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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2016 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The mainstream media has chosen not to report to its public the details of the strike by members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers against Verizon. The strike began in New Jersey on Wednesday April 13, 2016 at 6:00 am and continues today. As we see it, early &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/what-mainstream-media-chose-to-miss/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 02:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show is definitely missing a bet. The CES press is talking breathlessly about drones, futuristic self-driving cars, and glamorous wristbands telling me what I don&#8217;t really need to know every minute of every day. I must admit that the report about a refrigerator with eight USB ports from General Electric&#8217;s First Build &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/sme-8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Awareness of Breast cancer in women gets a lot of attention this month.  Where is the awareness of breast cancer in men? Nowhere. &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/breast-cancer-awareness-month/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SUSAN IN THE TUB Recently I have been under a lot of stress. My good friend and quintessential practical networker Ramona, seeing that I was definitely in need of a therapeutic experience, invited me to join her and another friend to visit West Virginia&#8217;s Berkeley Springs spa. Never having visited any spa&#8212;and pretty well burned &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/susan-in-the-tub-dub-dub-dub/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is a good definition of &#8220;real work?&#8221; Evidently it&#8217;s not quite as easy to define as some would think&#8212;especially in a large international organization whose very existence depends upon the coordinated efforts of the hundreds of thousands of members who pay to belong to it and deliver leadership and communications skills training. Some members &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/volunteer-to-apprentice-to-real-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 06:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently Dan Rex, the CEO of Toastmasters International, announced that the TI Board of Directors had decided to institute new District officer titles that, among other reasons, would &#8220;Create a parallel between district leadership and leadership in the corporate and volunteer sectors.&#8221; Basically, the idea is to help volunteers easily explain to current and potential &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/your-profession-does-your-volunteer-experience-really-matter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Often in social media, the highly-talented and dedicated people whose services make life a whole lot better are forgotten. That&#8217;s because they are not the ones who show up in social media. They are the ones who often show up at our homes at our convenience to make the fixes and repairs we cannot do &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/in-praise-of-our-plumber/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the 2013 year winds down, I find myself musing about the language we use to talk about technology. As a friend of mine observed a while back, every time the online technology comes up with a new feature/experience, the technologists and their marketers struggle to find the right words to describe that experience and &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/talking-about-technology/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Ellsworth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2013 04:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What kind of organization(s) do you belong to? Several years ago, I belonged to the American Library Association, a professional and educational non-profit organization organized along the lines of the interests and support of its membership. In 1974, its membership was just over 34,000. That year, the ALA council ratified a resolution supporting ratification of &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://pequodsystems.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/standing-by-whose-values/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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