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MAY 20, 2011

Time was there was a “season&# for conferences. Now, it seems there’s a conference pretty much every day of the week, sometimes more than one. The next time you head to a PR or Marketing industry event (be it a luncheon, conference, awards ceremony, etc.), . ‘Cos you know, that is what Iizallabout!

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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. Completely. Here’s the interview.

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MARCH 13, 2013

Like many of my peers, speaking at industry events and conferences is a growing part of my business. What I want to get out of a conference is to be intellectually challenged, emotionally refreshed, and professionally inspired. It’s one of the afternoon’s breakout sessions, and on social media in a crisis.

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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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JANUARY 4, 2011

In fact, heavy manufacturing is probably the only exception in sectors that have been compelled to adopt social as a medium to “be remarkable&# in human terms to their followers. Consequently, social media agencies have mushroomed , with their fair share of self-confessed SM consultants cashing in on the tide.

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APRIL 18, 2013

at SMMWorld: “At the recent Social Media Marketing World event, I ran into Ian and asked him how many sessions he had attended and he said ‘none.’ This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t attend any conference sessions. My Second Social Slam a Splendid Success. ’ At first I was surprised.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

21 , I’ll be leading a post-conference workshop for attendees of ALI’s “Social Media for Government Communicators” conference on (what else?) PR and social media measurement. 16 , I’ll be at the PRSA International Conference in San Francisco (one of my favorite cities!)

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AUGUST 31, 2011

There’s been a lot of chatter recently over conferences that have a voting component to their submissions. That’s because the “panel picker&# part of the 2012 South by SouthWest Interactive conference is currently in progress, ending on Friday, Sept. I remember the first year I paid attention to SxSW. The second.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

I returned a couple of days ago to the DC area after a whirlwind trip to San Francisco and the 2012 PRSA International Conference. There are a ton of conferences that take place. But #prsaicon (the hashtag for the conference since last year) is one that I always look forward to. Social bringing us closer.

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MARCH 28, 2014

For the entire day, figure nine-plus hours, full of emails (many of which are “reply all”) and conference calls (“OMG! They could care less about social media per se; they simply want to use it as an outlet. And the only reason to incorporate a social media element is if it helps them do so.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Last week saw one of my first projects for 2013 – as well as what I think was one of the most unique conferences I’ve been privileged to not just speak at, but even attend – culminate. Since BP shut its doors, we have dearly lacked a conference (or unconference, if you prefer) of that nature. No, great “offense.”

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MARCH 31, 2014

Friday I spoke at the Convergence in Communications Conference , and Evan Burfield of 1776 got a big laugh when he said, “Let’s face it, failure sucks.” 8 Social Media Marketing Tools to Rapidly Accelerate Your Growth Online. How to Encourage Your Team to Blog. Why: Does your team struggle with blogging?

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AUGUST 28, 2012

How to do it, what are the do’s and don’ts, how much booze can I drink at a conference, on and on and on the list goes. Going to a conference with the express purpose of handing out the 500 business cards you take with you is a horrible idea. Go to the social hours. Congrats Matt & family! Go to the sessions.

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MARCH 31, 2019

Role players like the person whose primary job is to like all social media responses and reply, or review social data and come up with reports, should be concerned. He started and sold social media boutique Livingston Communications (2009). Your work is repetitive, rote and/or data intense.

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MAY 11, 2016

I think this is one of the reasons it can be comfortable for public relations professionals to seek out, and focus on, more controllable forms of marketing like blogging, marketing automation and social media. More than 2.9 Awareness is valuable.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Taking an approach like this allows us to reach people through more conscientious, socially responsible communications, and illustrates the impact this will have on our audiences of decision-makers within our companies and client organizations. Their new face now portrays a friendly, vibrant, community-focused advocate for the common good.

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MAY 16, 2011

But it will be worth it, because I’ll get to catch up with a ton of my social media friends (though they’re real friends now, so it feels weird to call them “social media friends,&# but you know what I mean). It would really help us out if you could take the Twtpoll.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

tomorrow, for PRSA’s 2011 International Conference. I love this conference. It’s my fourth in a row, and thanks to the magic of social media, every time I’ve been back, I get to meet friends from all over the country – nay, world – whom I’d probably never get to see otherwise.

