Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Today’s been a big day for me. Because, as you read this, I will have packed up my stuff from MSL Washington DC , and getting ready to have a farewell refreshment with my colleagues, some of whom have become dear friends. You see, today was my last day at MSL, and effective immediately, I return to my independent strategic communication practice.
Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 20, 2012
This post will depress all the Facebook Ninjas who’ve drunk the Facebook Koolaid. Image via niallkennedy on Flickr, CC 2.0. I have been working with a new client since July. They are a service business. One that could have a vibrant Facebook community, if they could just get to that point. It is a new business with no name recognition apart from the founders… and that too, just in their industry.
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Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 21, 2012
I’m sure this will come as a ginormous surprise for all of you…. I love what I do for a living. For you “newcomers” to Waxing UnLyrical, I’m a public relations professional now teaching the next generation(s) of PR pros. Sometimes I say, “Been there; done that.” But that’s not true. The “that” that I did has changed and continues to change dramatically.
Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 14, 2012
I had a marathon “start getting caught up on WUL” session yesterday (in fact, I’m typing this at 3:30 am today , though you won’t read it for a few hours more). You know the drill, if you publish a blog (especially one with multiple contributors), tweak this, clean up that, etcetera etcetera. Part of that entailed going through several old posts from the WUL team members, and as I was doing so, I realized that they all have dominant themes.
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Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 18, 2012
What happens when the doyenne of the nonprofit world and the queen of measurement decide to write a book together ? You get Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , by Beth Kanter and Katie Paine, an absolute gem of a book not just for nonprofit communicators, but for all measurement geeks (and most certainly for nonprofit executives). Disclosure: before I go any further, you should know that I was asked to participate in a peer review process of the book while it was still in manuscript form, and I
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Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 13, 2012
Guest post by Christopher Wallace. Let’s go back in time five years to 2007. You’ve got a great idea to build a watch with built-in Bluetooth, allowing you to control and access your phone or tablet from your wrist. Unfortunately, you’re a relatively broke hobby designer working a 9 to 5 IT job. How do you proceed? Call up your rich uncle and ask him to back you?
Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 17, 2012
I don’t do a lot of book reviews. Because I don’t like to skim books, I really read them, and that takes time. And time is the most precious thing we have. However, one book I couldn’t put down was Lee Odden ‘s Optimize , which he graciously sent me earlier this year (disclosure: I received a free copy of the book but was not even asked to write a review).
Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 19, 2012
Tomorrow, I’m going “home” for Christmas. To India. It’s bound to be emotional. I haven’t been home for Christmas in over 10 years, and I suspect while much has changed, much has probably remained the same. Image: arindam.ttb via Flickr, CC 2.0. It will be a reunion for my family, since all of us siblings will be home at the same time.
Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 25, 2012
Image: aussiegall via Flickr, CC 2.0. Merry Christmas! is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Author information Shonali Burke Principal & Grand Poobah at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Head honcho of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke is Principal and Grand Poobah at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Based in the Washington, D.C., area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.
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