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		<title>Best of STORY and Storyteller Interviews 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2012/01/04/best-of-story-and-storytellers-interviews-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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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>Son of a Pitch!</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/12/19/son-of-a-pitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heroes Journey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How could the absolute worst pitch of all-time lead to anything positive? This one did. It was a miracle and soulfully enriched beyond belief. It was meant to be passed on.]]></description>
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		<title>So This is Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/12/18/so-this-is-christmas-what-have-you-done-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/12/18/so-this-is-christmas-what-have-you-done-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So fast. Another year past. 2011 gone. 2012 soon upon. How did you do? What did you do? What did you do that really mattered? Have you even thought about it that way? Or …]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Presentation of All Time?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/05/28/the-greatest-presentation-of-all-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/05/28/the-greatest-presentation-of-all-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 19:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All great presentations have one thing in common. Do you know what it is? Here are 10 exceptional examples down through the ages. Can you see it?  And what about the greatest presentation of all time?  It had no PowerPoint. No video. But it had that one thing.]]></description>
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		<title>Project RECOVERING JERKAHOLIC</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/04/13/project-recovering-jerkaholic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/04/13/project-recovering-jerkaholic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honesty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It sneaks up on you. Subtly. Like the floor after your 4th shot of tequila. Next thing you know? Prevaricating, blasphemous, smellfungus ninnyhammer all-foam no-beer mooncalfs are calling you a jerk. Quickly followed by a public JERK INTERVENTION. I know. It happened to me. Don't let it happen to you.]]></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>One Take on Enchantment</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/03/22/one-take-on-enchantment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/03/22/one-take-on-enchantment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[storytelling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word enchantment, in my mind, evokes a mystical musical imagery. Like a smooth jazz tune. Alluring, mellifluous, melodious, harmonious … almost magical. So I played one last rip-tripping riff  on the keys. A simple reverie – an out-take. One take.  No thinking. Just riffing. Thought it sounded like a knuckle-dragging nose-honker when I played it. I was going to dump it -  until I heard the playback.]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Timeless Tale: Lessons Learned from Legendary Hollywood STORY Guru Robert McKee</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/03/09/a-simple-timeless-tale-lessons-learned-from-legendary-hollywood-screenwriting-guru-robert-mckee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2011/03/09/a-simple-timeless-tale-lessons-learned-from-legendary-hollywood-screenwriting-guru-robert-mckee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I interviewed Robert McKee, the best-selling author of “STORY” and legendary guru of Hollywood storytelling, several years ago. The premise of the interview was simple - can the principles of his classic book "STORY" be used in the complex sales process?]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips for Being “Good in a Room” in the Complex Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/12/19/ten-tips-for-being-good-in-a-room-in-the-complex-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/12/19/ten-tips-for-being-good-in-a-room-in-the-complex-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the one trait that’s an absolute “must have” to win the complex sale in today’s competitive sales environment? The skill is critical to your success – in business or life. You must be ... "Good in a Room." What does that mean? Stephanie Palmer, author of the book of the same name, "Good in a Room," puts it in perspective.]]></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>CASH FOR CODGERS?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/11/04/cash-for-codgers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/11/04/cash-for-codgers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing & PR]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An anonymous informant in the U.S. Department of the Posterior just leaked a top secret memo to me. Looks like there's some deep-thinking going on in Washington about how to get out of the current economic maelstrom-mess.]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/08/25/in-these-tough-times-heres-a-way-to-print-your-own-currency-legally-with-content/#comments</comments>
		<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>Featured Interview: Titanic, Forrest Gump, Roger Rabbit, Twister, Now  …</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/04/13/thelostwizard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/04/13/thelostwizard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is this guy? He worked on framing “Roger Rabbit,” helped sink the “Titanic,” summoned the tornadoes in “Twister” and … put the visual chill in “Polar Express.” Also, along the way he’s worked on some of the highest revenue-producing movies in history, including;  “Deep Impact,” “Back to the Future parts II and III,” “The Mummy,” “K-19: The Widowmaker.” and “Forest Gump, ” among many others.]]></description>
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		<title>Goldilocks and the Cosmic B2B Complex Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/03/10/goldilocks-and-the-complex-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/03/10/goldilocks-and-the-complex-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:50:43 +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, master strategist, philosopher, psychologist and have an innate understanding of the B2B Goldilocks Universe ...]]></description>
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		<title>Warm Summer Sun &#8230; Shine Kindly Here</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/02/08/warm-summer-sun-shine-kindly-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/02/08/warm-summer-sun-shine-kindly-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 100 years from now … when green sod lies above, when there is no one left to mourn for you, will something you have said or done, be ...]]></description>
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		<title>For the Fallen … We Will Remember You</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/01/27/the-last-post-a-memory-bouquet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/01/27/the-last-post-a-memory-bouquet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:12:58 +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."]]></description>
