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	<description>Scott works with financial executives who want to create profitable and lasting relationships with clients.</description>
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		<title>Connected Organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by: Mike Henry, Chief Instigator Lead Change Group One thing I’ve noticed in leadership discussions lately surrounds the idea that everyone is a leader.   Some established, experienced leaders withdraw from the idea quickly.  “Too many cooks spoil the soup.” Or, “Someone has to be in charge.” How does anyone expect to get anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Giving (and Getting) Referrals that SUCK!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by: Mac Cassity Mac The Knife Marketing [Mac is a personal friend of mine from...let's just say WAY back!  When we re-CONNECTed and I learned what he was up to these days, it was clear to me: He understands the Power of Connection! Be sure to leave your thoughts and comments below after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your &#8220;Pink&#8221; More Than Skin-Deep? &#8211; Thoughts on marketing to a female audience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUEST POST by: Kathy Piersall, Owner A Blue Moon Arts, LLC [October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so I've asked Marketing Expert, Kathy Piersall to share her thoughts on building a marketing CONNECTion with women.--Scott] Don&#8217;t just make it pink. How many companies have slapped a coat of pink on their product, or suddenly started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Customers are More Than Just Sales- A Lesson Learned</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by: Jerry D. Sevier, Founder ExamShout Mobile Certification Study Solutions A division of Gensev, Inc. Customers are more than just a figure in your sales log. Many companies have learned that they are an incredible resource for information. They can tell you when you aren’t doing the right thing or validate you are, in fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Absent Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For this posting, I have invited author Beki Propst to share a bit on her incredible story. Please check out her book , Absent Memories: Moving Forward When You Can&#8217;t Look Back. Can you imagine if her story was yours? Post your feedback as a response to this blog, and let Beki know what you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shaking my head from atop Mt Olympus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allow me to set the stage with this excerpt from a recent BBC.com article (view it in its entirety here) emphasis added by blog author: Athletes from Iraq have been banned from taking part at this summer&#8217;s Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee has announced. The team was already the subject of an interim ban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Man in the Arena</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an excerpt from Teddy Roosevelt&#8217;s Citizenship in a Republic address delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910. The quote below is one of his most famous, referred to as &#8220;The Man in the Arena&#8221;. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, [...]]]></description>
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