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	<description>the Intersection of Speakers and Meetings</description>
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		<title>New Inspiration for Business Leaders from Blanchard Authors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivational Speakers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Blanchard and company have been inspiring business leaders for 30 years. This month they have three new must-read books on organizational change, partnering for performance, and how to run effective meetings (and each is supported with keynote and workshop presentations for your events):
Who Killed Change? 
Solving the Mystery of Leading People Through Change

Every day, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 New Speakers to Generate Excitement and Results at Your Next Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Event Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Speaker Recommendations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bear Grylls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Horsager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Nour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason lezak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ken blanchard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Jeffries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Zigarmi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stew Friedman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our ongoing effort to help meeting planners and business leaders create the most exciting, results-oriented meeting agendas, we&#8217;re excited to introduce the 10 newest additions to our roster of speakers (in alphabetical order):
 

Stew Friedman &#8211; Stew is the Director of the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project and author of the 2008 national bestseller, Total Leadership: Be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Stein Defends Business Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TSGspeakers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Event Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planner Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our thanks to Ben Stein for speaking out about the importance of the meetings industry on CBS News:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5075350n%3fsource=search_video
Way to go, Ben!
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		<title>MPI One+ Article Addresses Managing Speaker Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Event Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planner Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to negotiate with speakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increase meetings ROI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meetings and ROI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROI speakers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The online edition of MPI&#8217;s June 2009 One+ magazine includes an article about how meeting and event professionals can manage speaker costs in the current economic climate: &#8220;Talk Ain&#8217;t Cheap: How to secure a speaker for your event with as little fiscal pain as possible.&#8221; Robert Farmer, author of the article, writes:
For planners, the art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bullet-Proof Your Job &#8211; A Special Message from Drs. Kevin and Jackie Freiberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivational Speakers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blow the Doors Off Business As Usual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BOOM!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Jackie Freiberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Kevin Freiberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jackie freiberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Kevin Freiberg and Dr. Jackie Freiberg are two of our favorite speakers &#8211; because (1) they&#8217;re good, cool people, and (2) they are great assets to individuals and organizations who want to go &#8220;BOOM!&#8221; and break the mold of business-as-usual. We&#8217;re happy to share this special message from them for everyone who wants to [...]]]></description>
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