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		<title>Best of STORY and Storyteller Interviews 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robin Hood, Batman, Hoop Dreams, Zanskar, Bagger Vance - they're all here. Learn from best-selling authors, screenwriters, storytellers and movie-makers Steven Pressfield, Pen Densham, Michael Uslan, Frederick Marx and Robert McKee.]]></description>
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		<title>Good Intentions Gone Bad!</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2012/01/01/new-years-resolution-dissolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featuring an interview with Lynne McTaggart, author of "The Intention Experiment."   I fully intended to keep my 2012 New Year's resolutions. I knew it would be hard. But I had good intentions. I had good intentions. Really. I lasted ...]]></description>
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		<title>How to Really Achieve Your Childhood Dreams</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/12/07/how-to-really-achieve-your-childhood-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you had one last time to pass on all you had learned in this life &#8211; in a letter, video, speech or lecture &#8211; what would you say? How would you say it? Ever thought about it? Who would you say it to? Would you be maudlin or mirthful? Would you talk about achieving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There’s No One as Irish as Barack Obama &#8230; Does E Still =MC2?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/10/27/there%e2%80%99s-no-one-as-irish-as-barack-obama-does-e-still-mc2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/10/27/there%e2%80%99s-no-one-as-irish-as-barack-obama-does-e-still-mc2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an email from a Mr. Ger Corrigan in Ireland with the subject line, <em>"There's No One As Irish as Barack Obama - Einstein and The Neutrino Song." </em>I was getting ready to delete the email but I thought the subject line was so unique and interesting I'd open it up. Truthfully, I was expecting a male enhancement advertisement espousing supraluminal tumescent effects. I was wrong. What I found was a pot of gold.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create Ideas to Revolutionize Your Business or Life</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/05/29/idea-for-sale-500000-great-bargain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/05/29/idea-for-sale-500000-great-bargain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 19:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a magic formula that can enable you to put your feet up in a chair, daydream and think of ideas that can change everything for you? In business and life? Yes, it's "4 I's > C2."  Features interview with Joey Reiman, author of "Thinking for a Living."
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		<title>Riding the Alligator in the Complex Sale &#8230; Hollywood Style</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/05/18/riding-the-alligator-in-the-complex-sale-hollywood-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To win at the complex sale, one must be a storyteller, strategist, master tactician, cajoler, evaluator, philosopher, psychologist, bean counter and often, magician. But what about a really complex sale? Like selling your story to Hollywood and getting it made into a film? Find out with Pen Densham whose films include; Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft, Moll Flanders, Rocky II and Houdini. The films and television series Pen Densham and his partner have produced have grossed over $1 billion.]]></description>
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		<title>Here it Is. I&#8217;m Dead. This is My Last Post</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/05/18/here-it-is-im-dead-this-is-my-last-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 17:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That opening ... "Here it is. I'm dead. This is my last post," showed up my Google Alerts. I thought, what a great opening line for a story. The person had to be a writer. A superb one. I had no idea the opening ... was really the ending.    ]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven “New Rules” of Business Presentations I Wish I’d Been Taught in Kindergarten</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/04/09/businesspresentations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having seen hundreds of business presentations and given a stinky few myself, there are a few things I wish someone would have taught me in kindergarten. Seven things or “New Rules” of business presentations to be precise. I pass these on to anyone new to the dreaded gauntlet of the business presentation or any grizzled veterans who want to walk on the wild side and shake things up. Avoid lying-flying "Stink-o-potamus" presentation status. Use the principle of "Creative Limitation."]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media That Matters—for Families and Disasters</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/03/16/social-media-that-matters%e2%80%94for-families-and-disasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the incessant cacophony about social-media use in business for one nanosecond. This is about family, friends and loved ones. Find a way today to get them connected to a social-media network of some type, because when disaster or terrorist attacks strike ...]]></description>
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		<title>Find the Heart of the Story through the Art of a Rose &#8230; Charlie Rose</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/12/06/find-the-heart-of-the-story-through-the-art-of-a-rose-charlie-rose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/12/06/find-the-heart-of-the-story-through-the-art-of-a-rose-charlie-rose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over 19 years and 20,000 interviews the Charlie Rose show has profiled some of the best, brightest and most original minds in the world. His interview style, wit, wisdom and hard work make it the place to go for great insights and inspirational stories. It gets no better.  But how does Charlie Rose get people to engage the way he does? To authentically open up? How does he get to the heart of the drama - and perfect the "Art of the Story?"]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Words You’ve Never Heard</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/11/30/the-greatest-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They can make you laugh, or make you cry. Engage or enrage. Herald new life, memorialize lives gone, inspire great acts of heroism – or despicable acts of evil. They can transport you to ... ]]></description>
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		<title>To Secure the Blessings of Liberty</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/11/11/to-secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/11/11/to-secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity is, and will always be, perilous and fraught with danger. But ultimately fate has shown it to be purposeful. Meaningful. Essential to our survival.

It takes a rare breed of person to step-up, serve and sacrifice to defend those blessings. One willing to defend and even die for the unalienable right to ...
To secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity is, and will always be, perilous and fraught with danger. But ultimately fate has shown it to be purposeful. Meaningful. Essential to our survival.]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s 1st Animotorized Birth Announcement &#8211; Shaka Zulu Bulu</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/11/05/worlds-1st-animotorized-birth-announcement-shaka-zulu-bulu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/11/05/worlds-1st-animotorized-birth-announcement-shaka-zulu-bulu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a user and fan of Animoto&#8217;s video application for a long time. I use it at The &#8220;The Lippi Musical&#8221; website to mix song teaser clips with Lippi&#8217;s real paintings The Nikola Tesla Movie website for the &#8220;An Inconvenient Genius,&#8221; story and, In multiple scenarios for business as detailed in the article &#8216;Eight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In These Tough Times, Here&#8217;s a Way to Print Your Own Currency Legally &#8230; with Content</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/08/25/in-these-tough-times-heres-a-way-to-print-your-own-currency-legally-with-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever business you're in you have a story. If it's a good story it informs, educates, entertains and helps people down a path to find a solution to the problem they have.

