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		<title>Ahavath Achim Synagogue Sisterhood Centennial Celebration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On April 19, 2020, the Ahavath Achim Sisterhood will commemorate its 100th Anniversary from 4 to 7 in the afternoon with a celebration of our past, present and future at our synagogue on Peachtree Battle Avenue. The symbol of our Sisterhood is of the Four Matriarchs: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah. They symbolize strength and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The art of listening!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 22:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Active Listening]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Communication is as basic as the air you breathe because I don&#8217;t think you can do squat without communicating.&#8221; Judy Belk California Wellness Foundation. Dear Readers: Yesterday I wrote My quiet reflection lead to action, the first post in more than a year! I had no intention of writing another so soon. But, the terrifying [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>My quiet reflection lead to action!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business proposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathleen Schaad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jack Mezirow]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.” ― Peter F. Drucker, Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices I was on a roll. Then I went quiet. The enormity of family issues overwhelmed me. I realized as Jack Mezirow, the founder of transformative learning stated, that a defining condition [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strategic advocacy communication is key to my journey!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Change Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAUW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication matters]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[ “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world&#8230;would do this, it would change the earth.” ― William Faulkner I am not afraid to raise my voice for honesty, truth, and compassion. I am committed, passionate and motivated when I advocate for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Social Change Communication Connects Us!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beth Kanter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forrester Research]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Communications seeks to connect and move us, to make complex problems seem intuitive and solvable.&#8221; Alfred Ironside, Vice President for Global Communications Ford Foundation Social change communication connects us! I was introduced to the transformative effect of social change communication when I started working on social change initiatives. Social change is a process focused on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Raise Funds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CSI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 13:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sophorn Chhay]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A guest post by Sophorn Chhay  We now live in a world where social rules and smartphones have changed access across the globe. What a pleasure to host this guest post by Sophorn Chhay. Sophorn shows us how mobile marketing is changing the way we raise funds! It’s hard to believe that some charitable organizations [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lessons learned honoring First Lady Nancy Reagan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Just Say No]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had the news on in the background while I was reading. My pups Kiwi and Keno were asleep on the sofa. Then I heard a news report about First Lady Nancy Reagan’s links to Atlanta. Ms. Reagan was honored at a PRIDE (National Parents&#8217; Resource Institute for Drug Education) conference. I sat straight up and yelled [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Learning 5 Indicators of Social Change</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Change Communication]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Social change is more than a buzz word! Social change alters the social order of a society through changes in the nature of its social institutions, social behaviors and social relations. Proponents of social change focus on underlying causes of critical social problems such as homelessness, discrimination and poverty. Organizations develop processes to address the causes of these issues to foster [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Add Twitter to your Nonprofit MarComm Toolbox!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[@TobyDiva]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Of all the social channels, for a nonprofit, Twitter may be the most effective in terms of the biggest return for limited time and resources. Through consistent tweets that inspire and inform you reinforce your mission to your network of followers. The bonus is if you get it right your followers will share to their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>P2P fundraising empowers others to ask on your behalf!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Fundraising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital Third Coast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Shuck]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[P2P fundraising empowers others to ask on your behalf! Also known as Peer-to-peer fundraising, P2P uses the power of your constituents to engage their friends and family. It’s one of the major driving forces in successful nonprofit fundraising. The peer-to-peer family tree breaks down the different kinds of P2P fundraising and shows how big the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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