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	<title>IABC Café</title>
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	<description>A gathering place for professional communicators</description>
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		<title>Thank you!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/07/19/thank-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/07/19/thank-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Hattori, ABC</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a month since I passed the IABC gavel to my dear friend and colleague Barbara Gibson, ABC. This was an event with many emotions &#8230; memories that I&#8217;ll treasure forever &#8230; feelings of accomplishment &#8230; anticipation for continued IABC work &#8230; and so much gratitude to the countless people who made my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am disappearing for a month</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/06/27/i-am-disappearing-for-a-month/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/06/27/i-am-disappearing-for-a-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first scene of the play Our Town, Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibb, are snapping beans and talking things over.  One of them says that she wants to go to Paris one day.  Her friend cannot understand why she would want to leave Grovers Corners.  The answer?  &#8220;Because someday I want to go some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My bags are packed and I am ready to go</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/06/18/my-bags-are-packed-and-i-am-ready-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/06/18/my-bags-are-packed-and-i-am-ready-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am referring, of course, to the 2008 International Conference in New York.  With 1700 communicators in attendance, it will be the largest international conference in IABC history.  As all conferences are, it will be packed with new ideas, inspiration, new connections and the opportunity to reconnect.
As Connie Eckhard, ABC, wrote to me today, &#8221;I always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What did we learn from Enron … what will we learn from McClellan?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/06/03/what-did-we-learn-from-enron-%e2%80%a6-what-will-we-learn-from-mcclellan/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/06/03/what-did-we-learn-from-enron-%e2%80%a6-what-will-we-learn-from-mcclellan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Hattori, ABC</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/?p=569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I heard a report about the opening of the Newseum in Washington D.C. I was particularly interested in the report because it indicated that upon entering the Newseum, guests are asked to participate in a journalism ethics challenge. After completing the challenge, guests can learn why their responses are ethical or unethical, and experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things we can&#8217;t say anymore</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/23/things-we-cant-say-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/23/things-we-cant-say-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 21:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Because I said so&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m the boss&#8221;  (The at-home version of this one is &#8220;I&#8217;m the Mom.)
&#8220;Don&#8217;t ask questions, just do it.&#8221;
I refer to any message that assumes that Command and Control can work with employees.
I think everyone reading this post understands that, but the need to use influence rather than orders to get things done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen Y&#8217;s at Work</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/20/gen-ys-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/20/gen-ys-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/?p=566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a guest post from Michael Zimet, chair of IABC&#8217;s Advocacy Committee.  An active member of the CSR sub-group, he had heard a proposal for a presentation for a conference on social responsibility.  He has shared his thoughts about that presentation and some actions for IABC members in the following post.
I recently attended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A gratifying story</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/15/a-gratifying-story/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/15/a-gratifying-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I met Henry Eason, a member of the San Francisco chapter, who told me a story that exemplifies how members can use the IABC network.  It warmed my heart.  It may not warm yours, but I hope you will follow his example, when you are looking for help on a work project.
Here&#8217;s the story:
&#8220;As public relations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Being Ethical Pay?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/13/does-being-ethical-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/13/does-being-ethical-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if this is a follow-up to my post yesterday on moral dilemmas or if it is a new topic, but I was intrigued by an article in yesterday&#8217;s WSJ, with the same title as this post. sloanreview.mit.edu/wsj/insight/brand/2008/05/12/
The article did not just treat it as a philosophical question but reported on the results of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moral dilemmas</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/12/moral-dilemmas/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/12/moral-dilemmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/?p=560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I saw The Counterfeiters, the Austrian film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film.  Based on a true story, it is about a Jewish counterfeiter who works with other concentration camp prisoners to produce counterfeit British pounds and then counterfeit U.S.dollars. With this counterfeit currency, the Germans had the power to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An award winner</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/08/an-award-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/08/an-award-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am referring, of course, to CW, or more specifically Angelo Fernando&#8217;s &#8220;Tech Talk,&#8221; which appears in each issue of CW. It recently won a Maggie Award.
