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		<title>My new gig: the offer I couldn’t refuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who know me IRL (or read about it here), you know I’ve been on a job search for the last few weeks. Having my position eliminated at the end of October gave me the chance for some much needed introspection and the opportunity to redirect my career. Being unemployed was unnerving, but I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=387&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks to my mentors and colleagues.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This thank you post has been a long time coming. Symbolic, perhaps, of people’s proclivity to put off and sometimes forget to thank people in their lives. For all the joy and retribution I get from acknowledging my appreciation of other people’s support, I certainly don’t do it often enough. Editor’s note: I actually had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=374&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PRSA attempts to Define our industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a relative new-comer to the Public Relations industry, I find myself in a situation familiar to most veteran PR professionals: unable to explain exactly what I do. Most of my Gen-Y friends see what I do as a sub-set of advertising. Others view me simply as a corporate writer, while a few think I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=360&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TFMCNB &#8211; 11/5/11 &#8211; Mediocre PR</title>
		<link>http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/tfmcnb-11511-mediocre-pr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed the first installment of &#8220;Thoughts From My Chinese Notebook,&#8221; these mini-posts stem from good ol&#8217; fashioned pen &#38; paper journaling I&#8217;ve done in a small 4&#215;6-inch book. Short. Sweet. To the Point. There’re plenty of opportunities to do mediocre PR. Nothing against this; serving clients with the basics is a bountiful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=354&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The plight of the Infographic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/?p=348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like others, I’ve been lured to crappy content because of the “i” word – and I’m not talking about one of the glorious inventions from Apple. The term “infographic” has become so over-used it’s earned its place on buzz-word bingo cards across business. (In other news, synergy just fell out of circulation on those cards, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=348&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weaving your networking safety net</title>
		<link>http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/weaving-your-networking-safety-net/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently finding myself at the  onset of a job search, I’ve felt a little like I was falling. Anyone who’s been laid off or between jobs can relate to this unsupported feeling and references to “where I will land” are bountiful. Luckily for me, I’ve spent the last few years weaving a network that’s softening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=335&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts from my Chinese Notebook &#8211; 10/20/11</title>
		<link>http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/thoughts-from-my-chinese-notebook-102011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought Steele Headed could use a regularly featured short post. This Chinese notebook Steve Ripple brought from his two-year adventure in Guang Zhou is just the ticket. Hope you enjoy what I can fit in two pages or less. I lost my job 36 hours ago. Corporate restructuring is the formal term, but my past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=326&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technology: use wisely</title>
		<link>http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/technology-use-wisely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I take a few rare vacation days “on the grid,” I felt it appropriate to share some of my thoughts. Think of it as getting to know me – or more accurately, my perspective on technology today and how information explosion is impacting society. It starts with why and where I’m going. I’m on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=319&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;ve been up to&#8230;Fighting the good fight</title>
		<link>http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/what-ive-been-up-to-fighting-the-good-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/?p=313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize I&#8217;ve been absent from this blog for some time now. It&#8217;s a time commitment I&#8217;ve chosen to avoid, making my current PR position and some semblance of a social life a higher priority. I appreciate if you missed me, and hope the few posts I have up my sleeves will keep you happy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=313&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gone fishin&#8217; (or why I&#8217;ve gone rogue for 18 months)</title>
		<link>http://steeleheaded.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/gone-fishin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My apologies for neglecting my blog for the better part of two years. I&#8217;d like to tell you I&#8217;ve been gone fishing this whole time, but I&#8217;m not sure my angling skills are sufficient enough to provide for that long (although it did fill our bellies for 53 days in the arctic). My sudden and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steeleheaded.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6516621&amp;post=303&amp;subd=steeleheaded&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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