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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Terrific event, though you might say I’m biased, seeing as how I’m president of the chapter for another 78 days, er, who’s counting? It was great seeing Steve and Cindy Crescenzo again, our guests that night, as it was quite a few of my board members and a few newcomers. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But while I’m figuring it out, here are some posts from folks not on my blogroll but in my Reader for you to enjoy. David makes some very good points (whether I agree with all the comments is a different matter and might be a post for another day…) 2. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Fifty-FOUR!

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AUGUST 25, 2010

“It’s time,&# she heard again, this time more forcefully. Here are five productivity tools I really like; a couple that I included in the aforementioned article, and a couple more. Tungle I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love Tungle. When I did this, I got my invite code in a couple of days.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: A Chuckle Or Seven August 22nd, 2010 Tweet My friend Jill Foster posted this great tweet the other day. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | I thought it was a great goal.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

’ “I know why I’m here, how bout you?&# Robin remarked that she hadn’t really thought about this, continuing to say (again, an excerpt), “Online convos and social media are allowing some of us to achieve better work-life balance.&# The question is not ‘are we walking the walk?’

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JANUARY 23, 2011

Here are seven long blog posts – more than 700 words, since I believe that is the going rate for the “acceptable&# length of blog posts – that I thought were terrific. Here’s why I saved this one for last: 4,136 words. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Veterans Day: A Granddaughter Remembers November 11th, 2010 Tweet The strong, silent type My grandfather never talked about the war. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | pts Settings.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A few important qualifiers here: 1. I will never again trust a review this individual writes. Here’s the thing. Turning posts into modern day advertorials will only hinder our credibility. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here. Do we really want that?

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DECEMBER 4, 2010

If you’re catching up, notice anything different over the past few days? You mean the sun still rose in the east, and your days have been going (relatively) according to plan? Maybe someone should tell KK that tweeting two days after she’s supposed to be dead isn’t playing by the rules. Are you sure?

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Walking the Social Talk December 6th, 2010 Tweet These boots were made for talking As editor of Women Grow Business (disclosure: client, which I love ), I come across remarkable blog posts every day.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Flexo Archives Again great for folks who don’t want their archives – which will grow over time – to take over the entire sidebar. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here. Much cleaner than a huge unwieldy list. You can do this, and more, with TinyMCE Advanced.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here. Mark as read Approve comment Im one of those on again off again bloggers. Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. pts Settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

They have been doing this for far longer than I have, paid their dues time and again, and I have much to learn from folks like them. I was at the client’s offices a few days later, when I bumped into said DoD. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here. “Filled up&# ?

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Now, I don’t schedule a lot of posts, but say there are two or three I’d like to promote through the day, and not all mine. I have never – NEVER – seen the top folk at startups respond to the questions and requests of the “every day people&# who use their services. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

As a result, I learned a few things both about hiring as well as job seeking, that have stayed with me to this day. Here they are. It was so creative, that I remember it verbatim to this day. I’ve been both sides of the interview table quite a bit. I hope they are helpful. Don’t try to circumvent HR. Walk the talk.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

1 – 6 are in the BNET post, we’re starting with #7 here. When I spoke at What’s Next DC the other day, I sat in on an “expert Q&A,&# and had to reinforce the fact that if you’re going to pitch diligently and well, it takes time. Here’s the thing. So I decided to continue the list.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

For example, if Starbucks buys a “sponsored story&# ad, the status of a user’s friends who check into or “like&# Starbucks will run twice: once in the user’s news feed, and again as a paid ad for Starbucks. If you haven’t already tweaked your settings, I suggest you do that. It’s just commonsense.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

September 4th, 2010 Tweet A few days ago, I was on the phone with with someone very dear to me; someone I respect as a professional, and am proud to call friend. But talking to me the other day about her business, she said, “I’m not happy.&# Here in the U.S., Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. |

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here. I suppose well have to see how they handle themselves from now on and whether that will "burnish" their image again. Etsy fans and practically anyone with any life experience of rape, disability, cancer, aids or prejudice are horrified.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

We shot it one day over 7 hours, delighted in our efforts, and went home for Thanksgiving. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here. Thanks again! To play here, please be nice. The only problem was figuring out how to show the words on the iPad without a glare.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I first encountered WOM when I arrived in London, and it has been something that has repeatedly piqued my curiosity, before disappearing again into my periphery for a few months only to emerge recently. “So, what do you do, again? &# James responded with a very simple analogy. How many heads? This is where it gets interesting.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. | Sign out Leave your comment here. It’s understanding who your target audience is, what you’re trying to achieve (be it members, subscriptions, sales, etc.), and then creating and implementing a holistic PR strategy that works towards these ends. In this world of Web 2.0, pts Settings.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Democracy of Metallica November 29th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Narciso Tovar Play that funky music I’ve said it before, but I’m gonna say it again: I’m a bit of a music freak. To play here, please be nice.

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