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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

15 Dec 2009

PR: Make 2010 Your WIIFM Year

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

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

21 Jul 2009

And The Award Goes To…

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Seems a day doesn’t go by that I don’t get flooded with invitations to enter award programs, and I’ll bet you suffer the same onslaught. Is it just me, or are there more awards programs, more invitations and more deadlines to deal with these days? Not to mention the fees.

Ribbing aside, each of us has their favorite awards programs – or the ones they’d be thrilled to win. I was curious about this, so I posed the question to communicators (on Twitter, of course), and here’s what I […]

By Shonali Burke|Jul 21, 2009|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: awards, communications, gold quill, golden ruler, iabc, iabc washington, IPR, nspra, pr, prsa, Public Relations, silver inkwell, tips|11 Comments

13 Apr 2009

Of Job Hunting, Cologne… and Twitter

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

On April 2, a few friends and I put on the “Dream Team” hats that Ned Lundquist, ABC, bestowed on us some years ago, to help folks “Pimp My Job.”

What on earth is “Pimp My Job,” you ask?

If you subscribe to Ned’s free, weekly “Job of the Week” newsletter, which I sometimes guest-edit, you know what we’re about. But in essence, we’re a group of communicators from near and far who provide advice – sometimes mercilessly – to those […]

By Shonali Burke|Apr 13, 2009|Categories: Career Development, Social Media|Tags: beth harte, Career Development, iabc, jobs, jotw, kate perrin, ned lundquist, Networking, Social Media, Twitter|4 Comments