The Maggies are an annual awards program through the Western Publications Association for all publications west of the Mississippi.
Entered in the category of best regularly featured department/section/column in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global connections</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/05/global-connections/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/05/global-connections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/?p=558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote last week, I attended ASAE&#8217;s conference on social responsibility.  In addition to the fact that the conference used Appreciative Inquiry as a way of exploring the topic, it also used a different way of involving people from all over the globe.
While most participants were in a ballroom in Oxon Hill, Maryland, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common themes in unexpected places</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/02/common-themes-in-unexpected-places/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/05/02/common-themes-in-unexpected-places/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/?p=557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In June 2007 at the closing session of IABC&#8217;s international conference in New Orleans, Marcus Buckingham inspired the audience by telling us that the way to succeed is not by trying to correct our weaknesses.  Instead, he said, we should discover our strengths and use them fully.
I am in the Washington, D.C. area in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The problem of kissing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/23/the-problem-of-kissing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/23/the-problem-of-kissing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/23/the-problem-of-kissing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you see this post, I am sure you are thinking, &#8220;Julie who?&#8221;  I admit that over the last few weeks I have not been a very conscientious blogger.  I have been snared in business and personal trips, spending my time on airplanes, in the car and in meetings, with neither time nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed pitching in New Orleans</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/23/speed-pitching-in-new-orleans/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/23/speed-pitching-in-new-orleans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Hattori, ABC</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I attended the National Association of State Procurement Officers (NASPO) conference in New Orleans, LA. I took advantage of my visit by meeting with several local IABC leaders. I met with the IABC New Orleans board members who were busy planning their new media conference for May. I had dinner with Jeffrey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IABC eXchange grows</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/03/iabc-exchange-were-improving/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/03/iabc-exchange-were-improving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The IABC eXchange is currently in the public beta stage.  That&#8217;s a geek&#8217;s way of saying that we are working with our members to test out eXchange and using their comments to make improvements.  Come to think of it, eXchange, like IABC, will always be in a public beta stage. We are always [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/04/03/iabc-exchange-were-improving/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>One of my favorite weekends</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/31/one-of-my-favorite-weekends/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/31/one-of-my-favorite-weekends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am referring to the Blue Ribbon Panel weekend.  It is the weekend when judges come from all over the world&#8211;this year they came from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.&#8211;to determine the 2008 Gold Quill winners.
It is always an extraordinary weekend.  Under the leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worrisome news</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/26/worrisome-news/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/26/worrisome-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article in this morning&#8217;s San Francisco Chronicle which reminded me that communication can have a dark side.  You may have seen it as well.  www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/&#8230;
Headlined &#8220;Beijing to wage &#8216;publicity battle;&#8217; China security chief wants monks to get &#8216;patriotic education,&#8217;&#8221; the article discusses the Chinese government&#8217;s plans to &#8220;fight an active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business texting?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/24/business-texting/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/24/business-texting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Hattori, ABC</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While in the Philippines, Bish Mukharjee and I arrived at the scheduled 9:00 a.m. to begin Gold Quill judging. The other judges hadn’t arrived, so Bish sent a text message to Roni Merk, Philippines Chapter President, to see if she could tell us when to expect the other judges. Bish received a text response that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election news</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/19/election-news/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/19/election-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I am not going to talk about the election in the United States.  Nor the election in Pakistan, Spain, Russia, Iran, Malaysia or Zimbabwe.  I am going to give you an update about an election closer to home&#8211;the slates of officers for the 2008-9 International Executive Board  (IEB) and the IABC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can we escape information overload?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/14/can-we-escape-information-overload/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2008/03/14/can-we-escape-information-overload/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this week about Andrew Sullivan, a popular political blogger, whose blog does not allow readers to make comments.  When he decided to ask his readers whether he should change the policy and allow them to comment, they voted 60-40 against allowing comments.  Their reason?  They wouldn&#8217;t be able to stop [...]]]></description>
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