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	<title>Why Hire Me &#62; Blog &#187; Patti Church</title>
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		<title>Looking for Inspiration</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/06/looking-for-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sir Ken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I start to update the content of the WhyHire.me, I find myself looking for inspiration from a variety of places including students and professors that have used the program, innovative educators, industry experts and my education and marketing instincts.
We&#8217;ve done some research in the form of interviews and we are constantly on the look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Talk Twitter</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/05/let%e2%80%99s-talk-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 01:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study from Edison Research in the US just announced that the level of familiarity of Facebook and Twitter are almost the same at 87% and 86% respectively.  The big difference falls in the area of application.  Although the majority of those that are familiar with Facebook also know how to use the social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Last Piece of Advice &#8211; Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As classes finish up for the term, the majority of WhyHire.me users are not graduating this term.  Out of the close to 1500 users we have in the system only about 50 are graduating this term.
To the Algonquin College Public Relations and the Business Marketing grads my words of advice would be -  &#8216;Do&#8217;.  Don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algonquin College PR Grads of 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/04/algonqun-pr-class-of-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algonquin College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algonquin PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The public relations program is piloting WhyHire.me this term. I have been fortunate enough to meet and work with this class of graduating PR professionals.  I&#8217;d like to introduce you to a few who have chosen to make their WhyHire.me profiles public.  Click their names to see their WhyHire.me profiles. There will be more coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Initiative at Algonquin &#8211; ICAFRICA</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/03/student-initiative-at-algonquin-icafrica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algonquin Public Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICafrica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linchpins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seth Godin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month the Algonquin Public Relations class of 2011 launched their annual fundraiser.  This class has chosen to support International Charity for Africa, ICafrica.  This organization focuses on decreasing poverty in Africa by providing micro loans and support to entrepreneurs in Nigeria and Ghana.
I ran into this enthusiastic bunch of students during their flash mob [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Showing Amazing Initiative</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/03/students-showing-amazing-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEDx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago I attended TEDx Ottawa Youth along with my 14 year old daughter and two of her friends.  The event was run by youth for youth and I was one of the few over the age of 25 in the crowd. All of the presenters were under 25, many of which are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A WhyHire.me Profile Starts with a Pitch</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/a-whyhire-me-profile-starts-with-a-pitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algonquin PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashlie Cormack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessa Millar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mae McCrae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


Mae McCrae is a compelling speaker with a passion for positively influencing lives. A former youth leader, she now manages a young marrieds group, drama, and music department for her church. Mae has a flare for giving a project a unique and recognizable stamp. Her way with words and great listening skills will be valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algonquin Career Week &#8211; Innovation &amp; Connections</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/algonquin-career-week-innovation-connections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algonquin College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louis Lamontagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Algonquin&#8217;s Career Week is underway.  I was fortunate enough to be a speaker yesterday along with many others.  My 45 min. presentation focused on Developing Your Online Personal Brand.  You can find the presentation on Slideshare and I will be presenting it again on Thursday at 2:30pm.  I digress&#8230;
I had hoped to attend the session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rene Faucher Family Fun Day Fundraiser &#8211; SUNDAY Feb 7th @ 2PM</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/rene-faucher-family-fun-day-fundraiser-sunday-feb-7th-2pm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/02/rene-faucher-family-fun-day-fundraiser-sunday-feb-7th-2pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Click HERE to buy a ticket for Sunday&#8217;s Ottawa 67s vs. Guelph Storm at 2PM. Andy and I hope you and many others will come out and support Rene and his family.
Half of the proceeds from online tickets sales will be donated to the Faucher Douglas trust fund that was recently established by the community. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algonquin College Career Week</title>
		<link>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/01/career-week-at-algonquin-college/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.whyhire.me/2010/01/career-week-at-algonquin-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding 101]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Algonquin College&#8217;s Career Week is coming up February 8-12th at the Woodroffe Campus.
Click on the image or this text to find out more and to register for the event.
I will be speaking on Monday Feb 8th at 1PM and Thursday Feb 11th at 2:30PM on the topic of creating an online presence using personal branding [...]]]></description>
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