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		<title>Logan’s Lament – Who is There to Mourn?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/01/18/logans-lamen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/01/18/logans-lamen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is there to mourn for Logan? No one. Not one.]]></description>
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		<title>Tecumseh – Like a Hero Going Home</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/01/18/tecumseh-like-a-hero-going-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“He is one of those uncommon geniuses which spring up occasionally to produce revolutions, and overturn the established order of things. If it were not for the vicinity of the United States, he would, perhaps, be the founder of an empire that would rival in glory Mexico or Peru. ]]></description>
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		<title>New Year’s Resolution Dissolution – When Good Intentions Go Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/01/05/new-years-resolution-dissolution-when-good-intentions-goes-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2010/01/05/new-years-resolution-dissolution-when-good-intentions-goes-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featuring an interview with Lynne McTaggart, author of “The Intention Experiment,” the first book to invite readers to take an active part in original research and featured in Dan Brown’s new book – “The Lost Symbol.”]]></description>
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		<title>An Inconvenient Genius</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/12/31/teslaaninconvenientgenius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Timeless Legacy of an Untimely Man How often has one person affected humanity to such a degree that were the fruits of his labor withdrawn immediately from our day-to-day existence, the world as we know it … would essentially stop? A True Story This story is about one such real-life person. And, we will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create a World Wide Rave … or NOT</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/12/18/world-wide-rave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you get your ideas, stories, products or services to spread like wildfire over the web by millions of people? Are the huge success stories you hear about the viral power of the web just flukes - or can anyone do it? Read on to learn the six rules of a “WORLD WIDE RAVE,” the newest book by David Meerman Scott, number-one bestselling author of “The New Rules of Marketing and PR.” The first 50 people to correctly answer the simple, yet existential question at the end of this article will win a copy of the WORLD WIDE RAVE.]]></description>
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		<title>So Now This is Christmas &#8230; What Have You Done?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/12/18/so-this-is-christmas-what-have-you-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/12/18/so-this-is-christmas-what-have-you-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So fast. Another year past. 2009 gone. 2010 soon upon. How did you do? What did you do? What did you do that really mattered? Have you even thought about it that way? Or …]]></description>
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		<title>A PR &amp; Marketing Nightmare: 110 Slides to Present in Five Minutes – What to Do?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/09/23/a-pr-marketing-nightmare-110-slides-to-present-in-five-minutes-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's an important presentation.  You have 110 slides - but only five minutes. What to do?  Scream? Give up the ghost? Or go for it? If you want to go for it ... read on.]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Adversity: Lessons and Blessings</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/19/overcoming-adversity-lessons-and-blessings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2009/01/19/overcoming-adversity-lessons-and-blessings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To win at business or life, adversity has to be encountered, faced, fought and defeated. There is no other way. No options. You either beat it, or it beats you. Win, or you lose.  Simple. Right? 

No. Never. It's never black and white. Never win or lose. Something always bleeds over. Always. Sometimes good - sometimes bad. Sometimes funny - sometimes sad. Most times a little of both. This is one such story. ]]></description>
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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>Shooting the Donkey in the Complex Sale &#8230; Hollywood Style</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/30/shooting-the-donkey-in-the-complex-sale-hollywood-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/30/shooting-the-donkey-in-the-complex-sale-hollywood-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this thing called the Complex Sale that makes seasoned salespeople tremble at the mere mention? That causes two-to-three-year sales pipeline nightmares?  What could it possibly have to do with a donkey and Hollywood? prolific Hollywood author, Skip Press, will help put it in perspective.]]></description>
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		<title>The Query Letter All Writers Want to Write … But Don’t Have the Squareballs</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/26/the-query-letter-all-writers-want-to-write-but-dont-have-the-squareballs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/26/the-query-letter-all-writers-want-to-write-but-dont-have-the-squareballs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One particular day, after receiving a rejection letter (the first among many that I’ve never acknowledged) I got a little ticked. I mean, c&#8217;mon, I just spent three months banging out 120 pages of the best screenplay America has never seen. A classic. A real beaut. Think &#8230; It has the heart of “Rocky,” the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Ways to Use Animoto Video in Business Presentations</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/06/eight-ways-to-use-animoto-video-in-business-presentations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/06/eight-ways-to-use-animoto-video-in-business-presentations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to get adventurous when giving business presentations? To help banish the "boring" from  presentations? I use Animoto. It's a web application that allows you to automatically generate professionally produced videos using pictures and music. Think movie trailer.  The creative ways to use Animoto are limited only by your mind. Below are eight real-world examples of some different ways you can use Animoto to communicate with your customers, prospects, friends, or anyone else. ]]></description>
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		<title>In Scandal or Crisis, Character is the Coin of the Realm</title>
		<link>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/05/in-scandal-or-crisis-character-is-the-coin-of-the-realm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingriffs.com/2008/12/05/in-scandal-or-crisis-character-is-the-coin-of-the-realm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Kayser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featuring an interview with Dr. David Abshire, President of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and author of "Saving the Reagan Presidency." 

The story and interview that follows is not about avoiding a scandal or crisis, but how one American President through strength of character dealt with a situation that threatened his presidency, his reputation, his place in history and ...  America’s credibility. ]]></description>
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