Karen Freberg

DECEMBER 30, 2019

2011 marked the moment I became Dr. Freberg 2.0 (Mom Great colleagues, students, community, school, and area. I started getting actively involved in researching in social media back in 2008, but the first time I had the chance to teach social media was back in 2011. I am proud to see these communities come together so well.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Anna Lovely, vice president-global communications, Cargill. Katie Boylan – chief communications officer, Target. Susan Beatty, VP-external communications, US Bank. When the Coven opened two years ago as a community space for women, non-binary and trans people, it was groundbreaking.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The New Year Edition January 2nd, 2011 Tweet The champagne has been popped and you might be recuperating from the New Year’s Eve festivities. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How Reading Fairy Tales Can Improve Public Relations December 28th, 2010 Tweet What’s your favorite fairy tale? In 2011, let’s make our stories terrific. I actually have a bunch of them.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Blue Cypress is also the lead investor in our sister company, Marketing AI Institute , which raised a $1M seed round earlier this year to help advance the understanding and adoption of artificial intelligence within the marketing industry and broader business community. AI is not some abstract thing you see in sci-fi movies.

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MARCH 26, 2012

And as they opted in (hopefully) to be communicated to by the organization, OA would be able to convert them to evangelists for OA’s work and donors to the organization. The eCard initiative was new for 2012, so there wasn’t a benchmark, say for 2011, to set goals against. What’s measurable?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. That said, it’s a difficult balance between creativity and keyword use.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Content marketing has become an important part of your communication program, and your storytelling requires a strategic and creative approach. ET, the #PRStudChat community will gather to discuss Creative Content to Excite your Community. On Tuesday, February 16th, at 8:30 p.m. The post Join #PRStudChat on Feb.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

There are so many things I’ve learned during the course of this campaign – about blogger outreach, about measurement and analytics, about Facebook Groups, about community building – there are probably a ton of posts waiting to be written. The very first tweetathon we held was on June 13, 2011. Background.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

Mark as read Approve comment Shonali, totally stole your idea for my blog, but added two more to your list: Zemanta, which recommends Creative Commons images and related articles to help enrich your posts and SlickFlickr, which helps you build slideshows and the like from your Flickr feed. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Public Relations Lessons From Jesus, The Apostles And The Bible December 24th, 2010 Tweet Note: this is not a religious post, and is meant neither to proselytize nor offend. Thanks for sharing!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 3, 2015

Why: “You can count to your heart’s content, but unless you examine what made your fan count go up and what happened to your sales funnel as a result, you’re only adding to the confusion,” wrote Katie Paine in this 2011 post for PRSA where she demystifies social media measurement. Analytics: the Sideways Approach to Measuring PR.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 1, 2015

I provide oversight for his accounts – for creative assets like header or profile images, among other things. That includes recognizing the good things our employees, agents and affiliate companies are doing every day in our communities. It’s why Jack realized long ago – 2011 to be exact – that he needed help.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Simply The Best November 27th, 2010 Tweet There’s a big difference between being “the best&# and “one of the best.&# Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 Wanna Subscribe?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR: Paywalls, Pitches And Prognoses December 23rd, 2010 Tweet On Wednesday, we held this year’s last #measurePR Twitterchat. And the discussion was… how shall I put it… intense.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. The rumors about Tablo’s supposed forgery were spread by two online communities: “We Urge Tablo to Tell the Truth,&# or TaJinYo , and “A World Where Common Sense is the Truth,&# or SangJinSe.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali So What Will You Have For Lunch? Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! link] (esp.

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PRSay

APRIL 18, 2024

Taylor Swift’s much-anticipated album, The Tortured Poets Department (out April 19), sounds like it should be about a corporate communications team. And we are influential to our teams, across our organizations and in our communities — demonstrating daily how smart, strategic communications can advance your brand, even in times of crisis.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali So Much To Do November 6th, 2010 Tweet So much to do So little time For places to go, for reason or rhyme. Image: Louise Docker via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Army via Flickr , Creative Commons Usually these are placed at the top of a post, but often, if a post is long, I’ll insert additional images, alternating left- and right-aligning them. D’oh, you say. An image speaks a thousand words.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali PR Is As PR Does October 28th, 2010 Tweet Just a little bit crazy This has been a bit of a crazy week for me (actually, it’s been a bit of a crazy last few weeks for me, but who’s counting?).

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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. John Cleese’s talk at the 2009 Creativity World Forum on creativity.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Trick or Treat October 31st, 2010 Tweet Today’s Hallowe’en. Image: YiYing Lu via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Take heart, not howls.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Why: great ideas that might spur your creative juices, even if you don’t have an e-newsletter… or get you started thinking about one. Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! 3 street selling tactics that boosted my email subscribers over 100%, from The Smart Passive Income Blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Become A Public Relations Star December 14th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Mike Doman I recently had the pleasure of sitting on the admissions panel for a PR course. Applying creatively.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. The legal community, and more specifically the in-house effect on law firms bear insight. I’d like to believe, PR agencies that specialized in crisis communications can identify here. Sound familiar?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. Here’s my first post: How Google Instant Might Impact Your Small Nonprofit. [.] Wanna Subscribe? Shall We Tweet?

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Being Thankful For What Is Not November 26th, 2010 Tweet If you are in the U.S., Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. That, I understand.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat. Not that difficult, is it?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Steps that help Although I am usually annoyed with these types of posts, as I seldom gain value from reading them, there are those that communicate worthwhile messages. Leaders cultivate intelligent and competent group members by communicating why certain methods work and should be replicated, and what about certain ideas are important.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 5 Tips To Avoid New Job Burnout January 3rd, 2011 Tweet It’s a new year, and perhaps you’re starting a new job. If you are, you have beaten the odds, and my hat is off to you!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! So that they can shake their fingers and exclaim triumphantly, “See? We told you so!&# You know what I have to say to you, NBCW? Bah, humbug. Stop playing Scrooge and Cratchit it up for a change. Regardless, thanks for visiting! thanks for the … [.]

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Communications Conversations

MAY 18, 2015

When I first met Morgan Hay-Chapman (in I believe 2011) she was the president of the U of M MN PRSSA chapter (a big deal), president of the MN Daily (an even BIGGER deal), a full-time student (ho-hum), and I believe she had an internship, too (at space150, where she is currently employed–go figure).

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Value Of A Fire Drill October 27th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Narciso Tovar I remember the time I went through my first fire drill. Regardless, thanks for visiting! and then its time for the show.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Paloozas And Palominos November 7th, 2010 Tweet Apparently a “palooza&# is an “ exaggerated event.&# In other words, something very unusual. .&# Because what he says is Just.

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