The trip down the path is your story.]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/07/19/marketing-lesson-from-the-grateful-dead-how-to-steal-a-great-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/07/19/marketing-lesson-from-the-grateful-dead-how-to-steal-a-great-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did the Grateful Dead lift their iconic name from another band? Forensic investigation reveals ...]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Resistance: One Tribe at a Time</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/11/01/overcoming-resistance-one-tribe-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that are, at this very moment, being slowed by Resistance, taunted by Resistance, need inspiration to fight Resistance, aspire one day to defeat the evil beast of Resistance, meet a very special person …]]></description>
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		<title>Non Vi Sed Arte &#8211; Not by Strength, by Guile</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/06/12/killingrommel-interview-stevekayser-steven-pressfield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to be a person of the highest character, chivalrous and honorable, retaining your humanity while fighting for the very survival of your civilization? To be a person that has the guts to stand up to a "Stand and Die" order? And if so, can people like this exist (succeed) today? Can people with all too human flaws – however borne up on the wings of honor, duty, compassion, justice and noble vision – even make it today? ]]></description>
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		<title>Sales 2.Oh-No Presentations &#8211; A State of the Business Presentation Cartoon-torial</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/05/08/sales-2oh-no-presentations-a-gluteus-maximus-vomitus-eruptus-cartoon-torial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There aren't many things I rather do than sit through a business presentation. Except for maybe being boiled in oil. Or, being buried alive. Or straddling and sliding down a 200-ft razor blade into a pool of rubbing alcohol.  Here's an Animotorized Cartoon-torial of  the State of the Standard Corporate Business Presentation (AKA a Gluteus-Maximus Sales 2.-Oh-No Vomitus Eruptus).]]></description>
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		<title>Life &#8230; Pass it On</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/04/18/life-pass-it-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It starts with a phone call. The one moment in life that every parent dreads.  A nightmare every parent prays will never happen.  A mad rush to the hospital. An anxious eternity. You finally arrive and burst through the doors. A doctor comes out, maybe two. Their faces tell you what you don't want to know.]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Marketing and PR?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/02/10/the-end-of-marketing-and-pr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/02/10/the-end-of-marketing-and-pr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not PR.

It's not Marketing.

It's the evolution of business communications.

It's a revolution in business communications. And it's  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Accidental Creative Problem-Solving &#8230; on Purpose?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/11/meaning-mystery-aimee-and-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/11/meaning-mystery-aimee-and-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was working on a story titled &#8220;All-Time-Worst Pitch &#8230; Made Me Rich,&#8221; when I ran into a perplexing problem.  A total roadblock. How to simplify a complex story &#8211; one that involved quantum physics, cancer, depression, hope against all odds and the ephemeral topic of &#8220;miracles?&#8221; The story was about a terminally ill cancer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Post</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/05/the-last-post-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/05/the-last-post-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A step ahead.  A step behind. A blink of the eye at the wrong time. And … it's over.  A memory bouquet to the loved and lost who faced the unfathomable unknowable on the way to their Last Post in 2008.
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		<title>Tesla on Twitter &#8211; Twitter on Tesla</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/01/tesla-on-twitter-twitter-on-tesla/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/01/tesla-on-twitter-twitter-on-tesla/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you mix Nikola Tesla, quantum physics, Paul Dirac, Marc Seifer Ph.D., author of the Tesla biography, Tim Eaton, the visual effects editor of Forrest Gump, Twister, Roger Rabbit (and others) with questions from Tim O'Reilly, the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media via Twitter? A fascinating look at how social network sites like Twitter could act as a new “collective conscious” for business or life.  Oh … did I mention a surprise visitor, Dr. Michio Kaku?]]></description>
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		<title>How to Defeat Your Inner Deadbeat</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/15/how-to-defeat-your-inner-deadbeat-in-your-life-of-business-or-the-business-of-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/15/how-to-defeat-your-inner-deadbeat-in-your-life-of-business-or-the-business-of-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In every person’s life, there is a still, small voice that tries to guide you to a wonderful calling − a destiny.  Your destiny.  A calling that you, and only you, were put on this earth to fulfill. Near silent, this voice is powerful enough to lift thoughts, dreams and visions to a higher ground. Do you still hear it?]]></description>
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		<title>Banish the Boring Boilerplates!</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/02/banish-the-boring-boilerplates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/11/02/banish-the-boring-boilerplates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DaDonkey Disasterpieces Corporate boilerplates are boring. A waste of words. Horribly obtuse. Garbled, befuddled, perplexing, muddled obfuscatory nightmares. If they were paintings, they&#8217;d be called &#8220;DaDonkey Disasterpieces.&#8221; They&#8217;re written to give you an idea, a snapshot, of who the company is, what they do and basic contact info. They&#8217;re typically found at the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOW TO COST JUSTIFY A SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS ROOM</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/10/24/how-to-cost-justify-a-social-media-news-room/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/10/24/how-to-cost-justify-a-social-media-news-room/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating or re-designing your current news room into a social news room to keep up with today’s business requirements means you will have to justify the costs to the CFO.

Be prepared. Your presentation will have to have a hook so powerful you can hang a hat on it.
They will ask questions. Many. Then many more. Each question will have money attached.

Here's what they’re not looking for.]]></description>
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