Leaving On A Jet Plane

May 13th, 2010 | Shonali Burke | 2 Comments

I have a hectic (for me) period of travel and events coming up. Here’s a quick rundown, in case you’re in the area; I’d love to meet IRL.

May 18 (next Tuesday), I’ll be in Jacksonville, Fla., speaking at PRVille 2010 – Top Shelf Social Media, which is being organized by North Florida PRSA.

I don’t know how “top shelf” I am, but I’m looking forward to meeting, hearing and learning from Mary Henige and Ryan Paul Thomson, not to mention catching up with my buddies Bryan Campbell and Bonnie Upright.

As an aside, whenever I hear “top shelf,” I always – always – think of Phoebe aka Lisa Kudrow’s “top drawer” act in “Friends.” What a great show that was. (Season 9, Episode 7).

May 26 I’ll be in Montréal, speaking at WebCom Montréal 2010, along with my Twitter buddy Claude Malaison. Claude and I first “met” a couple of years ago and I’m really excited to see him IRL, as well as, I hope, many others I haven’t yet had the pleasure of meeting in person.

This is also the first time I’ll be part of a bilingual presentation (guess who won’t be speaking French?).

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