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MARCH 16, 2016

I also listened to one by Dorie Clark and now I follow her via social media sites. Attend a conference or workshop. I’m writing a mystery novel and will attend a mystery writer’s conference later this year. I participated in one by Michael Smart and now pay to be a member of his Inner Circle. It’s worth it.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

5 Shifts to Fix Your Social Media Metrics. Why: Social media metrics aren’t about social media, they’re about business. The always brilliant Jay Baer shares excellent tips on improving social media metrics and the reporting thereof. today’s roundup follows suit.

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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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MAY 23, 2019

Of course, you will be communicating on social media. Post a big thermometer in a visible area, on the website, and through social and digital media to show how much money has been raised. Give simple shout-outs on social media. Stay connected while not actually working on a volunteer project.

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MAY 30, 2011

Incessant “social media for business&# workshops mushrooming all across India are minting unthinkable cash from what can best be justified as rudimentary skills in social media. Redundant strategies are disbursed in sessions with over 500 attendees, about an area as dynamic as social media!

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Lisa Larranaga Denten is the social media manager of Cision US. She manages the company’s Twitter , Facebook , Google+ , LinkedIn , Tumblr , and Instagram communities, contributes to Cision Blog , and assists with content, social strategy, and tactics.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

One of the questions I field frequently—from clients, students, and colleagues alike—is how to keep up with the vast content demands of our 24/7, always-on, social media-connected and directed world. 22-26: I’m heading from Louisville to Indianapolis for the 2016 PRSA International Conference, aka #PRSAICON.

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JUNE 5, 2015

“His efforts on behalf of the IPR Measurement Commission, the The Conclave on Social Media Measurement Standards, and countless other volunteer efforts that were helped by his brains and energy have changed the Public Relations field forever.

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JUNE 5, 2011

It was inevitable, though; when I was at BlogWorld last week, I tried as much as possible to focus on the conference and all the wonderful people I met. Social media case study: Feed My Starving Children and Facebook Groups , by Arik Hanson. I’ve just started catching up on my Reader (and I have a long way to go).

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MARCH 23, 2011

A couple of weeks ago we posted a series of videos and articles they contributed to the University’s official blog that explored the issue of leadership in preparation for the annual female-focused Inspiring Leadership conference that the institution hosts. Social media practitioners are hybrids. Image: Denis Collette. !!!

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

– at a marketing conference in DC. I’m the CEO of Firebelly Marketing, a social media marketing agency. Why do you care about Social PR? Social and PR are interwoven together. Yes, that’s how long we go back! And because we graduated from school pre-internet, we lost touch. I’m Duncan Alney.

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APRIL 13, 2015

So I figured it would be neat to do a roundup of posts that reflect some of the very smart minds that will be presenting at this conference. How to Use Social Media And Stay Couth. But if you’re just going to listen, without doing much else, you’re basically using social media as a monitoring tool, and not much else.”

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MARCH 22, 2011

But the last scheduled chat was on a day when a lot of folk were heading back from this year’s SxSW conference (or festival, or whatever you want to call it) and it didn’t seem to make sense to hold it when many of them couldn’t participate. Use conference calls for focus groups; it can be fairly inexpensive.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Why: Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and I talk about PR, blogging, social media and cow manure. How to not suck being a conference moderator or speaker , from TopRank’s Online Marketing Blog. I’ve been to enough conferences where the moderators/speakers sucked (and live in deathly fear of that being applied to me).

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JUNE 13, 2011

conference about 10 days ago, and it was a really great event; kudos to Geoff Livingston , Allyson Kapin and Shireen Mitchell for putting together not just a standing-room-only event, but one that was inclusive, highly interactive and chockfull of great ideas and takeaways for all. I attended the Nonprofit 2.0

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JUNE 13, 2016

Yup, I’m heading across the pond for what promises to be one of the year’s best conferences, the AMEC International Summit (as in: the same Summit that, some years ago, saw the Barcelona Principles become a household name… if you work in PR, that is). The future of digital and social media in government comms.

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JUNE 17, 2019

Social video will never replace $200 an hour high-end 4K video production. The value is leveraging all the photos your professional photographer takes at conferences, banquets and other events. Test it out with a handful of social media posts and see what happens. Are my kids adorable? I just added slides to the deck.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

So I’m quite delighted that he will be joining the #measurePR Twitter chat on November 9, to talk about social media ROI and possibly quite a bit else. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Regardless, thanks for visiting! RSVP here: [link] #pr [.]

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JULY 3, 2013

Image: UOregon Conference Services via Flickr, CC 2.o. People ask me about social media, SEO, websites, brochures, press releases, speeches, blog writing, PR, message strategies, sales, consulting…everything. Imagine you’re at a party. And imagine you’re a people person (if you aren’t already).

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