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08 Oct 2010

Got Sucky Communications? Crescenzo To The Rescue

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Team Crescenzo on the move

I first met Steve and Cindy Crescenzo a couple of years ago, when I teamed up with Ragan Communications to present a few measurement-oriented workshop for a large government entity.

Having heard of “Team Crescenzo” (as I call them) for years, it thrilled me no end to actually meet them.

I was also a little worried, because I’d thought of Steve for the longest time

as one of those stratospheric communication leaders who might rip me a new one if I said or […]

By Shonali Burke|Oct 8, 2010|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: cindy crescenzo, creativity, iabc, iabc dc metro, steve crescenzo, strategic communication|9 Comments

14 Jul 2010

Living The Heretically Productive Life

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A couple of months ago, I was asked by the estimable Thursday Bram to contribute to a blog post on Constructively Productive that would focus on “heretical’ productivity.

Image: woodring’s Flickrstream, Creative Commons

A fine idea, I thought. After all, is life worth living if you’re not a little heretical now and again?

Here’s what I said:

Put away the smart phone except for when you really, really need it. I don’t care how cool your iPhone or BlackBerry is, one of the […]

By Shonali Burke|Jul 14, 2010|Categories: Business Building, Career Development|Tags: back yard squirrel, constructively productive, cw bulletin, heretical productivity, iabc, lateral action, thursday bram|24 Comments

12 Mar 2010

IABC/DC Metro to Host the Wonderful Ann Wylie

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Cross-posted from IABC/DC Metro’s blog, Capitol-Cast.

This kind of news is too delicious to keep to one’s self, so here goes: we’re thrilled that renowned writing coach, Ann Wylie, will be visiting Washington, D.C., early summer to do a half-day workshop for IABC/DC Metro on the wonderful world of writing.

Ann’s a fixture on the speaking circuit, at the stratospheric level, that is. She’s won more than 60 communication awards, including 2 Gold Quills, has been designated an “IABC Recommended Speaker” for her top ratings at […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 12, 2010|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: ann wylie, iabc, iabc dc metro, iabcdc, Writing, writing workshop|2 Comments

15 Jan 2010

Of Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice

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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