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		<title>An update</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2008/01/03/an-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What better time for an update than the beginning of the new calendar year?  
Although this blog was dormant for a while, a lot was going on &#8220;behind the scenes,&#8221; and I&#8217;m pleased to report that we&#8217;re making notable progress in some areas&#8230;

The Social Responsibility subcommittee, under the leadership of Michelle Bernhart, has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is silence golden?</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/12/24/is-silence-golden/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/12/24/is-silence-golden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview in Newsweek, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz made some excellent comments about the value of blogging:
If something happens, I don&#8217;t want to rely on third parties to interpret it, I just want to be right there to talk about it. &#8230; It would be easier to&#8230;never talk to the world, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IABC Advocacy?  Time To Consider IABC Democracy</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/09/23/iabc-advocacy-time-to-consider-iabc-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/09/23/iabc-advocacy-time-to-consider-iabc-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote recently, we want to open to Advocacy Commons to posts from others.  Today&#8217;s &#8220;guest&#8221; post &#8212; our first &#8212; comes from Michael Klein in The Netherlands&#8230;
The concept of advocacy about, by, and for IABC is proving to be a tricky one, as the repartee in the Advocacy Commons has shown through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just one question&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/09/18/just-one-question/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/09/18/just-one-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that customer satisfaction is of paramount importance to business success.  But how do you measure it?
In his book, The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth, Fred Reichheld builds the case that the answer to a single question is the best indicator of customer satisfaction &#8212; and the best predictor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who needs professional education?</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/09/02/who-needs-professional-education/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/09/02/who-needs-professional-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: This is a long post, but I hope you&#8217;ll read to the end. I&#8217;m deeply concerned and wonder if you are, too.
Who needs professional education?
According to one college guide, PR practitioners apparently don&#8217;t.  In its Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition, The Princeton Review states, &#8220;Any major that teaches you how to read and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do (most) communicators agree on?</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/08/06/what-do-most-communicators-agree-on/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/08/06/what-do-most-communicators-agree-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My colleague, David Murray, has written an interesting article in The Ragan Report (subscription required, but reprinted in his blog) entitled &#8220;We hold these truths to be self-evident.&#8221;  In David&#8217;s own words:
&#8220;IABC, of course, is hoping to advocate for the value of communicators themselves &#8212; as well as truths and principles that communicators hold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is not my blog</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/08/01/this-is-not-my-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/08/01/this-is-not-my-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s not my blog.
At the risk of sounding like a cliché, this really is your blog.
When we created the Advocacy Commons, our goal was to provide a forum for exchanging feedback and ideas about our Advocacy initiative.  We wanted to ensure that you have a voice in this initiative.  We still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s next&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/07/18/whats-next/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/07/18/whats-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the New Orleans conference already seems like just a distant memory, the enthusiasm and excitement are still very much with us.  We handed out hundreds of badge ribbons and cards to attendees, many of whom were truly excited to learn about the Advocacy initiative and want to get involved.
So what&#8217;s next?  Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social responsibility and IABC</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/07/10/social-responsibility-and-iabc/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/07/10/social-responsibility-and-iabc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most interesting things about our Advocacy initiative has been seeing and hearing people&#8217;s enthusiasm about Social Responsibility (SR).  For most of us, it&#8217;s not even part of our formal job descriptions.  Yet it&#8217;s clear that a large (and growing) number of people &#8212; as citizens of the world &#8212; want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a position &#8212; update!</title>
		<link>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/07/01/taking-a-position-update/</link>
		<comments>http://commons.iabc.com/advocacy/2007/07/01/taking-a-position-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Zimet</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I originally wrote about whether and how IABC should take positions on key issues, I cited our response to a press inquiry on the firing of Don Imus.  And you responded &#8212; here and elsewhere &#8212; taking us to task for our weak, &#8220;middle of the road&#8221; statement.  
You were right.  [...]]]></description>
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