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		<title>The Culture of Exchanging Business Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As important as one&#8217;s attire and presentation is to any business interaction, the exchange of business cards is just as important and far from routine, particularly when interacting with clients and colleagues of other cultures. The business card after all represents you long after the physical meeting has taken place and is integral to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesncgroup.wordpress.com&blog=1996322&post=140&subd=thesncgroup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Information at your finger tips</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBC&#8217;s Today Show recently featured five phone numbers that they state will change your life. Here&#8217;s one that should be programmed into your cell (if it does not have internet capabilities) for those instances where you need information and you&#8217;re not close enough to a computer: Auburn University’s Foy Information Line, 334-844-4244
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		<title>Growth of Luxury Hotel Brands at Record High</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel Mole reports on a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers that found that 34 new hotel brands were launched from January to October of last year. Of these new brands, 18 are luxury hotels including Baccarat Hotels and Resorts by Starwood Capital Group whose first Baccarat hotel in Wailea, Hawaii, is expected to open in 2010, with others to follow in the Caribbean, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesncgroup.wordpress.com&blog=1996322&post=138&subd=thesncgroup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Croatian (ahem) Anthem</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kwintessential shares the story of how a linguistic and rather X-rated mistake may have proven to be a good omen for the Croatian team at the Euro 2008 finals. Read on &#8230;
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		<title>How do you motivate the next generation of workers?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it last night, CBS 60 Minutes had this segment about the new generation of “millennials”, born between 1980 and 1995, exploring their entry and impact in the workplace. Briefly featured was the Motivation Show and the incentives industry, tied to the fact that these employees expect to be praised, thanked, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesncgroup.wordpress.com&blog=1996322&post=136&subd=thesncgroup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can you imagine what it’d be like to travel around the world?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever fantasized about traveling around the world in one go, take a look at this blog by Andy Stoll, a self-described filmmaker, writer, social entrepreneur and independent traveler who set out in August 2006 on his two-year trip. As Andy shares his travelogue, he also shares some interesting insight into his intercultural findings [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesncgroup.wordpress.com&blog=1996322&post=135&subd=thesncgroup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When translations go wrong</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kwintessential shares this link to a Guardian article that reports on how mistaken words and a literal translation provided by translation web site Babel Fish, almost led to a diplomatic incident. It is an interesting read, but not necessarily surprising. I often use Babel Fish to help me in translating messages to French and Spanish for both business and personal communications. However, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesncgroup.wordpress.com&blog=1996322&post=134&subd=thesncgroup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concierges for your employees?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are some of the benefits that your company offers employees? Consider this; a number are now including concierge and personal assistant services as perks. According to this article in Sun Sentinel:
About 5 percent of the nation&#8217;s companies, according to one survey, have hired personal assistance firms to handle at least some services for their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesncgroup.wordpress.com&blog=1996322&post=133&subd=thesncgroup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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