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	<description>Communication matters.  What are YOU saying?</description>
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		<title>State of the Union &#8212; Built to Last</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did something tonight I haven&#8217;t done in probably over a decade.  I watched an entire State of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow down when you answer the phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I called a potential client the other day, expecting to get a direct answer (or voicemail) from my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fail early, fail often</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the really cool things about the coaching and teaching I do is the interaction with clients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I hope you get something out of this</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Don't!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just heard it from a presentation leaking out the door across the hall from me. It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have your message ready BEFORE you are asked to speak</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been asked to submit a proposal for a keynote to a conference. The inquiry was accompanied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I have more time?</title>
		<link>http://www.millswyck.com/2011/09/can-i-have-more-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toastmasters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the last week, I&#8217;ve seen a half dozen or more speakers run over.  It&#8217;s not a forgivable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disaster!</title>
		<link>http://www.millswyck.com/2011/09/disaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week here in North Carolina, we experienced an earthquake (my first), a hurricane (my umpteenth), and tornadoes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I need a speaking coach</title>
		<link>http://www.millswyck.com/2011/03/why-i-need-a-speaking-coach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we got up from the dinner table last Thursday night, an unusual conversation started a most humbling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you do business with Ii ,, Lvll11s Vvyc ?</title>
		<link>http://www.millswyck.com/2011/01/would-you-do-business-with-ii-lvll11s-vvyc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millswyck.com/2011/01/would-you-do-business-with-ii-lvll11s-vvyc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scanner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I cleaned up the desk heading in to the new year, I ran across some business cards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Checking in</title>
		<link>http://www.millswyck.com/2010/12/checking-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delivery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve witnessed several workshops/keynotes/speaking gigs in the last few weeks that have had a bunch of “checking in” [...]]]></description>
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