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17 Dec 2009

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

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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

09 Oct 2009

Carry On Kofta

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I “borrowed” the title for this recipe post from Shashi Bellamkonda‘s Carry On Curry, because I knew he wouldn’t mind (you don’t, right, Shashi?). If you haven’t read CoC, you should check it out, it’s great fun and extremely valuable for foodies in the DC metro area.

Koftas are basically the Indian version of meatballs. Just like the feringhis, we rarely eat them without some kind of gravy (or curry, which means many more things to us than a spice or herb). But we’ll often […]

By Shonali Burke|Oct 9, 2009|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: Cooking, food, kofta curry, shashi bellamkonda|3 Comments

30 Sep 2009

Why GrowSmartBiz Rocked

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Though I was excited about attending the GrowSmartBiz conference yesterday (to which I was invited as “Media/Blogger,” which was very cool for me), I did feel a little grumpy about getting ready and heading out early. That’s what happens when you work from home. After reading about Mayra Ruiz’ trek from West Virginia, though, I’ve resolved to never complain about doing so again (well, I can try). I only had to drive about 10 minutes to a Metro station and endure a not-unpleasant trip on only […]

By Shonali Burke|Sep 30, 2009|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: crt/tanaka, grow smart business, growsmartbiz, indique, jill foster, joanna pineda, mayra ruiz, mike dougherty, priya ramesh, raj malik, rebecca malik, robin ferrier, roy dunbar, senator mark warner, shashi bellamkonda, steven fisher|8 Comments

29 Sep 2009

DC, #GrowSmartBiz Is Here

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Update: This is a recap of my live-tweeting from the GrowSmartBusiness conference held today in DC. I did try to give everyone a heads up that I would be doing this, but if you didn’t get that (because I know you have better things to do than hang on every word I say), I apologize in advance for clogging your Twitterstream.

As far as the conference goes: in one word – WOW, what a day. But more on that later. I used the Twitter LiveBlog plugin for WordPress to […]

By Shonali Burke|Sep 29, 2009|Categories: Business Building|Tags: Career Development, grow smart business, live blog, network solutions, neville hobson, shashi bellamkonda, Twitter|10 Comments