one (I mean, who wants to be made of snips and snails and puppy dogs’ tails?).

That popped into my head this morning as I was looking at the incredible kindness and warmth flowing towards me today, my 40th birthday. Actually, the flow started a few days ago, […]

By Shonali Burke|Jan 15, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: birthday, facebook, iabc, iabc washington, jakub konysz, kids with cameras, relationships, shashi bellamkonda, Social Media|8 Comments

06 Jan 2010

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

With IABC/Washington’s first chapter meeting of 2010 coming up next week, I thought it would be interesting to see what our moderator, Daria Steigman, had to say of the communication changes over the past decade (h/t Geoff Livingston for giving me the idea from the final BlogPotomac). That’s what our meeting’s focusing on, or “looking back, looking ahead,” as its title goes.

I know Daria will have a lot more to say come next Thursday, but in the meantime, here’s a peek into her grey matter to […]

By Shonali Burke|Jan 6, 2010|Categories: Social Media|Tags: blog potomac, Communication, daria steigman, facebook, flickr, geoff livingston, iabc washington, integrated communication, john taylor, linkedin, myspace, paul sherman, public affairs, shashi bellamkonda, Social Media, stakeholders, torod neptune, Twitter, web 1.0, web 2.0, wordpress, youtube|2 Comments

28 Dec 2009

3 Reasons Why Being a Volunteer Leader Helps Your Business

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

One of the great things about joining a professional development organization is that you can get hands-on leadership experience as a volunteer; experience which, they say, will serve you well in your “real” job. Certainly that’s a selling point for such organizations and in the PR/communications field, organizations such as IABC and PRSA thrive on it.

What kind of leadership skills do volunteer leaders actually gain though? And do these skills actually benefit them in their careers, or are they simply good volunteer leaders because of skills they’ve acquired […]

By Shonali Burke|Dec 28, 2009|Categories: Business Building, Career Development|Tags: Career Development, grow smart business, iabc, iabc washington, jill foster, leadership, Measurement & Metrics, pr, SFBAPC, volunteering|7 Comments

17 Dec 2009

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: IABC/Washington’s January Chapter Meeting

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

I know it must seem like IABC/Washington‘s the only thing on my mind at present – I assure you it’s not. But I did want to let you know about what I think will be a terrific event as we usher in 2010. And given how crazy the holidays get, I wanted to get the word out earlier rather than later.

Our first chapter meeting next year will bring together some of the smartest people in the DC metro area to look at the changes (often dramatic) that our business has seen […]

By Shonali Burke|Dec 17, 2009|Categories: Social Media|Tags: communications, daria steigman, iabc washington, john taylor, paul sherman, Public Relations, shashi bellamkonda, Social Media, torod neptune|0 Comments