Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2012

So the chat was a community chat or, as I like to call them, a fireside chat. Inside PR did an interview with me when I was at the PRSA International Conference last year, and it’s finally up, in case you’d like to have a listen. We talked about: 1. That’s pretty cool, isn’t it?! See you then?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Want Social Media Evangelizers? Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Time and Space September 26th, 2010 Tweet Time, space, and how we inhabit the two have been a bit on my mind lately. Image: Brisbane Falling via Flickr , CC 2.0 These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

When I built a case for creating it, I focused on showing how the site would be a greater asset to our institution than the internal print publication I managed. But that was the case even with the internal print publication… unearthly, jaw-dropping amounts of it. Our community was now creating the bulk of our content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It’s one of the reasons I’ve felt so at home during the last few PRSA International Conferences. There’s no way – no way – I would have felt so much a part of that community if I hadn’t previously connected with many of the folks I meet IRL on social media. That I get to put faces to names.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

But… If you’re an intern, there are legal limits to what your employer can task you with. If your first job out of school is at a small (PR) agency, you might get a lot of opportunities you wouldn’t have found at a larger agency. Are you taking full advantage of them? These fine folk did: Jan. Glad thats over with.

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Stuart Bruce

DECEMBER 29, 2014

She’s currently the chair of Global Alliance (the confederation of the world’s major PR and communication management associations and institutions), but has also been president of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (in fact under her leadership we finally achieved chartered status).

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali On Lists, Their Importance, And How To Get On One February 8th, 2011 Tweet This post has been about a year and a half in the writing. Yes, really! These fine folk did: Jan.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2018

They knew the press would want fresh faces for interviews, so they organized a deep bench of media-savvy spokespersons and messages for journalists and news crews. Twitter critics jeered when it followed with the “news” that it was rebranding as International House of Burgers, of course.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali New Year’s Resolutions for Job Seekers December 2nd, 2010 Tweet Are you planning to add job seeking to your list of New Year’s resolutions? But sass, chutzpah and gumption?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Automation in Public Relations Measurement: Yea/Nay? My Love/Hate Relationship With Automated Media Measurement | Beyond says: November 18, 2010 at 1:48 pm [.] CARMA said: Nay! Stop being lazy.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In my previous position as the managing editor of the University’s internal publication, I spent a lot of time (and still do) interviewing members of the campus community (faculty, staff, students, alumni, community partners, etc.). You can’t start a blog like ours unless the community wants it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Meandering Through Measurement November 20th, 2010 Tweet Measurement takes a holiday What happens when you get a roomful of communicators listening to a bunch of speakers on measurement?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How A Fake Taxidermist Is Keeping AT&T On Its Toes September 27th, 2010 Tweet Remember how @BPGlobalPR , the fake BP “PR&# Twitterfeed took off? – complete interview with ATTFPR.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

But many of the pitches I received included words to the effect, “so and so can discuss , let me know if you want to interview them.” This means actually giving them what they’ll use in the article before it ever gets to the interview stage. So you offer me an interview with So-And-So. Ya want me to interview her?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali WOM: What’s Really Behind The Buzz November 24th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Bryce Keane What’s the buzz? They listen a LOT. Then they plan. And talk they do. – and 14.9%

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Problem With PR September 14th, 2010 Tweet You know what the problem with PR is? Today, a regional story can be seen by international audiences. says: September 15, 2010 at 3:39 pm [.]

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2011

I am certainly enjoying the blue skies and getting to grips with helping the great team here build their digital unit as well as launch our expansion into North Africa. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb. It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Glad thats over with.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

For those new to it, the PR tech sum, it’s a monthly roundup of all the news coming from the vendor community that develops and sells PR technology. A study by PRWeb in 2010 showed multimedia improved metrics like time-on-page by nearly 30 seconds, which is a lifetime on the web. I aim to publish it on the first Tuesday of every month.

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