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	<title>The MarCompass &#187; Life in General</title>
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		<title>Midway Through the Year &#8211; Now&#8217;s a Good Time to Revitalize Your Internal PR Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/07/07/midway-through-the-year-nows-a-good-time-to-revitalize-your-internal-pr-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public relations and marketing strategies are key to the success of any business. But how much attention do you pay to your internal PR? Case Study: I&#8217;ve got a very good client in Miami, FL who recently asked me to help with an internal vision project. She asked her staff to write a short response [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iomega External Hard Drive &#8211; Big, Fast and Reliable</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/06/16/iomega-external-hard-drive-big-fast-and-reliable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally I don't do a lot of product reviews, aside from business books. But I've had such a good experience with my Iomega external hard drive that I wanted to share it.]]></description>
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		<title>Need Blog Content? Get Inspired!</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/06/02/need-blog-content-get-inspired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspiration can come from the simplest of places: a word, a true story you just heard, a person you see walking down the street, a picture you take of your own neighborhood. Inspiration can come from change &#8211; changing the color of the walls in the room where you work, rearranging the furniture, reorganizing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highly Recommended Reading for Anyone Wanting to Create Magic in their Lives: Click – The Magic of Instant Connections by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/05/05/highly-recommended-reading-for-anyone-wanting-to-create-magic-in-their-lives-click-%e2%80%93-the-magic-of-instant-connections-by-ori-brafman-and-rom-brafman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 19:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Carl Lewis &amp; Facebook: Do You Delete Comments and Posts?</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/02/25/carl-lewis-facebook-do-you-delete-comments-and-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/02/25/carl-lewis-facebook-do-you-delete-comments-and-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This reader was interested to know if people also took advantage of the fact that on Facebook you can delete your comments and posts, as well as other people's comments and posts on your profile. I have on one occasion deleted a message someone posted to my profile. And I think I had a valid reason to do so...]]></description>
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		<title>Did You Un-Friend Me Because You Don&#8217;t Like Me Anymore?</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/02/19/did-you-un-friend-me-because-you-dont-like-me-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themarcompass.com/2010/02/19/did-you-un-friend-me-because-you-dont-like-me-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the widgets and gadgets, plug-ins and add-ons, there is a tool to thwart just about any subterfuge. Not that dropping friends from your Facebook account is a reason for high treason, but still, it hurts.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Super Freakonomics</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/11/24/book-review-super-freakonomics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/11/24/book-review-super-freakonomics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of the overly witty full title - Super Freakonomics Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance - the book is actually a fascinating tale of how economics plays into even the most bizarre areas of modern life. ]]></description>
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		<title>Americans, Hoover Dam, and A Simple Question: How Did We Lose Our Way?</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/11/11/americans-hoover-dam-a-simple-question-how-did-we-lose-our-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/11/11/americans-hoover-dam-a-simple-question-how-did-we-lose-our-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[True, we have come a long way in the last 100 years. We enjoy more equality among the races and the sexes. We've contributed to great advancements in science and technology. We're still more of a free country than most. We have cable TV, the Internet, endless ways to entertain ourselves. But, at the end of the day, where are we really? Does it mean anything anymore to be an "American?"]]></description>
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		<title>Kabul 24: A Story of Faith, Hope, Courage and Survival</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/10/16/kabul-24-a-story-of-faith-hope-courage-and-survival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/10/16/kabul-24-a-story-of-faith-hope-courage-and-survival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are desensitized thanks to sound bites and casualty statistics that have become mundane. We are jaded thanks to pundits with their own agendas. We are operating in an everyday reality that makes it impossible for us to understand what happened to the people in this story...until we read this book.]]></description>
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		<title>Boost Productivity, Enhance Creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/10/13/boost-productivity-enhance-creativity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themarcompass.com/2009/10/13/boost-productivity-enhance-creativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Dierschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grounding yourself twice a day gives your mind a chance to catch up - if you practice this, I bet you'll be more productive and more creative when you need to be.]]></description>
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